Grain boundaries are important structural components of polycrystalline materials used in the vast majority of technical applications. Because grain boundaries form a continuous network throughout such materials, their properties maylimit their practical use. One of the serious phenomena which evoke these limitations is the grain boundary segregation of impurities. It results in the loss of grain boundary cohesion and consequently, in brittle fracture of the materials. The current book deals with fundamentals of grain boundary segregationin metallic materials and its relationship to the grain boundary structure, classification and other materials properties. One of the few books on grain boundary segration Careful systematic summary of the worldwide available resultson grain boundary segregation Reference for researchers, engineers and graduate students INDICE: I. Introduction.- II. Grain boundaries: structure, description andthermodynamics.- III. Approaches to Study Grain Boundary Segregation.- IV. Models of Equilibrium Grain Boundary Segregation.- V. Effect of Variables on Equilibrium Grain Boundary Segregation.- VI. Principles of Non-Equilibrium Segregation.- VII. Grain Boundary Segregation and Related Phenomena and metallurgical phenomena.- VIII. Concluding remarks.
- ISBN: 978-3-642-12504-1
- Editorial: Springer
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 250
- Fecha Publicación: 01/08/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés