Advanced Materials, 21st Century

This unique book is published at the occasion of the 80th birthday of B E Paton, Director of the E O Paton Electric Welding Institute in Kiev, one of the outstanding scientists working in the area of welding, NDT and materials science. The book (almost 700 pages) contains detailed studies written by leading Ukrainian, Russian and foreign scientists, dealing with the most important results of materials science, welding, metallurgy and engineering, with predictions for the development of these sciences in the 21st century. The book contains a large number of new experimental results and will be of considerable interest to everybody working in materials science, welding, NDT, metallurgy, etc. WELDING PROCESSES AND TECHNOLOGIES: Problems of welding high-strength low alloy steels; Weld ability of modern high-strength steels; The prospects and problems of materials science in the development of materials and welding technologies in construction of unique ice-resistant platforms; Solid-phase welding of high-strength pearlitic, austenitic and martensitic steels; Computer modelling of welding processes METALLURGICAL PROCESSES AND TECHNOLOGIES: Electro slag technology in the 21st century; Processes of ladle treatment of metals and alloys; The effect of external influences on the crystal structure of castings; The structure of eutectics and development of new eutectics alloys; Prospects of development of materials produced by transformation from the liquid to solid state; Science of Sintering-a multidisciplinary reality; Sintering of powder materials in electrothermal, plasma and laser heating; The current state and prospects of thermal and thermomechanical strengthening of commercial rolled metalstock; The phenomenological theory of sorption of diatomic gases bimetal from electric at plasma; Hydrogen - a unique element; Development and improvement of structural materials for new generation nuclear power plant with increased reliability and service life; Designer and some functional materials. Present and future; Al alloys for aerospace technology FUNCTIONAL AND COMPOSITE MATERIALS: Development of high-purity materials; Inorganic materials deposited from the vapour phase in vacuum; Development of diamond synthesis technology; Materials with a cluster structure - new properties and possibilities; High-temperature superconducting material's with high critical parameters; Smart materials at the Institute of Metals Physics of the Academic of Sciences of the Ukraine; Composite sintered antifriction and friction materials for friction sections; Thermoelectric materials with programmable in homogeneity; The problem of the micro-heterogeneous structure of disordered metallic systems; Porous materials: scientific fundamentals of the formation of properties and efficient application; The structural integrity of the new 'advanced materials'; Magnetic materials: properties and application; Prospects of development of tools steels; Investigation and development of non-oxide ceramic materials in the Ukraine; Brazing non-metallic refractory materials, advances and prospects; PHYSICO-CHEMICAL MECHANICS AND STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; Physical-chemical mechanics of structural materials: achievements and prospects; Strength of constructional materials; Corrosion of stainless-steel and welded joints; Development of holographic interferometry for examining the stress-strain state and inspected thequality of welded joints; New methods of micromechanical tests of materials by local loading with a rigid indentorPokhodnya, I. K. is the author of 'Advanced Materials, 21st Century' with ISBN 9781898326618 and ISBN 1898326614.