Predictive theories of phenomena involving phase change with applications in engineering are investigated in this volume, e.g. solid-liquid phase change, volume

The book is mainly devoted to the thermomechanical behavior of materials during solid-solid phase transformations. The physical mechanisms including diffusion,

The Physics of Phase Transitions occupies an important place at the crossroads of several fields central to materials sciences. This second edition incorporates

The book provides an introduction to the physics which underlies phase transitions and to the theoretical techniques currently at our disposal for understanding

Phase transitions--changes between different states of organization in a complex system--have long helped to explain physics concepts, such as why water freezes