Hans Beck

Glassy Metals Iii: Amorphization Techniques, Catalysis, Electronic and Ionic Structure - Topics in Applied Physics Hans Beck Softcover Reprint of the Original 1st Ed. 1994 edition

Description for Sales People: This volume is the third in a series on glassy metals. It summarizes the most important recent developments in this field and discusses in detail a variety of new amorphization methods and experimental aspects. Written by experts in the field, it is the first comprehensive review providing an easy and most straightforward introduction to the subject. Table of Contents: Amorphization in metallic systems.- Mechanically alloyed glassy metals.- Glassy metals in catalysis.- Interrelations between electronic and ionic structure in metallic glasses.- The polycluster concept of amorphous solids. Publisher Marketing: The present volume summarizes some of the important recent developments in the field of metallic glasses. A variety of new amorphization methods such as hydrogen absorption, thermal interdiffusion reactions, irradiation and mechanical alloying are presented and various thermodynamic and experimental aspects of these techniques are discussed in detail. A chapter is devoted to glassy metals used as catalyst precursors yielding metal catalysts with unusual chemical and structural properties. The interrelation between electronic and ionic structures in glassy and liquid metals gives fascinating insights in the basic properties of the non-crystalline state of matter.

Contributor Bio:  Beck, Hans Hans Beck is Professor of Ancient History, John McNaughton Chair of Classics, and Director of Classical Studies in the Department of History and Classical Studies, McGill University. He is co-author, with John Buckler, of Central Greece and the Politics of Power in the Fourth Century BC (2008), editor of A Companion to Ancient Greek Government (2013) and co-editor, with Antonio Dupla, Martin Jehne and Francisco Pina Polo, of Consuls and Res Publica: Holding High Office in the Roman Republic (2011). Contributor Bio:  Haussler, P Haussler of the Technical University of Chemnitz-Zwickau, Germany