Description
This book details the principles underlying rapid solidification processing, material structure and properties, and their applications. It presents a manifold approach to both amorphous and crystalline rapidly solidified metallic alloys. Key topics covered include: nucleation and growth studies in undercooled melts, processes for producing rapidly solidified alloys, compaction of amorphous alloys, surface remelting treatments, structural relaxation, atomic transport, microstructure-property relationships, and magnetic properties of amorphous alloys. With over 2300 literature citations, this resource is intended for engineers, metallurgists, physicists, chemists, and graduate students.