Thermodynamics, Diffusion and the Kirkendall Effect in Solids

• Main Authors: Paul, Aloke (Author), Laurila, Tomi (Author), Vuorinen, Vesa (Author), Divinski, Sergiy V. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Thermodynamics.; Heat engineering.; Heat transfer.; Mass transfer.; Biomaterials.; Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer.

Covering both basic and advanced thermodynamic and phase  principles,  as well as providing stability diagrams relevant for diffusion studies, Thermodynamics, Diffusion and the Kirkendall Effect in Solids maximizes reader insights into Fick’s laws of diffusion, atomic mechanisms, interdiffusion, int...

Table of Contents:

• Thermodynamics, phases and phase diagrams
• Structure of Materials
• Fick’s laws of diffusion
• Development of interdiffusion zone in different systems
• Atomic mechanism of diffusion
• Interdiffusion and the Kirkendall effect in binary systems
• Growth of phases with narrow homogeneity range and line compounds by interdiffusion
• Microstructural evolution of the diffusion zone
• Interdiffusion in multicomponent systems
• Short circuit diffusion
• Reactive phase formation in thin film systems.