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The term “diffusional transformations” is used for the phase transformations (PTs) of phase separation or ordering of alloys as these PTs are realized via atomic diffusion, i.e., by interchange of positions of different species atoms in the crystal lattice. Studies of kinetics of diffusional PTs attract interest from both fundamental and applied points of view. From the fundamental side, the creation and evolution of ordered domains or precipitates of a new phase provide classical examples of the self-organization phenomena being studied in many areas of physics and chemistry. From the applied side, the macroscopic properties of such alloys, such as their strength, plasticity, coercivity of ferromagnets, etc., depend crucially on their microstructure, in particular, on the distribution of antiphase or interphase boundaries separating the differently ordered domains or different phases, while this microstructure, in its turn, sharply depends on the thermal and mechanical history of an alloy, in particular, on the kinetic path taken during the PT. Therefore, the kinetics of diffusional PTs is also an important area of Materials Science.
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Pankratov, I.R., Vaks, V.G. (2005). Diffusional Transformations: Microscopic Kinetic Approach. In: Yip, S. (eds) Handbook of Materials Modeling. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-3286-8_116
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