MS 5042 Kinetics of Materials
Objective：
The purpose of this course is to provide
students fundamental knowledge of essential kinetics of various material
systems. The subjects covered are (1) Diffusion in solids; (2) Chemical
reactions; (3) Phase transformations.
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Reference Books：
R. W. Balluffi, "Kinetics of
Materials", Wiley 2005
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O. Levenspiel, “Chemical Reaction
Engineering”, 3rd Ed., John Wiley & Sons, 1999
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D. A. Porter,“Phase Transformations in
metals and alloys”, 2nd Ed., Chapman & Hall, 1992.
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Outline：
Introduction
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Thermodynamics vs. kinetics
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Diffusion in solids
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Diffusion Flux and Driving forces
Diffusion equations and solutions
Interdiffusion and Kirkendall effect
Atomic diffusion mechanisms
Diffusion along crystal imperfections
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Chemical reactions
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Homogeneous chemical reactions
Hetergeneous chemical reactions
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Phase transformations
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Spinodal and order-disorder transformation
Nucleation and growth
Solidification and precipitation
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