Grain Growth in Polycrystalline Materials I: (Volumes 94-96 Materials Science Forum)

The volumes present investigations on grain growth phenomena and their observation in various materials: metals and alloys, ceramics, sintered materials, thin films, etc.; normal and abnormal grain growth including twinning, texture, particle and other drag effects as well as analysis of topological aspects and grain size and grain orientation correlations; grain boundary structure, mobility and interaction with particles and impurity atoms. Experimental methods applicable to measurements of grain size, orientation of individual grains, etc.

Table of Contents:
Statistical Theory of 2-D Grain Growth Based on First Principles and its Topological Foundation Synchrotron White Beam X-Ray Topographic In Situ Study of the Different Types of Grain Growth Modelling Grain Growth and Soap Froth Coarsening: Past, Present and Future Comparison of Soap Froth and Simulation of Large-Q Potts Model Scaling in a Binary Linear Bubble Model of Grain Growth On the Role of Random Walk in Normal Grain Growth Statistical Theory of Texture Effects on Grain Growth: A Basic Approach Deterministic and Statistic Models of Normal and Abnormal Grain Growth Application of Microstructural Path Concepts to Normal and Abnormal Grain Growth Abnormal Grain Growth during the Heat Treatment of Steel The Effects of Particles and Solutes on Grain Boundary Migration and Grain Growth Modeling Microstructural Evolution in Two-Dimensional Two-Phase Microstructures Grain Growth in Multiphase Alloys Kinetic Phase Transitions on Migrating Grain Boundaries On the Orientation Dependence of Grain Boundary Energy and Mobility Grain Boundary Character Distribution (GBCD) Analysis of Grain Growth-Related Phenomena in Polycrystalline Materials On the Mechanisms of Grain Boundary Migration Experimental Aspects of the Electron Back-Scatter Diffraction Technique for Grain Boundary Characterisation Experimental and Theoretical Aspects of Grain Growth in Thin Films Some Topological Aspects in 2-D Grain Structures Main Regularities of 2-D Normal Grain Growth The Topology of a Polycrystal in Three Dimensions Grain Growth on Curved Surfaces 3-D and 2-D Stereological Parameters of Computer Simulated Grain Structures Simulation and Analysis of Random Planar Mosaics Simulating and Modelling Grain Growth as the Motion of a Weighted Voronoi Diagram Simulation of 3-D Voronoi Polygons Computer Simulation of Cellular Pattern Growth Grain Growth Kinetics: The Grain Growth Exponent Change in Grain Size Distribution during Grain Growth Effect of Grain Size Distribution on Grain Growth Grain Growth in one Dimension: The Mean Field Approach A Grain Growth Model for Evolution of Polycrystalline Surfaces A Stochastic Theory of Grain Growth A Stochastic Field Approach to Grain Growth A Statistical Theory of Normal Grain Growth Modelling Subgrain Growth in Two Dimensions A Statistical Model of Continuous Grain Growth in Textured Materials Texture Development during Grain Growth - A Useful Rule-of-Thumb The Role of Grain Boundary Energy in Texture Controlled Grain Growth Texture Evolution in the Presence of Precipitates in Fe-3% Si Alloy On the Parameters Controlling the Kinetics of Secondary Recrystallization in Grain Oriented Silicon Iron Modeling of Secondary Recrystallization in 3% Silicon Steels Effect of Cross Rolling Reduction on the Texture Evolution by Grain Growth in Fe-3% Si Alloy Influence of Grain Orientation on some Magnetic Properties in Microcrystalline 6.5% Si-Fe Ribbons An Etch-Pitting Technique for Statistical Analysis of Grain Size Distributions as a Function of Orientation in Fe-Si Alloys Mechanism of {111} Texture Development in Cold Rolled Steel Sheets by Controlled Cooling on Continuous Annealing Process Influence of Cementite and Graphite on Grain Growth and Texture Development in High Carbon Sheet Steel Texture and Grain Growth of Dynamic and Static Recrystallization in Rolled Austenitic Fe-Ni-C Alloy The Development of Microstructure and Texture during the Zone-Annealing of the Mechanically Alloyed ODS Material: MA6000 Relationship between the Primary and Secondary Recrystallized Textures in Multi-Layer Molybdenum Crystals Development of a X-Ray Technique for Measuring Grain Size as a Function of Orientation in Polycrystalline Materials Connections between Grain Boundary Structure and Energy Twin Boundaries: Structure, Migration and Grain Growth On the Relation between Sliding and Migration for High-Angle Grain Boundaries Changes of the Grain Boundary Character Distribution in Grain Growth of Pure Al Formation