The Vitreous State Thermodynamics, Structure, Rheology, and Crystallization /

• Main Authors: Gutzow, Ivan S. (Author), Schmelzer, J<U+00fc>rn W.P. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2013.
• Subjects: Physics.; Chemistry, inorganic.; Condensed Matter Physics.; Ceramics, Glass, Composites, Natural Methods.; Inorganic Chemistry.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-34633-0

This book summarizes the experimental evidence and modern classical and theoretical approaches in understanding the vitreous state, from structural problems, over equilibrium and non-equilibrium thermodynamics, to statistical physics. Glasses, and especially silicate glasses, are only the best known...

Table of Contents:

• States of Aggregation, Thermodynamic Phases, and the Vitreous State
• Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics and the Kinetics of Glass Transition and Stabilization
• General Approaches to the Description of the Structure of Glasses
• Statistical Physics of Under-Cooled Melts and Glasses
• Nucleation in Glass-Forming Systems
• Catalyzed Crystallization of Glass-Forming Melts
• Theory of Crystal Growth and Dissolution in Under-cooled Melts
• Growth of Clusters. Ostwald<U+0019>s Rule of Stages
• Kinetics of Overall Crystallization
• Liquid Phase Separation in Glass-Forming Melts
• Rheology of Glass-Forming Melts.