000			01738pam a2200217 a 4500
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008			960612s1996 si a b 001 0 eng
020			_a9789810223649
041			_aeng
082	0	0	_a530.414 _bTolR
100	1		_aTolédano, Pierre
245	1	0	_aReconstructive Phase Transitions : _bIn Crystals and Quasicrystals / _cPierre Toledano & Vladimir Dmitriev
260			_aSingapore ; _aRiver Edge, NJ : _bWorld Scientific; _c©1996
300			_axvii, 397p.
520			_aThis book deals with the phenomenological theory of first-order structural phase transitions, with a special emphasis on reconstructive transformations in which a group-subgroup relationship between the symmetries of the phases is absent. It starts with a unified presentation of the current approach to first-order phase transitions, using the more recent results of the Landau theory of phase transitions and of the theory of singularities. A general theory of reconstructive phase transitions is then formulated, in which the structures surrounding a transition are expressed in terms of density-waves, providing a natural definition of the transition order-parameters, and a description of the corresponding phase diagrams and relevant physical properties. The applicability of the theory is illustrated by a large number of concrete examples pertaining to the various classes of reconstructive transitions: allotropic transformations of the elements, displacive and order-disorder transformations in metals, alloys and related structures, crystal-quasicrystal transformations.
650		0	_aQuasicrystals
650		0	_aCrystals
650		0	_aPhase transformations (Statistical physics)
700	1		_aDmitriev, Vladimir
942			_cBK
999			_c3879 _d3879