of Grain Boundary Characteristics by Grain Growth in Polycrystalline Aluminium Grain Boundary Design during Recrystallization in High Purity Metals and Semiconductors Grain Growth Effects on Creep The Diffusion Coefficient of Vacancy-Boron Complexes during the Segregation of Boron Atoms to Grain Boundaries Grain Growth Steps with Dislocation Emission Modelling of Grain Growth in Thin Film Strips Microstructural Evolution and Texture Development in Thin Films Abnormal Grain Growth in Thin Films due to Anisotropy of Free-Surface Energies HVEM In Situ Investigation of Stress-Induced Grain Growth during Thermal Annealing of Thin Al-Alloy Films on a Si/SiO2 Substrate Correlation between Grain Growth and Hillock Growth in Thin Thermally Annealed Al-1%Si Films on Silicon Substrates Grain Growth in Al-2% Cu Thin Films Aspects of Grain Growth in a Rapidly Solidified Gold Alloy Grain Growth in Titanium Disilicide and its Effect upon Reaction Kinetics Analysis of Crystal Growth and Nucleation Rates in the Hot Filament Chemical Vapour Deposition of Diamond Purity Effects on the Growth of Grains Theory of Grain Growth in the Presence of Second Phase Particles On the Influence of the Temperature in Zener Pinning Anomalous Grain Growth during Decarbonization of Non Oriented Electrical Steel Sheet Influence of Zener-Drag and Related Primary Recrystallization on Grain Growth Kinetics in N.O. 3.2% Silicon-Iron Interaction of Grain Boundary with Precipitate Particles during Aging Secondary Recrystallization of ODS-Superalloys: The Influence of Carbide Phases Zone Annealing of a Ferritic ODS Superalloy: MA957 Grain Growth in the Solid Plus Liquid Two-Phase Field: Instability of Liquid Films at Migrating Grain Boundaries Combined Phenomena of Grain Boundary Migration, Precipitation and Recrystallization in Cu-7.5 at% In Effects of the Austenitic Grain Size on Nonisothermal Phase Transformations in Martensitic Stainless Steels The Kinetics of Coupled Phase Coarsening in Two-Phase Structures Temperature Dependence of Grain Size Distribution of Austenite in an Eutectoid Steel Containing NbC The Effect of Temperature and Partial Substitution of V for Nb on the Grain Size of an AISI H-13 Tool Steel Influence of Thermomechanical Parameters on the Grain Size of Microalloyed Steels with Vanadium and Titanium during Forging Grain Growth during Tempering of a Low Alloy Mn-Mo-Ni Pressure Vessel Steel Austenite Grain Evolution in a Carbon Steel during Reheating Computer Simulation of the Austenite Grain Coarsening in Microalloyed Steel Plate Using the Monte Carlo Technique Growth during and after the Static and Metadynamic Recrystallization of Austenite Grain Growth during Homogenizing of As-Cast High Purity Aluminum Recrystallization and Grain Growth in Aluminium and Copper Bicrystals Directional 'Recrystallisation' in an Aluminium Alloy Grain Refinement in Aluminum Alloys by Rapid Solidification Grain Size Control during Processing of Aluminium at Elevated Temperatures Effect of Strain-Induced Grain Growth on Flow Stress in Superplastic Aluminium Alloy Computer-Aided Investigation of Grain Growth in Copper and Aluminium Effect of Cerium Addition on Grain Size and on Recrystallization of Al-Li-Mg Alloys Grain Growth in Ice Computer Simulation and Experimental Analysis of Anisotropic Grain Growth in Ceramics Microstructure Quantification of a Superplastic Alumina Effect of Chromia on Grain Growth in Alumina Surface Properties of Tungsten Carbide Powders and Their Influence on Grain Growth and Hardness of Hardmetals Tungsten Spheroid Growth in Liquid Phase Sintered Heavy Alloys The Alpha-Beta Transformation and Anisotropic Growth of Beta-Grains during Sintering of Si3N4 Formation of Silicon Carbide Grains Structure and Their Growth in Polycrystalline SiC Obtained by the Reaction-Sintering Technique Grain Growth Control during Reaction-Sintering of Sodium-Beta"-Alumina Grain Growth and Phase Changes during Sintering of Nanocrystalline Zirconia Sintering of Doped ZnO Powders: Relationship between Grain Growth and Sintering Stress The Grain Growth of Zirconia during Annealing in the Cubic/Tetragonal Two-Phase Region Grain Growth in Yttria Doped Tetragonal Zirconia Polycrystals (Y-TZP) Preferential Grain Growth and Orientation Relationships in BaTiO3 - and ZnO Ceramics Microstructural Examination and Dielectric Properties of BaTiO3 with Addition of CaO Crystal Growth in Ferroelectric Material of ABO3 Type Influence of Sintering Conditions on Grain Growth of YBa2Cu3O7-x Ceramics Stochastic Models of Grain Growth Experimental and Theoretical Study of 2D Grain Growth in Succinonitrile