"Phase Equilibria, Phase Diagrams and Phase Transformations: Their Thermodynamic Basis" by Mats Hillert

This book deals with the theoretical basis of chemical equilibria and chemical changes and emphasizes the properties of phase diagrams. The book treats the field from a modern perspective, and takes into account the dramatic changes in the methods of applying thermodynamics caused by the development both of computer operated programs for sophisticated equilibrium calculations and of extensive databases containing thermodynamic parameter values for individual phases from which all thermodynamic properties may be calculated.

This new situation has inspired a new approach to the teaching of basic thermodynamics.
Illustrative examples of thermodynamic modeling are also given, and the book contains many exercises and worked solutions.
This modern text will be of value to undergraduate and graduate students in materials science and chemistry.


Contents
Preface to second edition
Preface to first edition
1 Basic concepts of thermodynamics
2 Manipulation of thermodynamic quantities
3 Systems with variable composition
4 Practical handling of multicomponent systems
5 Thermodynamics of processes
6 Stability
7 Applications of molar Gibbs energy diagrams
8 Phase equilibria and potential phase diagrams
9 Molar phase diagrams
10 Projected and mixed phase diagrams
11 Direction of phase boundaries
12 Sharp and gradual phase transformations
13 Transformations in closed systems
14 Partitionless transformations
15 Limit of stability and critical phenomena
16 Interfaces
17 Kinetics of transport processes
18 Methods of modelling
19 Modelling of disorder
20 Mathematical modelling of solution phases
21 Solution phases with sublattices
22 Physical solution models
References
Index