The Vitreous State

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 States of Aggregation, Thermodynamic Phases, Phase Transformations, and the Vitreous State

Chapter 3 Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics and the Kinetics of Vitrification

Chapter 4 General Approaches in the Description of the Structure of Glasses

Chapter 5 Statistical Physics of Undercooled Melts and Glasses

Chapter 6 Kinetics of Crystallization and Segregation: Nucleation in Glass—Forming Systems

Chapter 7 Catalyzed Crystallization of Glass—Forming Melts

Chapter 8 Theory of Crystal Growth and Dissolution in Undercooled Melts: Basic Approaches

Chapter 9 Growth of Clusters and of Ensembles of Clusters. Ostwald Ripening and Ostwald’s Rule of Stages

Chapter 10 Kinetics of Overall Crystallization. Kinetic Criteria for Glass—Formation

Chapter 12 Rheology of Glass—Forming Melts

Chapter 13 Concluding Remarks