Phase Transitions - 1973 : Proceedings of the Conference on Phase Transitions and Their Applications in Materials Science, University Park, Pennsylvania, May 23-25, 1973

Phase Transitions - 1973 is a collection of the proceedings of the Conference on Phase Transitions and Their Applications in Materials Science, held at Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania, on May 23-25, 1973. The papers explore some of the practical applications of solid-state phase transitions and consequent precursor property modifications in metals, ceramics, glasses, polymers, macromolecules, and biological systems. Comprised of 41 chapters, this book begins with an introduction to applications of phase transitions in materials science, followed by a syncretist classification of phase transitions. Subsequent chapters discuss phase transitions in materials such as liquid crystals, PLZT ceramics, disordered semiconductors, silver iodide single crystals, and aluminum alloys. The structural aspects of phase transitions are also considered, along with the statistical mechanics of glass transition; thermal expansion and phase transitions in silica; phase transformation of Fe-Mn alloys induced by shock loading; and order-disorder transitions in biopolymers. This monograph will be of interest to physicists and materials scientists. Content: Front Matter , Page i Copyright , Page ii Conference on PHASE TRANSITIONS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS IN MATERIALS SCIENCE - 1973 , Page iii FOREWORD , Page iv , L.E. CROSS APPLICATIONS OF PHASE TRANSITIONS IN MATERIALS SCIENCE , Pages 1-11 , John B. Goodenough A SYNCRETIST CLASSIFICATION OF PHASE TRANSITIONS , Pages 13-27 , Rustum Roy PHASE TRANSITIONS BETWEEN OPTICALLY DISTINGUISHABLE STATES AND SOME POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS , Pages 29-59 , S.K. Kurtz PHASE TRANSITIONS IN LIQUID CRYSTALS , Pages 61-70 , James Adams ELECTRICALLY-CONTROLLED SECONDARY PHASE IN PLZT CERAMICS , Pages 71-81 , Willis D. Smith LIGHT INDUCED TRANSFORMATIONS IN DISORDERED SEMICONDUCTORS , Pages 83-89 , Julius Feinleib OPTICAL STUDIES ON THE HIGH PRESSURE PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS IN SILVER IODIDE SINGLE CRYSTALS , Pages 91-99 , K. Vedam, J.L. Kirk, S.K. Suri AROUND THE MOTT TRANSITION IN BINARY TRANSITION METAL COMPOUNDS , Pages 101-115 , John A. Wilson SELF CONSISTENT RANDOM STATIC FIELD APPROXIMATIONS IN THE ELECTRON CORRELATION PROBLEM , Pages 117-123 , E.N. Economou, D.C. Licciardello, K.L. Ngai FREE ENERGY MODEL OF HIGH TEMPERATURE TRANSITION IN Ti 2 O 3 AND V 2 O 3 , Pages 125-138 , H.J. Zeiger THEORY OF SEMICONDUCTOR PHASE DIAGRAMS WITH APPLICATIONS , Pages 139-148 , J.A. Van Vechten STRUCTURAL ASPECTS OF PHASE TRANSITIONS , Pages 149-168 , S.C. Abrahams LATTICE WAVE DESCRIPTION OF METALLURGICAL PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS , Pages 169-178 , D. de Fontaine NEUTRON STUDY OF THE BETA-TO-OMEGA INSTABILITY IN Zr 0.80 Nb 0.20 , Pages 179-188 , S.C. Moss, D.T. Keating, J.D. Axe SOME SURPRISES FROM RAMAN MEASUREMENTS OF DISPLACIVE FERROELECTRICS BELOW T c , Pages 189-194 , Gerald Burns WHAT GOOD ARE