This book provides knowledge and guidance to valuation practitioners on achieving a new level of professionalism and credibility, as well as to those stakeholders in the valuation process in need of assessing the credibility of an appraiser's work product for decision-making purposes

INTRODUCTION TO PHASE DIAGRAMS; The Role of Phase Transformation Kinetics in Phase Diagram Determination and Assessment; CORRECT AND INCORRECT PHASE DIAGRAM FEATURES; DETERMINATION OF PHASE DIAGRAMS USING EQUILIBRATED ALLOYS; DTA and Heat-Flux DSC Measurements of Alloy Melting and Freezing; Application of Diffusion Couples in Phase Diagram Determination; Phase Diagram Determination Using Diffusion Multiples;