Books by Keyword: Thermodynamic Analysis

Description: This book provides the basic concepts and the recent research - in thermodynamic, kinetic and mechanical aspects - of the high temperature corrosion of stainless steels. It also includes the reviews of the effects of alloying elements and water vapour on stainless steel oxidation, as well as the development of stainless steel interconnects for solid oxide fuel cells. This festschrift is published in honour of Professor Alain Galerie as an outgrowth of the Alain Galerie Symposium on High Temperature Corrosion held at King Mongkut’s University of Technology North Bangkok, Thailand, on 9 July 2018.

Description: Self-Propagating High-Temperature Synthesis is an attractive advanced technology for the synthesis of a wide variety of advanced materials, including powders and near net-shape products formed from ceramics, intermetallics, composites and functionally graded materials, by exploiting the heat-energy released by the exothermic reaction of raw materials via a self-sustaining combustion wave which propagates from one end of the specimen to the other. When compared with traditional technologies, remarkable savings in energy, time and equipment, and novel forms of equilibrium and non-equilibrium phases and high-purity products can result from using SHS.

Description: The increasing interest in the use of electrical techniques for the characterisation of material properties indicates the need for a book in which the most important issues in this area are addressed. Consequently, the aim of this volume is to provide a comprehensive description of the electrical techniques used in studies of the semiconducting properties of materials based upon ionic solids, principally metal oxides. A second aim is to present an updated review of the most important data on the defect-related properties of ionic solids, such as the transport of charge or matter, and their electrochemistry in an accessible form.