Phase Transformations and Systems Driven Far From Equilibrium: Volume 481
Phase Transformations and Systems Driven Far From Equilibrium: Volume 481

Author: En Ma

Publisher: Mrs Proceedings

Published: 1998-07-29

Total Pages: 712

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Just over 100 invited and contributed papers emphasize understanding the thermodynamics and kinetics of phase transformations, with significant coverage of metastable materials and externally forced transformations driven, for example, by energy beams or mechanical deformation. They cover solidification theory and experiments, nucleation, solid-state transformations and microstructural evolution, beam-induced transformations, amorphous solids, interfacial and thin-film transformations, and nanophases and mechanical alloying. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Phase Transformations and Evolution in Materials
Phase Transformations and Evolution in Materials

Author: Patrice E. A. Turchi

Publisher: Minerals, Metals, & Materials Society

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 432

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This is a collection of papers presented at the TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition, held in Nashville, Tennessee, in March, 2000. The symposium emphasizes both theoretical and experimental aspects of phase transformations and evolutions in materials. Topics addressed in papers include: mechanical properties of structurally heterogeneous systems; simulations of structural transformations; large-scale modelling of microstructure evolution in martensites; applying the concentration wave method to predict ordering phenomena in substitutional alloys and ceramic materials; and use of the phase field method to study coherent transformations.

Zircon
Zircon

Author: John M. Hanchar

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2018-12-17

Total Pages: 520

ISBN-13: 1501509322

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Volume 53 of Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry covers the most important aspects of zircon-related research over the past twenty-years and highlight possible future research avenues. The chapters review the structure of zircon and other mineral (and synthetic) phases with the zircon structure; the minor and trace element compositions of igneous, metamorphic and hydrothermal zircons; the study of melt inclusions in zircon; experimental and natural studies of zircon saturation and the use of zircon saturation thermometry for natural rocks; cation diffusion and oxygen diffusion in zircon; the historical development of zircon geochronology from the mid-1950s to the present; ID-TIMS, SIMS and ICP-MS; the application of zircon chronology in constraining sediment provenance and the calibration ofthe geologic time-scale; other isotopic systematics; the spectroscopy of zircon, both crystalline and metamict and an atlas of internal textures of zircon.

High-Resolution Imaging and Spectrometry of Materials
High-Resolution Imaging and Spectrometry of Materials

Author: Frank Ernst

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2013-03-09

Total Pages: 454

ISBN-13: 3662077663

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The characterisation of materials and material systems is an essential aspect of materials science. A few decades ago it became obvious that, because the properties of materials depend so critically on the microstructure of their components, this characterisation must be determined to the atomic level. This means that the position - as well as the nature - of individual atoms has to be determined at "critical" regions close to defects such as dislocations, interfaces, and surfaces. The great impact of advanced transmission electron microscopy (TEM) techniques became apparent in the area of semiconducting materials, where the nature of internal interfaces between silicon and the corresponding silicides could be identified, and the results used to enhance the understanding of the properties of the compounds studied. At that time, advanced TEM techniques existed predominantly in the US. However, advanced TEM instrumentation was not available in the ma terials science and solid-state science communities in Germany. This gap was bridged by the late Peter Haasen who, after a visit to the US, initiated a Priority Programme on Microstructural Characterisation at the Volkswagen Foundation (Hannover). The programme was in effect from 1985 to 1997 and supported a wide range of research projects - from fundamental, trendy, innovative projects to projects in applied materials science.

Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XXII: Volume 556
Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XXII: Volume 556

Author: David J. Wronkiewicz

Publisher:

Published: 1999-11-24

Total Pages: 1370

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Safe and effective management of nuclear waste provides a broad range of challenges for materials science. Waste processing, waste form and engineered barrier properties, interactions between engineered and geological systems, radiation effects, chemistry and transport of waste species, and long-term predictions of repository performance are just some of the scientific problems facing modern society. This book, the 22nd in a very successful series from MRS, offers an international and inter-disciplinary perspective on the issues, and features developments in both fundamental and applied areas. Topics include: development and characterization of ceramic waste forms; ceramic waste form corrosion; glass waste form processing; glass formulation, properties and structure; glass waste form corrosion; spent nuclear fuel; performance assessment; repository backfill; flow and transport; natural analogues; container corrosion; metal waste form corrosion; radionuclide speciation and solubility; radionuclide sorption; microbial effects; radiation effects; cement waste forms and waste treatment.

Al-based Energetic Nano Materials
Al-based Energetic Nano Materials

Author: Carole Rossi

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2015-06-29

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13: 184821717X

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Over the past two decades, the rapid development of nanochemistry and nanotechnology has allowed the synthesis of various materials and oxides in the form of nanopowders making it possible to produce new energetic compositions and nanomaterials. This book has a bottom-up structure, from nanomaterials synthesis to the application fields. Starting from aluminum nanoparticles synthesis for fuel application, it proposes a detailed state-of-the art of the different methods of preparation of aluminum-based reactive nanomaterials. It describes the techniques developed for their characterization and, when available, a description of the fundamental mechanisms responsible for their ignition and combustion. This book also presents the possibilities and limitations of different energetic nanomaterials and related structures as well as the analysis of their chemical and thermal properties. The whole is rounded off with a look at the performances of reactive materials in terms of heat of reaction and reactivity mainly characterized as the self-sustained combustion velocity. The book ends up with a description of current reactive nanomaterials applications underlying the promising integration of aluminum-based reactive nanomaterial into micro electromechanical systems.

Comprehensive Nuclear Materials
Comprehensive Nuclear Materials

Author: Todd R Allen

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2011-05-12

Total Pages: 3552

ISBN-13: 0080560334

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Comprehensive Nuclear Materials, Five Volume Set discusses the major classes of materials suitable for usage in nuclear fission, fusion reactors and high power accelerators, and for diverse functions in fuels, cladding, moderator and control materials, structural, functional, and waste materials. The work addresses the full panorama of contemporary international research in nuclear materials, from Actinides to Zirconium alloys, from the worlds' leading scientists and engineers. Critically reviews the major classes and functions of materials, supporting the selection, assessment, validation and engineering of materials in extreme nuclear environment Fully integrated with F-elements.net, a proprietary database containing useful cross-referenced property data on the lanthanides and actinides Details contemporary developments in numerical simulation, modelling, experimentation, and computational analysis, for effective implementation in labs and plants