Growth and Coarsening
Subtitle: Ostwald Ripening in Material Processing (Engineering Materials)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: January 10, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 306
ISBN-13: 9783540425632
Subjects: Materials science; Metals technology / metallurgy; Statistical Physics; Precipitation hardening; Mathematical Physics; Metallurgy (General); Technology; Technology & Industrial Arts; Textbooks; Ostwald ripening; Science/Mathematics; Metal crystals; Engineering - Chemical & Biochemical; Engineering - General; Material Science; Metallurgy; Technology / Material Science; Food Science; Growth
First sentence: Whenever a single phase system is put into a two-phase metastable state, for example by quenching from a high temperature or changing pressure, a second phase nucleates, grows, and coarsens.