The 4^th edition is well known to readers including experts in the field and beginners and gained an impressive interest from the audience due to the essential information about solidification providing the general view of the subject as well as advanced calculations structured as appendices and intended for experienced specialists.

Proven Value: This 4th edition has a very high number of citations and has proven its place in the international market of Materials Science and Engineering which raises high expectations of the 5th edition.

Why the 5th edition: As of the date of the 4th edition, there have been numerous crucial advances to the modelling and the basic understanding of solidification phenomena with its linking to experimental results and therefore this fully revised edition gives a modern and up-to-date treatment of solidification with clear language, is well-structured and presents the information at three levels:

an initial feel for the subject is obtained by consulting the figures and their detailed captions;
a deeper understanding of the underlying physics is found by working through the main text;
15 appendices offer a detailed analysis of the various theories by providing detailed derivations of the relevant equations.

PARTICULARLY NOVEL is chapter 8 on microstructure-selection which explains how to combine the concepts of the preceding chapters to model the real microstructures formed during complex processes such as additive manufacturing and the new detailed phase-field appendix which opens the door to the accurate computer-modelling of growth-forms.

The most paradigm-shifting additions are:

- The phase-field method, in the form of an original and easy-to-follow introduction
- The diffuse interface and its anisotropy
- The concepts of inoculation and free-growth as used for grain-size control
- A new dendrite spacing model
- The effects of melt-flow upon dendrite growth
- Conditions for coupled peritectic growth
- Oscillatory instabilities of the growth-front in rapid solidification, leading to banding

- General approach to solidification microstructure selection
- Stable to metastable phase selection in rapid solidification processing
- Columnar-to-equiaxed transition
- Coupled zone of eutectics
- Application of solidification concepts to additive manufacturing
- In situ synchrotron X-ray imaging of solidifying metals.

Students and teachers, scientists and engineers will greatly benefit from the new 5^th edition due to its numerous new topics – also borne out by the new authorship.

NOTE: Companion Solutions Manual with 10-15 exercises per chapter will be available separately with the following ISBNs:
p-ISBN - 978-3-0364-0142-3
e-ISBN - 978-3-0364-1142-2

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