Rapidly Solidified Alloys

Part 1 Processes: background to rapid solidification processing, R.W. Cahn; fundamentals of solidification at high rates, W.J. Boettinger and J.H. Perepezko; undercooling and solidification, D.M. Herlach and R. Wilnecker; processing principles in rapid solidification, Paul Hideo Shingu and Keiichi N. Ishihara; rapid solidification processing of composites, E.R. Murray and D.G. Ast; production techniques of alloy wires by rapid solidification, M. Hagiwara and A. Inoue; synthesis and consolidation of amorphous metallic powders, R.N. Schwarz; rapidly solidified surface layers by laser melting, E. Schubert and H.W. Bergmann. Part 2 Structures and properties: atomic structure of rapidly solidified alloys, T. Egami; structural relaxation and atomic transport in amorphous alloys, A.L. Greer; phase transformations in rapidly solidified alloys, Uwe Koster and Uwe Schunemann; microstructure-property relations in rapidly solidified crystalline alloys, S.K. Das and F.H. Froes; recent studies of the mechanical properties of amorphous alloys, J.C.M. Li; electronic transport properties, T. Richmond and H.J. Guntherodt; low-temperature properties of rapidly solidified alloys, H.V. Lohneysen; intrinsic magnetic properties of amorphous alloys, T. Mizoguchi; engineering magnetic properties, A. Hernando and M. Vazquez; chemical properties of rapidly solidified alloys, K. Hashimoto. Part 3 Applications: applications of rapidly solidified soft magnetic alloys, Carl H. Smith; rapidly solidified Nd-Fe-B alloy for permanent magnet applications, M.S. Guthrie; brazing and soldering with rapidly solidified alloys, A. Rabinkin and Howard H. Liebermann; mechanical performance applications of rapidly solidified alloys, C. Suryanarayana and F.H. Froes; rapid solidification - origins, present and future, H. Jones.