Metallic Glasses and Their Oxidation provides a comprehensive review of the structures, properties, preparations, processing and applications of metallic glasses. Special attention is paid to the oxidation behaviors and related mechanisms of metallic glasses that occur during their preparation, processing and application. The book's authors introduce basic knowledge of metallic glasses, including their structures, properties, processing techniques and applications. Then, the theories and techniques commonly used in oxidation investigation are highlighted, including thermal oxidation, native oxidation, stressed oxidation, powder oxidation and oxidation simulation.
The book closes with the influence of oxidation on the structures and performances of metallic glasses, proposes measures to control oxidation, and discusses how to take advantage of oxidation to reinforce materials or create new materials.
Wang, Xinyun: - Prof. Xinyun Wang is a chief professor at School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), China. He is also the Dean of Department of Materials Engineering and Computer Application, HUST and the Deputy Director of State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology. He received his Ph.D. degree from Harbin Institute of Technology (China) in 2002 and finished his postdoctoral research in Nagoya University (Japan). He is the Vice President of China Society for Technology of Plasticity, the President of Plasticity Engineering Society of Hubei Province, and the Vice President of Automobile Engineering Society of Hubei Province. His research interests focus on the fundamental theories, process optimizations and equipment development of metal precision plastic forming. He has published more than 150 journal papers and books and been granted with more than 20 patents. He is also the chairman, international scientific committee or session chair of many academic conferences, and editorial board member of five academic journals. He has hosted 3 National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) projects, 3 National Science and Technology Major Projects, and serval Enterprise Cooperation Projects.
Zhang, Mao: - Dr. Mao Zhang is an Associate Professor at the School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST). After receiving his B.E. and Ph.D. degrees from Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), he spent another three years conducting postdoctoral research at HUST and The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (POLYU). Now, he works as an Associate Professor at HUST. He has presided as principal investigator on more than three research projects, including one project of the National Key Research and Development Plan, one Youth Science Project of National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) and one General Project of China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, and participated in three NSFC projects. He is now the corresponding editor of the Journal of Netshape Forming Engineering and the youth editor of The Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China. He has published more than 20 SCI-index papers in top journals, including Advanced Materials, Corrosion Science, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, and Intermetallics.
