TY - CHAP AU - Mohamed F. Ibrahim AU - Mohamed H. Abdelaziz AU - Herbert W. Doty AU - Salvador Valtierra AU - Fawzy H. Samuel ED - Alicia Esther Ares Y1 - 2017-12-20 PY - 2017 T1 - Effect of Microalloying Elements on the Heat Treatment Response and Tensile Properties of Al-Si-Mg Alloys N2 - Almost all processing of technologically important materials includes a process where liquid material is cooled to form a solid, called "solidification." In order to form a solid from an undercooled melt, the formation of crystalline nuclei and growth of these nuclei to form a solid are necessary. The process of an atom jumping from the liquid to the solid is a diffusive jump with a driving force. The book Solidification is logically developed through a careful presentation of the relevant theories and models of solidification occurring in a variety of materials. Mathematicians, chemists, physicists, and engineers concerned with melting/freezing phenomena will also find this book to be valuable. BT - Solidification SP - Ch. 1 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.70665 DO - 10.5772/intechopen.70665 SN - 978-953-51-3906-5 PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-05-07 ER -