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Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Materials

Graduate · Historical course

Fall 2006

Topics

  • Fields and Gradients, Fluxes, Continuity Equation
  • Entropy Production, Conjugate Driving Forces
  • Mass Diffusion in a Continuum, Diffusion Coefficients
  • Solutions to the Diffusion/Heat Equation, Atomistic Mechanisms of Diffusion
  • Diffusion in Ionic Crystals
  • Role of Microstructure in Diffusion; Short Circuits
  • Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Nucleation
  • Diffusional Growth, The “Moving Boundary” Problem
  • Solidification
  • Spinodal Decomposition
  • Particle Coarsening
  • Sintering

Readings

  • Ragone, David V. Thermodynamics of Materials . Vol. 1. New York, NY: Wiley, 1994. ISBN: 9780471308850.
    Listed reading
  • Porter, David A., and K. E. Easterling. Phase Transformations in Metals and Alloys . 2nd ed. New York, NY: Chapman & Hall, 1992. ISBN: 9780748757411.
    Listed reading
  • Balluffi, Robert W., Samuel M. Allen, and W. Craig Carter. Kinetics of Materials. Hoboken, NJ: J. Wiley & Sons, 2005. ISBN: 9780471246893.
    Listed reading
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