Handbook of Solid State Diffusion: Volume 2: Diffusion Analysis in Material Applications

Handbook of Solid State Diffusion, Volume 2: Diffusion Analysis in Material Applications covers the basic fundamentals, techniques, applications, and latest developments in the area of solid-state diffusion, offering a pedagogical understanding for students, academicians, and development engineers. Both experimental techniques and computational methods find equal importance in the second of this two volume set.

Volume 2 covers practical issues on diffusion phenomena in bulk, thin film, and in nanomaterials. Diffusion related problems and analysis of methods in industrial applications, such as electronic industry, high temperature materials, nuclear materials, and superconductor materials are discussed.

Presents a handbook with a short mathematical background and detailed examples of concrete applications of the sophisticated methods of analysisEnables readers to learn the basic concepts of experimental approaches and the computational methods involved in solid-state diffusionCovers bulk, thin film, and nanomaterialsIntroduces the problems and analysis in important materials systems in various applicationsCollates contributions from academic and industrial problems from leading scientists involved in developing key concepts across the globe

1. Diffusion Measurements in Nanostructures 2. Diffusion-Controlled Phase Transformations in Open Systems 3. Thermodynamic-Kinetic Method on Microstructural Evolutions in Electronics 4. Microstructural Evolution by Reaction–Diffusion: Bulk, Thin Film, and Nanomaterials 5. Electromigration in Metallic Materials and Its Role in Whiskering 6. Diffusion Couple Technique: A Research Tool in Materials Science 7. Diffusion-Controlled Internal Precipitation Reactions 8. Diffusion in Nuclear Materials 9. The Growth of Silicides and Germanides