Beschreibung:
The rapid technological developments during the later half of the 20th century have demanded materials that are stronger, capable of use at much higher temperatures, more corrosion-resistant, and much less expensive than those currently used. These demands become even more significant on the threshold of the new century and the millennium. Significant improvements in properties can only be achieved by processing the materials under far-from-equilibrium (or non-equilibrium) conditions. Several new processing technologies have been developed during the past few decades including, rapid solidification, spray forming, mechanical alloying, ion mixing, vapor deposition, laser processing and plasma processing.
Preface. Introduction (R.W. Cahn). Thermodynamics and kinetics of metastable phase formation (Keiichi N. Ishihara). Rapid solidification (H. Jones). Mechanical alloying (C. Suryanarayana). Laser processing (Kojiro F. Kobayashi). Thermal plasma processing (P.V. Ananthapadmanabhan, N. Venkatramani). Spray forming (Bing Li, E.J. Lavernia). Ion mixing (B.X. Liu). Physical vapor deposition (J.S. Colligen). Chemical vapour deposition (F. Teyssandier, A. Dollet). Combustion synthesis (S.B. Bhaduri, S. Bhaduri). Nanostructured materials (C. Suryanarayana, C.C. Koch). Powder consolidation (J.R. Groza). Bulk amorphous alloys (A. Inoue).