The final microstructures of materials are often obtained by transformation in the solid state. A tight control of the relevant processes is vital for a material with optimal properties, and thus for the efficient large--scale production of industrial components. In this book, based on the recent EUROMAT symposium, the most important phenomena will be treated and new directions of research outlined. The main subjects are: Modelling precipitation, eutectoid transformation and theory of TTT/ CT curves; Phase dissolution during heating; Rapid solid state transformation phenomena: massive transformation, bainite formation, martensite including crack formation of ceramics; Crystallisation of glass (metals, polymers, ceramics); Recrystallisation; Phase transformations during service.

Table of Contents:
I. PRECIPITATION AND DIFFUSION PROCESSES.Characterization and Modeling of NbC Precipitation in Model Microalloyed Steels (F. Perrard, et. al.).The Effects of Nickel on M23C6 Coarsening Rates in 12CrMoVNb Steels (V. VodA!rek, et al.).Effect on Initial Melt Undercooling on Solid-State Recrystallization and Grain Growth Processes in as-Solidified Superalloy (F. Liu, et al.).Modelling the Diffusional Transformation by Application of the Thermodynamic Extremal Principle (J. Svoboda, et al.).Phase Transformations in a Co-Cu-Ni Alloy (I. Guillon, et al.).The Coupling of Interphase Boundary Migration and Precipitation: Example of a Microalloyed Nb-Containing Steel (C. R. Hutchinson, et al.).Advanced Models for Particle Dissolution in Multi-Component Alloys (F. J. Vermolen, et al.).Modeling of the Precipitation Evolution During Non-isothermal Heat Treatments in an Al Zn Mg Alloy (M. Nicolas, et al.).Elastic Strain Energy Study of Directional Coarsening of gamma Precipitates in Single Crystal Supperalloys: A 3D Finite Element Analysis (W. Chen, et al.).II. MARTENSITIC AND STRESS SENSITIVE TRANSFORMATIONS.Possibilities for the Selective Improvement of the Mechanical Properties of TRIP Steels Considering as Example Two Steels with Different Carbon Contents (B. RAthler, et al.).Micromechanical Study of the Martensitic Transformation in TRIP-Assisted Multiphase Steels (T. Van Rompaey, et al.).Effect of Carbon and Nitrogen on the Shape Memory Effect in FeMnSiCrNi SMAs (N. Van Caenegem, et al.).Rapid Full Annealing Under High Magnetic Field (Y. Zhang, et al.).III. CRYSTALLIZATION.Crystallization Kinetics and Phase Selection in Amorphous Al-Alloys (N. Boucharat, et al.).Temperature Dependent Critical Size pf Embedded Silicon Nano-crystals: A Molecular Dynamics Study (T. a T. Chiu, et al.).Effects of Soft-Impingement and Non-random Nucleation on the Kinetic and Microstructural Development of Primary Crystallization (D. Crespo, et al.).Mechanical Spectroscopy of Quasicrystal Formation from Amorphous Ti- and Zr-based Alloys (H. a R. Sinning, et al.).Solid-Solid Phase Transformation of Amorphous Titanium Based Alloys (A. Jianu, et al.).IV. RECRYSTALLIZATION AND Grain Size Control.Energetics of Three-Dimensional Network Structures (M. E. Glicksman, et al.).Tempering Peculiarities of Fe-C Alloy by Severe Plastic Deformation (Y. Ivanisenko, et al.).Investigation of Ferrite Softening Processes in a 0.2 wt% C 1.5 wt% Mn Steel after Hot Deformation (A. Smith, et al.).A Preliminary Study on the Grain Refinement in Ultra Low Carbon Steels by Cyclic Heat Treatment (E. Bayraktar, et al.).Author Index.Subject Index.