Transition Metal Carbides and Nitrides

Preface

Acknowledgments


1. General Properties, Preparation, and Characterization

I. Introduction

II. Survey of General Properties

III. Applications

IV. Preparation Techniques

V. The Problem of Characterization

References


2. Crystal Chemistry

I. Introduction

II. Hägg Compounds

III. Non-Hägg-Like Phases

IV. Nowotny Octahedral Phases

References


3. Phase Relationships

I. Introduction

II. Phase Diagrams of Carbides

III. Phase Diagrams of the Nitrides

IV. Ternary Systems

References


4. Thermodynamics of Refractory Carbides and Nitrides

I. Introduction

II. Low-Temperature Heat Capacities

III. Standard State Entropies and Enthalpies at 298.15°K

IV. High-Temperature Thermodynamic Properties

V. Theoretical Treatments

References


5. Mechanical Properties

I. Introduction

II. Elastic Behavior

III. Plastic Deformation

IV. Fracture and Ductile-Brittle Transition Temperature

V. Strengthening Mechanisms

VI. Microhardness

VII. Summary

References


6. Electrical and Magnetic Properties

I. Introduction

II. Electrical Resistivities

III. Hall Coefficients

IV. Magnetic Susceptibilities

V. Electronic Specific Heat Coefficient

VI. Thermoelectric Power

VII. Thermal Conductivities

VIII. Soft X-Ray Emission

IX. Limitations of Electron Correlations, Fact or Fiction

X. General Observations

References


7. Superconducting Properties

I. Introduction

II. Superconducting Critical Temperatures

III. Critical Magnetic Fields and Critical Currents

IV. Basic Mechanisms

V. Correlations

References


8. Band Structure and Bonding in Carbides and Nitrides

I. Introduction

II. Strong Metal-Nonmetal Bonding Theories

III. Strong Metal-Metal Bonding Theories

IV. Strong Metal-Metal and Metal-Nonmetal Bonds

V. Comparison with Observed Physical Properties

References


9. Postscript

I. Future Areas of Research and Critical Problems

References

Author Index

Subject Index