Nitridation
section epub:type=”chapter” role=”doc-chapter”> Chapter 10Nitridation 10.1 Introduction Nitridation is a process that results in the formation of nitrides in a material. It results from exposure to reducing high temperature environments…
Halogenation
section epub:type=”chapter” role=”doc-chapter”> Chapter 11Halogenation 11.1 Introduction Halogens and many halogen compounds are very corrosive. In fact, iodine was discovered when, as an impurity in soda ash, it caused corrosion…
Corrosion in Molten Metals
section epub:type=”chapter” role=”doc-chapter”> Chapter 14Corrosion in Molten Metals 14.1 Introduction Molten metals, or liquid metals, are frequently used as heat transfer medium because of their excellent heat transfer properties. Due…
Corrosion by Hydrogen and Water Vapor
section epub:type=”chapter” role=”doc-chapter”> Chapter 12Corrosion by Hydrogen and Water Vapor 12.1 Introduction The lifetime of materials exposed to high temperatures is significantly decreased by high temperature oxidation, as it affects…
Case Studies
section epub:type=”chapter” role=”doc-chapter”> Chapter 20Case Studies We hope that the interest in including a chapter on case studies connected with high temperature corrosion in relevant industrial situations and related with…
6 ▪ Interacting systems
CHAPTER 6 Interacting systems THE systems treated in Chapter 5 are valuable examples of systems for which all mathematical steps can be implemented and the premises of statistical mechanics tested….
8 ▪ Scaling theories and the renormalization group
CHAPTER 8 Scaling theories and the renormalization group THE primary goal of modern theories of critical phenomena is the evaluation of critical exponents from first principles, implying the need to…
7 ▪ Phase transitions and critical phenomena
CHAPTER 7 Phase transitions and critical phenomena PHASE, as the term is used in thermodynamics, refers to a spatially uniform equilibrium system.1 A body of given chemical composition can exist…
5 ▪ Ideal systems
CHAPTER 5 Ideal systems NOW that we’ve developed the basic formalism of statistical mechanics (,!Chapter 4), we can proceed to applications. Measurable quantities can be calculated once the partition function…
4 ▪ Ensemble theory
CHAPTER 4 Ensemble theory RESUMING where we left off in Chapter 2, if we had the phase-space probability density ρ(p,q), we could calculate averages of phase-space functions, 〈A〉=∫ΓA(p,q)ρ(p,q)dΓ, Eq. (2.53)….