About the Authors |
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Preface |
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Acknowledgments |
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1 Solidification of Metals |
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1 | (3) |
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1.2 From the Gaseous State to the Crystalline State |
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4 | (2) |
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1.3 Crystalline Systems for Metals |
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6 | (12) |
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1.4 Solidification Temperature |
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18 | (13) |
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28 | (1) |
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28 | (3) |
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2 Phase Transformation Kinetics |
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31 | (8) |
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2.2 Homogeneous Nucleation and Critical Nucleus Size |
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39 | (3) |
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2.3 Discontinuous Nature of Solidification |
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42 | (14) |
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45 | (5) |
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50 | (6) |
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2.4 Solidification of a Metal by Continuous Cooling |
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56 | (11) |
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2.4.1 Solidification Curves |
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56 | (3) |
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2.4.2 Considerations on the Nuclei Growth With Unidirectional Heat Flow (Chvorinov Law) |
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59 | (6) |
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65 | (2) |
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3 Total Insolubility and Solubility in Alloys |
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3.1 Total Insolubility Between Two Metals (A and B) |
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67 | (11) |
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3.1.1 A and B do not Have Affinity Between Them |
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68 | (3) |
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3.1.2 A and B Form an Intermetallic Compound With Stoichiometric Composition AxBy |
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71 | (3) |
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3.1.3 A and B, are Insoluble in Solid State, but Present Eutectic Affinity |
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74 | (4) |
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78 | (15) |
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3.2.1 Substitutional Solid Solutions |
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78 | (1) |
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3.2.2 Interstitial Solid Solutions |
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79 | (4) |
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3.2.3 Total and Partial Solubility |
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83 | (2) |
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3.2.4 Total Solubility Binary Phase Diagram |
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85 | (6) |
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91 | (1) |
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91 | (2) |
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4 Invariant Solidification |
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93 | (1) |
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4.2 System at Equilibrium and the Phase Rule |
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94 | (2) |
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4.3 Binary Eutectic Reaction |
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96 | (16) |
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4.3.1 Abnormal Eutectics. Al-Si System |
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104 | (4) |
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108 | (1) |
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4.3.3 Cu-O Eutectic. Types of Commercial Copper |
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109 | (3) |
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4.4 Binary Peritectic Reaction |
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112 | (7) |
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4.5 Binary Monotectic Reaction |
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119 | (4) |
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4.6 Binary Sintectic Reaction |
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123 | (1) |
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4.7 Other Invariant Reactions |
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124 | (2) |
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4.8 Computational Calculation Methods (CALPHAD) |
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126 | (7) |
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127 | (3) |
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4.8.2 Al-Si Pressure Variation |
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130 | (1) |
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131 | (1) |
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131 | (2) |
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5 Nonequilibrium Solidification and Chemical Heterogeneities |
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5.1 Unidirectional Solidification and Zone Melting Solidification |
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133 | (9) |
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5.1.1 Unidirectional Solidification |
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135 | (4) |
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5.1.2 Zone Melting Solidification |
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139 | (3) |
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142 | (19) |
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143 | (10) |
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5.2.2 Inverse Segregation |
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153 | (1) |
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5.2.3 Gravity Segregation |
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154 | (2) |
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156 | (2) |
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5.2.5 Macrosegregation Indexes |
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158 | (3) |
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161 | (3) |
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5.3.1 Homogenization Heat Treatment |
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162 | (2) |
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5.4 Nonequilibrium by Eutectic and Peritectic Reactions |
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164 | (7) |
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169 | (1) |
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170 | (1) |
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6 Physical Heterogeneities in Solidification |
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6.1 Factors That Influence the Columnar Structure |
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171 | (5) |
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6.2 Contraction Caused by Solidification |
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176 | (11) |
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6.2.1 Shrinkage and Solid Contraction |
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176 | (11) |
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6.3 Evolution of Gasses During Solidification |
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187 | (15) |
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6.3.1 Boiling Produced by Carbon Monoxide in Steels |
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194 | (5) |
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6.3.2 Macrostructure of Steel Ingots According to Their Degree of Deoxidation |
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199 | (3) |
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202 | (8) |
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202 | (2) |
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204 | (2) |
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206 | (2) |
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208 | (1) |
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208 | (2) |
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7 Equilibrium Transformations |
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7.1 Transformations Caused by Solubility Variations |
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210 | (28) |
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7.1.1 Precipitation Process |
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210 | (11) |
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7.1.2 Heat Treatments and Precipitation in Age-Hardening Alloys |
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221 | (9) |
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7.1.3 Final and Intermediate Phases (Intermetallic Compounds) |
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230 | (8) |
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7.2 Transformations Caused by Allotropic Changes |
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238 | (6) |
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7.3 Transformations Caused by Allotropy and Solubility Changes |
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244 | (4) |
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244 | (1) |
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245 | (2) |
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247 | (1) |
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7.4 Order/Disorder Transformations |
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248 | (7) |
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254 | (1) |
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254 | (1) |
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8 Solid-State Transformations in the Fe-C System |
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8.1 Equilibrium Transformations in the Metastable Fe-C System |
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255 | (34) |
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8.1.1 Constituents of the Metastable Fe-C System |
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255 | (3) |
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8.1.2 Austenite-Ferrite Transformation Kinetics |
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258 | (4) |
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8.1.3 Fe-Fe3C Metastable Diagram |
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262 | (6) |
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8.1.4 Equilibrium Cooling Microstructures of Steels and White Cast Irons |
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268 | (5) |
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8.1.5 Ultimate Stress Estimation in Binary Ferritic-Pearlitic Steels |
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273 | (2) |
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8.1.6 Cooling at a Rate Faster Than Equilibrium |
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275 | (3) |
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8.1.7 Influence of Alloying Elements in the Metastable Fe-Fe3C Diagram |
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278 | (11) |
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8.2 Nonequilibrium Transformations of Austenite During Cooling |
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289 | (25) |
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8.2.1 Pearlitic Transformation |
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289 | (4) |
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8.2.2 Bainitic Transformation |
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293 | (3) |
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8.2.3 Martensitic Transformation |
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296 | (7) |
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8.2.4 TTT (Time-Temperature-Transformation) Curves |
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303 | (11) |
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314 | (11) |
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8.3.1 Austenite Formation by Heating at T > A3 |
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314 | (5) |
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8.3.2 Tempering of Martensite |
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319 | (4) |
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8.3.3 Tempering of Bainite and Pearlite |
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323 | (1) |
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323 | (1) |
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324 | (1) |
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9.1 Interpretation of Ternary Diagrams |
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325 | (13) |
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9.1.1 Graphic Representation |
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325 | (4) |
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9.1.2 Equilibrium of Two Phases |
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329 | (1) |
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9.1.3 Equilibrium Between Three Phases |
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330 | (4) |
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9.1.4 Equilibrium Between Four Phases |
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334 | (4) |
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9.2 Ternary Diagrams in Metallography |
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338 | (21) |
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341 | (17) |
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358 | (1) |
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358 | (1) |
Index |
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