Thermodynamics of Crystalline Materials : From Nano to Macro / / by Jean-Claude Tedenac

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910845485303321
• Autore: Tedenac J. C (Jean-Claude)
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2024
• ISBN: 3-030-99027-3; 9783030990275
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2024.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (95 pages) : illustrations
• Collana: SpringerBriefs in Materials, , 2192-1105
• Disciplina: 548.86
• Soggetti: Ceramic materials; Crystallography; Chemistry, Inorganic; Thermodynamics; Materials; Nanochemistry; Ceramics; Crystallography and Scattering Methods; Inorganic Chemistry; Materials Engineering
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: 1 Introduction -- 2 General overview of crystallography and thermodynamics -- 3 Basic crystallography for thermodynamic modeling -- 4 Basic thermodynamics: From Principles to Phase equilibria -- 5 Ab initio calculations for thermodynamics -- 6 The thermodynamic approach to phase diagrams -- 7 The modern description of phase diagrams -- 8 The relationships between phase diagrams, phase equilibria and phase stability -- 9 Conclusion -- Appendix -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book provides expert treatment of the use of the Calphad calculations for the study of crystal structures and thermodynamics relationships in phase diagram determination. After a short review of ; the relationships between crystal structures and the thermodynamics of materials, including all possible phase transformations, the book proceeds to a brief discussion of the methods for solving the stability hierarchy of different phases. Coverage includes both theoretical calculations and experimental methods based on classical thermodynamics, with emphasis on the latter. The experimental approach is mainly carried out using heat-exchange data associated with the transition of one form into another. It is demonstrated that the crystallographic properties must be associated with the phase transformations and should be taken into account. The role of X-ray crystallography therein is also discussed. Readers interested in carrying out related research will appreciate the detailed discussion and critical analysis of key results obtained by the author and his colleagues over the past five years.

Forest Urbanisms : New Non-Human and Human Ecologies for the 21st Century

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910888030403321
• Autore: de Meulder Bruno
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: [S.l.] : , : LEUVEN UNIVERSITY PRESS, , 2024; ©2024
• ISBN: 94-6166-571-7
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource
• Collana: LAP, 2
• Disciplina: 635.9/77
• Soggetti: Human ecology
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Sommario/riassunto: A radical redefinition of how humanity occupies the earth — through forests, agriculture, and settlement — and rearticulates environmental stewardship by intertwining ecologies and urbanisms, this publication brings together essays by scholars in forestry, urbanism and other disciplines, designers, practitioners and policy makers. It explores the multifaceted notion of forest urbanisms, including a conceptual ; framing essay; contributions from the sciences such as bioscience engineering, architecture, urbanism and public policy; contemporary forest urbanism projects and explorative essays that make tangible an agenda for the 21st century. With descriptions of both built and non-built projects from around the globe, the essays show how such projects substantiate a radical shift in humankind’s occupation of the world, where ecologies and urbanisms converge and agriculture, forests, and settlements are integrated.<br/>𝐹𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑢𝑟𝑏𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑠𝑚𝑠 extends growing research on a new nature–culture relationship, the necessity for trees in cities, and a rebalancing of ecology and urbanism.