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A Phase Field Model for Solidification of an Eutectic Alloy
As the earth's core is primarily iron, the study of the mineral physics of the earth requires knowledge iron's property's, including its phases.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology, NIST, has sponsored research on the phases and phase diagrams of various polymer blends and ceramics.
Off-center impurities in IV-VI semiconductors affect phase transitions in ways that are considered in a number of on-line papers.
More on the thermodynamic calculation of phase diagrams.
Applications in the Earth Sciences that involve ternary phase diagrams.
ASM International Web Site;Handbook of ternary phase diagrams.
Short and sweet history of stainless steel
This link will take you to the The World of Materialsand give a good overview of materials and their properties.
Some good links to other universities can be found at the Materials Science (Engineering and Technology) page.
A Web resource that was helpful in the multimedia portion of this project was at the Multimedia Technology page at NC State University.
Also at NC State, an excellent overview of Visualizations in Materials Science.
Check out an interesting free software list from MIT, or take a journey through their World of Materials.
For research purposes, a good site to visit is the JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS.
Looking forward to X-ray diffraction? Get a jump on the subject by sitting in on Ocean 540: Phase Diagrams.
From Moscow State University, take a look at a thermodynamic calculation of a yttrium-barium-copper-oxygen phase diagram.

Jamie Yeakle/Beth Oborn 4/28/96

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