Thermodynamics, kinetics and microstructure modelling / Simon Gill.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gill, Simon, author.

Series:

IOP Ebooks Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dynamics--Textbooks.

Dynamics.

Thermodynamics--Textbooks.

Thermodynamics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (173 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Bristol, England : IOP Publishing, [2022]

Summary:

This course text provides a practical hands-on introduction to the essentials of kinetics, thermodynamics and microstructure modelling of materials. It is ideal as a practical course for final year undergraduates and masters students in materials science and engineering, and is a core text for courses in this area.

Contents:

Intro

Preface

About the author

Simon P A Gill

Chapter 1 Introduction

1.1 Motivation

1.2 Microstructural features

1.2.1 Crystals and grains

1.2.2 Phases and precipitates

1.2.3 Defects in crystals

1.3 Microstructure-property relationships

1.3.1 Yield stress

1.3.2 Creep strength

1.4 A framework for microstructure evolution

1.4.1 PANDAT software and TDB databases

1.4.2 A mathematical framework

References

Chapter 2 Thermodynamic quantities

2.1 Enthalpy

2.2 Entropy

2.3 Gibb's free energy

2.4 Phase diagrams for pure substances

Chapter 3 Binary systems

3.1 A single phase system with two components

3.1.1 Entropy of mixing

3.1.2 Energy of mixing

3.1.3 Total Gibbs free energy

3.1.4 A simple TDB file

3.1.5 A simple binary phase diagram

3.1.6 Chemical potential

3.2 A two phase system with two components

3.2.1 Phase diagram for case with zero excess energy

3.2.2 Equilibrium conditions in two phase regions

3.2.3 The lever rule

3.2.4 Effect of excess (mixing) energies on phase diagrams (exercise)

3.2.5 Solute partitioning and the partition coefficient

3.3 Sub-lattice models and stoichiometric phases

3.3.1 The sub-lattice model

3.3.2 Phase diagrams with stoichiometric phases

3.4 Real binary systems

Chapter 4 Ternary systems and beyond

4.1 How to read a ternary phase diagram

4.2 A simple ternary system

4.3 Examples with four or more components

Chapter 5 Driving force for nucleation and growth

5.1 Phase energy change for nucleation and growth

5.2 Calculating the phase energy change

5.3 The total driving force for nucleation

5.3.1 Homogeneous nucleation

5.3.2 Heterogeneous nucleation

Reference

Chapter 6 Kinetic processes

6.1 An atomic model of diffusion.

6.2 Defining diffusion parameters in TDB files

6.2.1 Diffusion parameters in a unary system

6.2.2 Diffusion parameters in a binary system

6.3 Diffusion in a regular solution

6.4 Mass conservation

6.5 Determining the concentration field

6.5.1 An example non-linear diffusion problem: carburisation of a ferritic steel

Chapter 7 Nucleation, growth and coarsening in solids

7.1 Nucleation

7.2 Growth of a solid phase in a solid matrix

7.2.1 Interface-controlled growth

7.2.2 Diffusion-controlled growth

7.3 Coarsening

7.3.1 A globally averaged model for coarsening

7.3.2 A local mechanism for coarsening

Chapter 8 Modelling solid-solid phase transitions

8.1 A two particle model

8.2 Population balance (or KWN) models

8.3 Massive transformations

8.4 A simplified model for phase transformations

Chapter 9 Modelling liquid-solid phase transitions

9.1 Simple solidification models for a binary system

9.1.1 Global equilibrium

9.1.2 Scheil equation

9.1.3 Steady state growth

9.2 A phase field model for solidification

9.3 Stability of the liquid-solid interface

Chapter 10 Exercises

Chapter 11 Solutions

Reference.

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780750344319

0750344318

OCLC:

1429722962