Fundamental Phenomena in the Materials Sciences

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. Some Aspects of Classical Surface Thermodynamics

   • P. L. de Bruyn

   Pages 1-36

3. Modern Theory of Fluid Surface Tension

   • Edward W. Hart

   Pages 37-42

4. Nucleation in Homogeneous Vapors

   • K. C. Russell

   Pages 43-62

5. Nucleation Processes in Deposition onto Substrates

   • J. P. Hirth, K. L. Moazed

   Pages 63-84

6. Nucleation and Condensation in Polymer Systems

   • Fraser P. Price

   Pages 85-110

7. Surface Self-Diffusion at High Temperatures

   • P. G. Shewmon

   Pages 111-131

8. Self-Diffusion on Nearly Pure Metallic Surfaces

   • C. E. Birchenall, J. M. Williams

   Pages 133-151

9. Defects Near Ionic Crystal Surfaces

   • Che-Yu Li, J. M. Blakely

   Pages 153-170

10. Effect of Surfaces on Mechanical Behavior of Metals

    • I. R. Kramer

    Pages 171-193

11. Ultrafine Particles in the Gas Phase

    • John Turkevich

    Pages 195-222

12. Back Matter

    Pages 223-230

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This volume explores in detail the four interrelated branches of the study of surface phenomena-surface thermodynamics, nucleation, diffusion, and fine-particles technology-providing an unusual and comprehensive body of knowledge that will be of interest and practical value to both materials researchers and practising engineers. The growing awareness-since the advent of the space age-among solid-state physicists, metallurgists, ceramists, chemical engineers, and mechanical engineers of the need for a broad interdisciplinary under­ standing of the fundamental phenomena common to all matedals has led in recent years to the development of a new field of scientific investigation, Materials Science. To help promote interest in and con­ tributions to this new technology, annual symposia on "Fundamental Phenomena in the Materials Sciences" have been organized by the Ilikon Corporation. The first symposium, reported in Volume 1 of this series, was held in Boston, Massachusetts, on February 1 and 2, 1963; sintering and plastic deformation were the main topics of discussion. The second meeting, also held in Boston, on January 27 and 28, 1964, was exclusively concerned with the general interdisciplinary problems related to surface phenomena, that is, all of those physical and chemical areas that are pertinent to the surface of a solid, or to the interface between a solid and a gas, a solid and a liquid, or a solid and a solid.

• crystal
• deformation
• development
• diffusion
• dynamics
• engine
• liquid
• material
• materials
• plastic deformation
• polymer
• sintering
• space
• technology
• thermodynamics

• Ilikon Corporation, Natick, USA

  L. J. Bonis

• Department of Metallurgy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA

  P. L. Bruyn

• Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, USA

  J. J. Duga

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