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Creep of Crystals: High-temperature Deformation Processes in Metals, Ceramics and Minerals [Cambridge Earth Science Series].
by Poirier, Jean-Paul
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- ISBN 10
- 0521278511
- ISBN 13
- 9780521278515
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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (CUP), 1985. Paperback octavo, very good condition, minimal edgewear. 260 pp. This textbook describes the physics of the plastic deformation of solids at high temperatures for geologists or geophysicists interested in the high-temperature behaviour of crystals. Acquaints with the methods of materials science. Explains the most important models and recent experimental results of materials science. Also explains the essential solid-state physics, thermodynamics and hydrostatics of creep, creep models and their applications in geology, diffusion creep, and superplastic deformation and deformation enhanced by phase transformations. Extensive bibliographies are presented.
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- Bookhome Sydney (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16328
- Title
- Creep of Crystals: High-temperature Deformation Processes in Metals, Ceramics and Minerals [Cambridge Earth Science Series].
- Author
- Poirier, Jean-Paul
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0521278511
- ISBN 13
- 9780521278515
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (CUP)
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Date Published
- 1985
- Keywords
- textbook, earth sciences, geology, mineralogy, crystallography, crystals, physics, technology, materials science, metals, ceramics
- Bookseller catalogs
- EARTH SCIENCES;
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...