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Syllabus



Syllabus

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This page presents various course policies and a course calendar.



Prerequisites


3.012, 3.022, 3.044, or permission of instructor.



Textbook


Amazon logo Balluffi, R. W., S. M. Allen, and W. C. Carter. Kinetics of Materials. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 2005. ISBN: 9780471246893.



Homework


For most class sessions, homework problems will be suggested from the course textbook. These problems will not be graded, but students are strongly encouraged to work through them and consult the solutions in the book as needed.



Exams


Three 90 minute exams will be given during the term.



Grading Policy


The course grading is based on equal weight among the three exams (1/3 each).



Course Calendar


The calendar below provides information on the course's lecture (L) and recitation (R) sessions.


SES #TOPICS
L1Introduction: Fields and Gradients; Fluxes; Continuity Equation
R1Recitation
L2Irreversible Thermodynamics
L3Driving Forces and Fluxes for Diffusion; Self-Diffusion and Interdiffusion
R2Recitation
L4Interdiffusion; Effects of Electrical Potential, Capillarity, and Stress on Diffusion Potential
L5Effects of Capillarity and Stress on Diffusion
L6The Diffusion Equation
R3Recitation
L7Solutions to the Diffusion Equation - I
L8Solutions to the Diffusion Equation - II
L9Solutions to the Diffusion Equation - III
R3Recitation
L10Activated Jump Processes
L11Diffusion Resulting from Discrete Jumps
L12Diffusion in Crystals
R4Recitation
Exam 1
L13Atomic Models for Diffusivities - I
L14Atomic Models for Diffusivities - II
R5Recitation
L15Short-Circuit Diffusion in Crystals
L16Diffusion in Noncrystalline Materials
L17Surface Evolution Due to Capillary Forces
R6Recitation
L18Particle Coarsening
L19Grain Growth
L20Diverse Short Topics: Anisotropic Surfaces, Diffusional Creep, and Sintering
R7Recitation
Exam 2
L21General Features of Phase Transformations
R8Recitation
L22Spinodal Decomposition and Continuous Ordering
L23Spinodal Decomposition Kinetics
R9Recitation
L24Nucleation
L25Heterogeneous Nucleation
L26Diffusional Growth
R10Recitation
L27Morphological Stability of Moving Interfaces
L28Kinetics of Nucleation and Growth Transformations
R11Recitation
Exam 3

 








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