MAX Phases

INTRODUCTIONIntroductionHistory of the MAX PhasesSTRUCTURE, BONDING, AND DEFECTSIntroductionAtom Coordinates, Stacking Sequences, and Polymorphic TransformationsLattice Parameters, Bond Lengths, and Interlayer ThicknessesTheoretical ConsiderationsTo Be or Not to BeDistortion of Octahedra and Trigonal PrismsSolid SolutionsDefectsSummary and ConclusionsELASTIC PROPERTIES, RAMAN AND INFRARED SPECTROSCOPYIntroductionElastic ConstantsYoung's Modulus and Shear ModulusPoisson's RatiosBulk ModuliExtrema in Elastic PropertiesEffect of Temperature on Elastic PropertiesRaman SpectroscopyInfrared SpectroscopySummary and ConclusionsTHERMAL PROPERTIESIntroductionThermal ConductivitiesAtomic Displacement ParametersHeat CapacitiesThermal ExpansionThermal StabilitySummary and ConclusionsELECTRONIC, OPTICAL, AND MAGNETIC PROPERTIESIntroductionElectrical Resistivities, Hall Coefficients, and MagnetoresistancesSeebeck Coefficients, ThetaOptical PropertiesMagnetic PropertiesSuperconducting PropertiesSummary and ConclusionsOXIDATION AND REACTIVITY WITH OTHER GASESIntroductionTi3SiC2Tin+1AlXnSolid Solutions between Ti3AlC2 and Ti3SiC2Cr2AlCNb2AlC and (Ti0.5,Nb0.5)2AlCTi2SCV2AlC and (Ti0.5,V0.5)2AlCTi3GeC2 and Ti3(Si,Ge)C2Ta2AlCTi2SnC, Nb2SnC, and Hf2SnCTi2InC, Zr2InC, (Ti0.5, Hf0.5)2InC, and (Ti0.5,Zr0.5)2InCSulfur Dioxide, SO2Anhydrous Hydrofluoric, HF, GasChlorine GasSummary and ConclusionsAppendixCHEMICAL REACTIVITYIntroductionDiffusivitiy of M and A AtomsReactions with Si, C, Metals, and IntermetallicsReactions with Molten SaltsReactions with Common Acids and BasesSummary and ConclusionsDISLOCATIONS, KINKING NONLINEAR ELASTICITY, AND DAMPINGIntroductionDislocations and Their ArrangementsKink Band Formation in Crystalline SolidsIncipient Kink BandsMicroscale Model for Kinking Nonlinear ElasticityExperimental Verification of the IKB ModelEffect of PorosityExperimental Evidence for IKBsWhy Microcracking Cannot Explain Kinking Nonlinear ElasticityThe Preisach - Mayergoyz

Michel W. Barsoum is Distinguished and Grosvenor-Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at DrexelUniversity, USA. His research group was the fi rst to fabricate and fully characterize the MAX phases, an important new class of machinableternary carbides and nitrides on which he and his collaborators have published more than 200 papers. He is also the author of a textbookon the Fundamentals of Ceramics, the leading textbook in the field. Prof. Barsoum was awarded a Humboldt Max Planck Research Awardin 2000 and spent one year at the Max Planck Institute in Stuttgart, Germany. In 2008 - 2009 he spent a sabbatical year at Los AlamosNational Lab as the prestigious Wheatley Scholar. He is a Fellow of the American Ceramic Society and the World Academy of Ceramics.In addition, Prof. Barsoum is visiting professor at Linkoping University in Sweden. With a h index of close to 50, his work has been highly andwidely cited. He is on ISI's most highly cited authors list. He is the author of the two entries on the MAX phases in the Encyclopedia ofMaterials Science and Engineering.