The book "Cohesion in Metals Transition Metal Alloys" by F. R. de Boer, R. Boom, W. C. M. Mattens, A. R. Miedema, and A. K. Niessen, published by North-Holland, Amsterdam, Oxford, New York, and Tokyo, is a comprehensive study on the cohesion and alloy formation in transition metal alloys. The book is divided into several sections: 1. **A Model for Energy Effects in Alloys**: This section introduces a model for understanding energy effects in alloys, including the formulation of the model, the proportionality constants ($P$, $Q$, and $R^*$), and extensions of the model. 2. **Fundamentals of the Model**: It covers the basics of the model, including types of cohesion, the "macroscopic atom" concept, the solubility parameter of Hildebrand, heat effects on alloy formation, and numerical evaluation of the enthalpy of formation. It also discusses the concentration dependence, molar volumes, and volume corrections, as well as alloys of transition metals with monovalent alkaline metals and non-transition metals. 3. **Experimental and Predicted Enthalpies of Alloy Formation**: This section provides detailed tables and predictions for various alloys, including scandium, titanium, vanadium, chromium, manganese, iron, cobalt, nickel, yttrium, zirconium, niobium, molybdenum, technetium, ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, lanthanum, hafnium, tantalum, tungsten, rhenium, osmium, iridium, and platinum. Each alloy includes properties of the pure metal, binary phase diagrams, predictions for ordered intermetallics, experimental values for intermetallics, and predicted values for liquid alloys. 4. **Further Applications of the "Macroscopic Atom" Model**: This section explores the practical applications of the model, including chemical reactions, stabilities of ternary compounds, interactions in ternary solid solutions, valence states of rare earth metals, photoemission core-level shifts in alloys, interfacial energies, surface segregation, and the formation of monovacancies in intermetallic compounds. It also discusses the consequences of the empirical model, such as volume effects in alloys of two transition metals, Mössbauer isomer shift, and quantitative estimates of charge transfer. The book is a valuable resource for researchers and students interested in the theoretical and experimental aspects of alloy formation and cohesion in transition metal alloys.The book "Cohesion in Metals Transition Metal Alloys" by F. R. de Boer, R. Boom, W. C. M. Mattens, A. R. Miedema, and A. K. Niessen, published by North-Holland, Amsterdam, Oxford, New York, and Tokyo, is a comprehensive study on the cohesion and alloy formation in transition metal alloys. The book is divided into several sections: 1. **A Model for Energy Effects in Alloys**: This section introduces a model for understanding energy effects in alloys, including the formulation of the model, the proportionality constants ($P$, $Q$, and $R^*$), and extensions of the model. 2. **Fundamentals of the Model**: It covers the basics of the model, including types of cohesion, the "macroscopic atom" concept, the solubility parameter of Hildebrand, heat effects on alloy formation, and numerical evaluation of the enthalpy of formation. It also discusses the concentration dependence, molar volumes, and volume corrections, as well as alloys of transition metals with monovalent alkaline metals and non-transition metals. 3. **Experimental and Predicted Enthalpies of Alloy Formation**: This section provides detailed tables and predictions for various alloys, including scandium, titanium, vanadium, chromium, manganese, iron, cobalt, nickel, yttrium, zirconium, niobium, molybdenum, technetium, ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, lanthanum, hafnium, tantalum, tungsten, rhenium, osmium, iridium, and platinum. Each alloy includes properties of the pure metal, binary phase diagrams, predictions for ordered intermetallics, experimental values for intermetallics, and predicted values for liquid alloys. 4. **Further Applications of the "Macroscopic Atom" Model**: This section explores the practical applications of the model, including chemical reactions, stabilities of ternary compounds, interactions in ternary solid solutions, valence states of rare earth metals, photoemission core-level shifts in alloys, interfacial energies, surface segregation, and the formation of monovacancies in intermetallic compounds. It also discusses the consequences of the empirical model, such as volume effects in alloys of two transition metals, Mössbauer isomer shift, and quantitative estimates of charge transfer. The book is a valuable resource for researchers and students interested in the theoretical and experimental aspects of alloy formation and cohesion in transition metal alloys.