Superconductivity: Basics and Applications to Magnets R.G. Sharma
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Materials Kinetics Fundamentals: Principles, Processes, and Applications Ryan O’Hayre Wiley, 2015 312 pages, $115.00 (e-book $92.99) ISBN 978-1-118-97289-2
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’Hayre’s textbook on materials kinetics serves as a concise introduction to the topic. The book is intended for use in a third- or fourth-year undergraduate class, and is well suited both in terms of the depth of topical coverage as well as writing style that maintains student interest. The writing style is somewhat less formal than in other textbooks on this topic, and more complicated math is often skipped in the interest of moving more quickly to practical outcomes. In addition, the book continually ties fundamental concepts to a range of applications. At the end of each chapter are a brief summary and a short list of questions that could be assigned as homework. The book is split roughly in half. The first half, “Kinetic Principles,” begins with two chapters that introduce the topic of materials kinetics and then review the foundational thermodynamics. The principles that are reviewed include thermodynamic potentials, reaction equilibrium constants, and calculations of various
units of concentration. This review might be unnecessary in a curriculum that offers thermodynamics and kinetics in a wellintegrated sequence. The heart of the first half comes in the next two chapters. Chapter 3 discusses chemical kinetics, starting with zero-, first-, and second-order homogeneous reactions and then moving to heterogeneous reactions. Chapter 4 discusses transport kinetics. Continuum approaches are given first, with content centered on Fick’s first and second laws. Next, atomistic approaches are summarized, largely to show how diffusivities can be derived from first principles in ideal gases and solids. The book’s second half is entitled “Applications of Materials Kinetics,” and consists of three chapters. Chapter 5 deals with kinetics at the gas–solid interface, including adsorption, gaseous corrosion, and various thin-film deposition methods. Chapter 6 discusses phase transformations, solidification, nucleation, and
Springer, 2015 414 pages, $179.00 (e-book $139.00) ISBN 978-3-319-13712-4
his is an excellent book for young researchers who want to get a clear knowledge about low-temperature measurements and experimental techniques, magnetic applications, and superconductivity. The most attractive aspect of this book is that it covers the basic phenomenon of low-temperature physics, magnetism, and
superconductivity with the help of a combined experimental and theoretical approach with very clear illustrations in 10 chapters. The first chapter gives a brief introduction about how to liquefy gases and achieve low temperatures to pK with pictorial representation of experimental setups and different processes (Linde–Hampson MRS BULLETIN
Reviewer: Joshua Hertz is an assistant teaching professor in the College of Engineering, Northeastern University, USA.
liquefaction cycle to the recent developments in achieving low temperatures with Kamerlingh Onnes’s success sto
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