Protective Coatings
section epub:type=”chapter” role=”doc-chapter”> Chapter 18Protective Coatings 18.1 Introduction The last 20 years have seen a fast and steady increase of research into HTC. A quick survey with Scopus using the keywords…
section epub:type=”chapter” role=”doc-chapter”> Chapter 18Protective Coatings 18.1 Introduction The last 20 years have seen a fast and steady increase of research into HTC. A quick survey with Scopus using the keywords…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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….
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…
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…
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…