Non-equilibrium Processing of Materials

C. Suryanarayana (Eds.)9780080426976, 0-08-042697-2

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.
Remarkable advances have been made in recent years in the science and technology of these processes used to synthesize, characterize, and apply these materials processed under non-equilibrium conditions. Some of these techniques have evolved from laboratory curiosity to commercial-scale manufacturing in just a few years. In other cases, industrial necessity prompted development of the technology, and the science followed later.
The chapters in this book have been written by people who are world-recognized experts in their respective fields. Each chapter describes the principles, processing techniques, special features of the materials produced, and their applications. An extensive list of references is provided at the end of each chapter that will facilitate location of additional information on specific aspects of any technique.

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Table of contents :
Content:
Series preface
Page xv
Robert W. Cahn

Preface
Pages xvii-xviii
C. Suryanarayana

List of contributors
Pages xix-xx

Chapter 1 Introduction Original Research Article
Pages 1-2
Robert W. Cahn

Chapter 2 Thermodynamics and kinetics of metastable phase formation Original Research Article
Pages 5-20
Keiichi N. Ishihara

Chapter 3 Rapid solidification Original Research Article
Pages 23-45
H. Jones

Chapter 4 Mechanical alloying Original Research Article
Pages 49-85
C. Suryanarayana

Chapter 5 Laser processing Original Research Article
Pages 89-118
Kojiro F. Kobayashi

Chapter 6 Thermal plasma processing Original Research Article
Pages 121-150
P.V. Ananthapadmanabhan, N. Venkatramani

Chapter 7 Spray-forming Original Research Article
Pages 153-193
Bing Li, Enrique J. Lavernia

Chapter 8 Ion-mixing Original Research Article
Pages 197-222
B.X. Liu

Chapter 9 Physical vapor deposition Original Research Article
Pages 225-253
John S. Colligon

Chapter 10 Chemical vapor deposition Original Research Article
Pages 257-285
F. Teyssandier, A. Dollet

Chapter 11 Combustion synthesis Original Research Article
Pages 289-309
S.B. Bhaduri, S. Bhaduri

Chapter 12 Nanostructured materials Original Research Article
Pages 313-344
C. Suryanarayana, C.C. Koch

Chapter 13 Powder consolidation Original Research Article
Pages 347-372
Joanna R. Groza

Chapter 14 Bulk amorphous alloys Original Research Article
Pages 375-415
Akihisa Inoue

Author index
Page 417

Subject index
Pages 419-438