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This chapter describes a framework for studying the propagation of singular interfaces such as phase and twin boundaries in multicomponent bodies. The balance equations for mass, energy and entropy at an interface between two phases are examined in detail. The chemical and mechanical contributions to the total thermodynamic driving force are identified for both ideal and real interfaces. Transformation kinetics, based on these thermodynamic driving forces, is formulated for the martensitic and diffusional transformations. The framework is illustrated by two examples, the first estimates the thickness of a deformation twin, and the second describes the growth of an allotriomorphic ferrite film at the expense of the austenitic phase.
F.D. Fischer expresses his heart-felt thanks for the intensive discussions, the help and the contributions from (in alphabetic order) Prof. P. Fratzl, former Professor of Metal Physics and Director of the Erich Schmid Institute until September 2003, now with Max-Planck-Institut für Kolloid- und Grenzflächenforschung, Potsdam, Germany; Prof. V. Levitas, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas Technical University, Lubbock, USA; and Dr. J. Svoboda, Institute of Physics of Materials, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Brno. Furthermore, the fundings of Christian Dopper Laboratory of Functionally Oriented Materials Design, Leoben/Vienna, Austria, Materials Centre Leoben, and the FWF (Project number: P15251) are kindly appreciated.
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Fischer, F.D., Simha, N.K. (2004). Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Phase and Twin Boundaries. In: Fischer, F.D. (eds) Moving Interfaces in Crystalline Solids. CISM International Centre for Mechanical Sciences, vol 453. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-211-27404-9_4
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