CONTENTS - INTRODUCTION - CHAPTER I. SINGLE CRYSTALS: THEIR GROWTH METHODS AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES - 1. Methods of growing single crystals - 2. Mechanical propertIes of metal sIngle crystals - 3. RelatIon between the mechanical properties of single crystals, and temperature and deformation rate - CHAPTER II. RULES GOVERNING THE DEFORMATION OF METAL SINGLE CRYSTALS IN THE PRESENCE OF SURFACE ACTIVE SUBSTANCES - 1. Experimental method - 2. Principal regularities - 3. Influence of temperature and deformation rate on the value of the adsorptlon effect - 4. Effect of stress on the value of the adsorption effect - 5. Adsorption effect in the initial plastic region in the deformation of single crystals - CHAPTER III. CREEP OF SINGLE CRYSTALS - ELECTROCAPILLARY EFFECT - 1. Creep of sIngle crystals - 2. The electrocapillary effect - CHAPTER IV. EFFECT OF SURFACE ACTIVE MEDIA ON THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF POLYCRYSTALLINE METALS - 1. Effect on the elastic deformations - 2. Effect of the medium on plastIc flow and creep of metals - 3. Increased hardening of metals under the effect of surface actIve media during cyclic deformations - 4.
Adsorption effect during alternating torsion and the problem of metal fatigue - CHAPTER V. METAL FATIGUE - CORROSION AND ADSORPTION FATIGUE - 1. General - 2. Experimental method - CHAPTER VI. PRINCIPAL MECHANISMS GOVERNING THE ADSORPTION FATIGUE OF METALS - 1. Effect of cooling action by liquid media on the fatigue strength of steels - 2. Adsorption and corrosion effect of liquid media on the fatigue strength of steel - 3. Qualitative changes in steel under the effect of adsorption fatigue and corrosion fatigue - 4. Relation between adsorption and corrosion fatigue of steel and surface finish - 5. Effect of cycling frequency on the fatigue strength of steel in liquid media - 6. Variation of cyclic viscosity of steel in different media - 7. Effect of residual stresses on adsorption and corrosion fatigue of steel - 8. Size factor in adsorption and corrosion fatigue processes - 9. Mechanism of adsorption and corrosion fatigue of metals - CHAPTER VII. PHYSICO-CHEMICAL EFFECTS DURING PRESSING AND SINTERING METAL POWDERS - 1. Physico-chemical phenomena during pressing of metal powders - 2. Physico-chemical phenomena during sintering of metal powders - BIBLIOGRAPHY -