Phase Transformations in Metals and Alloys (Revised Reprint)

This is the quintessential introduction text on phase diagrams and phase transformations in materials science. The first chapter is one of the easiest to understand deliveries of free energy descriptions and phase diagrams I've come across. Each chapter is well thought out and touches on many important concepts in materials science and engineering. Even though the target is for metals and alloys many ideas can be extend towards ceramics and some polymers. Once more, all math treatment is done in the most simple and straight forward way. This blessing however is a slight drawback if your looking for a graduate treatment of the topic, although there are many other great texts out there that cover this. Like many of the other reviewers this text does have a fair amount of typos and errors but I don't feel it discredits the content. I also think that the full detailed solutions to the chapter problems is very useful when using this textbook for self study. I strongly recommend this in any materials scientists library.

Arrived on time. Came in cardboard and plastic wrapped. Have been using it to study for school. Overall good purchase.

This is a good book to read if you are studying or researching phase transitions in materials. I used it as a reference for some of my research on crystal nucleation and growth and materials deformation. Not comprehensive, but still informative and a good background of the area.

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We used this textbook for a graduate level course.My first observation was that a lot of the content in this book was copied from other sources without directly giving credit to the original authors. One example is where Reed-Hill credits an original paper whereas these authors just copied it from Reed-Hill and omitted the citation. There are other examples where they copied content directly from Shewmon.As mentioned above, some content is copied from other sources and this wouldn't be as bad if it weren't for the fact that in most cases they copied the end result without fully explaining the concepts behind it. This can take a lot of your time away from you if you try to derive a formula on your own. I was usually forced to refer to other books when I found myself having a hard time understanding a section or a formula. Sometimes an attempt at an explanation is made but it is not sufficient to explain how the author arrived at the formula or concept. If you are accustomed to textbooks that show you how formulas are derived, this isn't the textbook for you. To make matters worse, some formulas throughout the book are incorrect (and its the 3rd edition!).The arrangement of the book can sometimes get confusing and you often have to backup and re-read sections to make sure that you are not mixing concepts. I often had to go back to other textbooks and read their sections on a subject and then re-read this book (and then it finally made sense).For my kinetics of phase transformations course, which was very rigorous, I had to suplement this book with other textbooks: Physical Metallurgy Principles by Robert E. Reed-Hill & Reza Abbascian, Diffusion in Solids by Paul Shewmon, and various research papers or lecture notes to fully understand all of the concepts.

I'll assume this book came new. Despite the "Revised Reprint" there are still a million typos. Perhaps another revision is in order by a more fluent English speaking editor.

I am very satisfied.And I want to buy them one more.Finally thank you for buying a Excellent book.

How difficult matter is explained in a comprehensible way !

Best book for metallurgy... Whole physical Metallurgy is covered.. Must have for PhD aspirants

Excelente ivro com figuras de alto padrão. Um clássico da área de metalurgia física e transformações de fase. Produto movo foi entregue intacto.

I bought this for my son who tells me it is a very helpful text book. Easy to use

Bon bouquin, bon sujet bien traite. Notamment un bon texte qui donne du sens aux equations et des schemas tres explicatifs. Tres bien pour des etudiants mais aussi pour des professionnels desireux de rafraichir leurs connaissances.

I am a materials engineering student and this was a recommended text for my phase transformations class. My prof did not refer to it much, if at all, so I did not look at it until halfway through the course. Once I started reading it though, I realized that it was a great book that is very easy to read and has awesome information. I could even enjoy just casually reading this book on my spare time because of the way it presents information. It is definitely a book I will keep nearby for my career as an engineer.