The Vitreous State Thermodynamics, Structure, Rheology, and Crystallization /

• Main Authors: Gutzow, Ivan S. (Author), Schmelzer, Jürn W.P (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2013.
• Subjects: Physics.; Inorganic chemistry.; Condensed matter.; Condensed Matter Physics.; Ceramics, Glass, Composites, Natural Methods.; Inorganic Chemistry.

This book summarizes the experimental evidence and modern classical and theoretical approaches in understanding the vitreous state, from structural problems, over equilibrium and non-equilibrium thermodynamics, to statistical physics. Glasses, and especially silicate glasses, are only the best known...