Vitreous State Thermodynamic and Kinetic Aspects

Intended for physicists and materials scientists, this book attempts to place the major problems of the vitreous state in the framework of irreversible thermodynamics. All theoretical questions are illustrated by comparing calculations with the experiments. The book also contains a review of modern structural investigations. It generalizes all known data of thermodynamic investigation of glasses and melts, uses structural investigations results, and highlights the history of the main problems from their origins.