Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Preface to the First Edition -- Preface to the Second Edition -- GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS -- SOME THERMODYNAMIC CONSIDERATIONS FOR PHASE EQUILIBRIA AND TRANSFORMATIONS -- SYSTEMS CONTAINING TWO PHASES -- SYSTEMS CONTAINING THREE PHASES -- SYSTEMS CONTAINING FOUR PHASES -- SYSTEMS CONTAINING MORE THAN FOUR PHASES -- PRINCIPLES OF USING LIQUIDUS PROJECTIONS FOR EQUILIBRIUM AND NON-EQUILIBRIUM SOLIDIFICATIONIN METALLIC AND CERAMIC SYSTEMS -- SELECTED CASE STUDIES OF TERNARY SYSTEMS -- ANSWERS TO PROBLEMS
Reviews and compendiums of experimental phase diagram determination, current activities in phase diagram determination and information regarding software packages for the thermodynamic calculation of phase equilibriareferences -- index -- graph paper for calculations