Front Cover	1
	Transition Metal Carbides and Nitrides	4
	Cpoyright Page	5
	Table of Contents	8
	Dedication	6
	Preface	12
	Acknowledgments	14
	Transition Metal Carbides and Nitrides	16
	Chapter 1. General Properties, Preparation, and Characterization	18
	I. Introduction	18
	II. Survey of General Properties	21
	III. Applications	26
	IV. Preparation Techniques	28
	V. The Problem of Characterization	39
	References	43
	Chapter 2. Crystal Chemistry	46
	I. Introduction	46
	II. Hägg Compounds	48
	III. Non-Hägg-Like Phases	63
	IV. Nowotny Octahedral Phases	69
	References	84
	Chapter 3. Phase Relationships	86
	I. Introduction	86
	II. Phase Diagrams of Carbides	88
	III. Phase Diagrams of the Nitrides	102
	IV. Ternary Systems	115
	References	116
	Chapter 4. Thermodynamics of Refractory Carbides and Nitrides	119
	I. Introduction	119
	II. Low-Temperature Heat Capacities	120
	III. Standard State Entropies and Enthalpies at 298.15°K	127
	IV. High-Temperature Thermodynamic Properties	132
	V. Theoretical Treatments	147
	References	156
	Chapter 5. Mechanical Properties	158
	I. Introduction	158
	II. Elastic Behavior	160
	III. Plastic Deformation	169
	IV. Fracture and Ductile–Brittle Transition Temperature	186
	V. Strengthening Mechanisms	191
	VI. Microhardness	193
	VII. Summary	199
	References	199
	Chapter 6. Electrical and Magnetic Properties	202
	I. Introduction	202
	II. Electrical Resistivities	203
	III. Hall Coefficients	208
	IV. Magnetic Susceptibilities	211
	V. Electronic Specific Heat Coefficient	215
	VI. Thermoelectric Power	220
	VII. Thermal Conductivities	222
	VIII. Soft X-Ray Emission	224
	IX. Limitations of Electron Correlations, Fact or Fiction	227
	X. General Observations	229
	References	230
	Chapter 7. Superconducting Properties	232
	I. Introduction	232
	II. Superconducting Critical Temperatures	232
	III. Critical Magnetic Fields and Critical Currents	248
	IV. Basic Mechanisms	258
	V. Correlations	260
	References	261
	Chapter 8. Band Structure and Bonding in Carbides and Nitrides	264
	I. Introduction	264
	II. Strong Metal–Nonmetal Bonding Theories	266
	III. Strong Metal–Metal Bonding Theories	270
	IV. Strong Metal–Metal and Metal–Nonmetal Bonds	273
	V. Comparison with Observed Physical Properties	276
	References	278
	Chapter 9. Postscript	280
	I. Future Areas of Research and Critical Problems	280
	References	282
	Author Index	284
	Subject Index	293