Intermetallic Compounds Westbrook

Lawley, A. Mechanical properties—Plastic behavior. In Intermetallic Compounds Westbrook, J.H., Ed. R.E. Krieger Huntington, NY, 1977 Chapter 24. 

Westbrook, J.H. and Fleischer, R.L. (1995) Intermetallic Compounds Principles and Practice (Wiley, Chichester, UK). 

A. J. Ardell, Intermetallics as Precipitates and Dispersoids in High Strength Alloys, Chapter 12 in Intermetallic Compounds vol. 2, Edited by J. H. Westbrook and R. L. Fleischer, J. Wiley Sons, New York, USA (1994). 

Only a few classes of compounds can be considered here. For a more comprehensive discussion the reader is referred to Intermetallic Compounds-Vols. 1,2, and 3, (Westbrook and Fleischer, 1995). This book considers about 2100 compounds in Vol. 1. The total number of known intermetallic compounds is at least 6000, and perhaps 11,000 or more (Villars in Westbrook and Fleischer, 1995). 

A thorough review of the intermetallic compounds of mechanical interest has been written by Westbrook (1993). The borides, carbides, and nitrides will be considered separately in Chapter 10. 

Turchi, P.E.A. (1994) Electronic Theories of Alloy Phase Stability. In Intermetallic Compounds. Vol. 1 Principles, eds. Westbrook, J.H. and Fleischer, R.L. (J. Wiley Sons, Chichester), p. 21. 

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