SOFT MODES? , Pages 195-205 , P.A. Fleury PHASE DECOMPOSITION IN ALUMINUM ALLOYS QUENCHED FROM THE LIQUID STATE , Pages 207-222 , S.C. Agarwal, H. Herman SHOCK WAVE TECHNIQUES FOR THE EXAMINATION OF PHASE TRANSITIONS , Pages 223-234 , W.J. Carter PHASE TRANSITIONS IN MÖSSBAUER SPECTROSCOPY , Pages 235-242 , G.K. Wertheim THE STUDY OF PHASE TRANSITIONS BY RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY UNDER UNIAXIAL STRESS , Pages 243-252 , Fred H. Pollak CONTINUOUS HEATING METHOD FOR HIGH RESOLUTION SPECIFIC HEAT MEASUREMENTS , Pages 253-262 , John J. White III STATISTICAL MECHANICS OF THE GLASS TRANSITION , Pages 263-269 , Martin Goldstein EFFECTS OF MIXING AND ORDERING ON THE GLASS TRANSITION IN METALLIC GLASSES OF Pd-Ni-P AND Pt-Ni-P , Pages 271-276 , H.S. Chen THERMAL DILATATION AND GLASS TRANSITION OF AMORPHOUS POLYMERS , Pages 277-285 , Shaul M. Aharoni MECHANISMS FOR DIFFUSIONLESS PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS , Pages 287-297 , S. Mendelson ELECTRON MICROSCOPIC STUDY OF PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS IN PURE AND PARTIALLY-STABILIZED ZrO 2 , Pages 299-305 , G.K. Bansal, A.H. Heuer MICROSTRAIN MEASUREMENTS IN MONOCLINIC⇄TETRAGONAL PHASE TRANSITION OF ZIRCONIA , Pages 307-315 , S.T. Buljan, H.A. McKinstry, V.S. Stubican THE POLYMORPHIC PHASE IN PLZT CERAMICS , Pages 317-323 , H.M. O'Bryan Jr., A.H. Meitzler THE STABILITY OF THE PHASE TRANSFORMATION OF Fe-Mn ALLOYS INDUCED BY SHOCK LOADING , Pages 325-332 , Norman Brown THERMAL EXPANSION AND PHASE TRANSITIONS IN SILICA , Pages 333-343 , K. Chow, W.A. Phillips, A.I. Bienenstock ON MECHANISMS OF THE B1 ↔ B2 STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION , Pages 345-349 , B.G. Hyde, M. O'Keeffe THEORY OF ORDER-DISORDER TRANSITIONS IN BIOPOLYMERS , Pages 351-362 , A.J. Hopfinger DETECTION OF PHASE TRANSITIONS IN MOLECULAR CRYSTALS AND MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES BY POSITRON ANNIHILATION , Pages 363-372 , S.Y. Chuang, S.J. Tao PHASE TRANSITION BEHAVIOUR AS A GUIDE FOR SELECTING SOLID ELECTROLYTE MATERIALS , Pages 373-377 , W. van Gool DISORDERING KINETICS OF β ' PHASE Cu-Zn AND Ag-Zn , Pages 379-392 , J.D. Ayers, M.E. Glicksman ENTHALPY OF THE OLIVINE-SPINEL TRANSITION IN MAGNESIUM ORTHOGERMANATE AND THE THERMODYNAMICS OF OLIVINE-SPINEL-PHENACITE STABILITY RELATIONS , Pages 393-398 , A. Navrotsky CRYSTALLIZATION BEHAVIOR OF GLASS-FORMING ASYMMETRIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS: 1:2 DIPHENYLBENZENE AND RELATED COMPOUNDS , Pages 399-408 , Hin-Mo Li, J.H. Magill ELECTRICAL CHARGE TRANSPORT MECHANISMS IN CARBON BLACK FILLED GLASSY POLYMERS , Pages 409-422 , Michael W. Ferralli, Armand F. Lewis EVOLUTION OF FIRST ORDER MAGNETIC TRANSITIONS IN THE SOLID SOLUTION Cu 1−x Ag x Mn 3 N , Pages 423-428 , R. Madar, M. Barberon, Mm E. Fruchart, G. Lorthioir, R. Fruchart UNUSUAL PHASE TRANSITION BEHAVIOR IN WEAKLY INTERACTING MAGNETIC CLUSTER SUBSTANCES: APPLICATION TO MAGNETIC COOLING , Pages 429-438 , Jill C. Bonner, Simeon A. Friedberg HALL COEFFICIENT OF MAGNETIC METALS NEAR A PHASE TRANSITION , Pages 439-445 , Marcel Ausloos AUTHOR INDEX , Pages 447-448