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Thermodynamics of alloys

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In this chapter we will present briefly some basic thermodynamic relations that are useful in understanding the fundamentals of growth and coarsening of particles embedded in a matrix. The reader who is already familiar with the concepts of free energy, chemical potential, equilibrium of heterogeneous alloys, the Gibbs-Thomson effect etc. may skip this chapter.

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  1. Institute for Space Simulation, German Aerospace Center DLR, D-51170, Cologne, Germany

    Professor Dr. Lorenz Ratke

  2. Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, 2225 North Campus Drive, 60208-3108, Evanston, Illinois, USA

    Professor Peter W. Voorhees

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Ratke, L., Voorhees, P.W. (2002). Thermodynamics of alloys. In: Growth and Coarsening. Engineering Materials. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-04884-9_2

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