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This following table lists readings assigned for each lecture session, plus supplemental readings. Most assigned readings are from the course textbook:

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

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


SES #TOPICSREADINGS
L1Introduction: Fields and Gradients; Fluxes; Continuity EquationKoM, chapter 1.
R1Recitation
L2Irreversible ThermodynamicsKoM, chapter 2.

Amazon logo Christian, J. W. "Irreversible Thermodynamics." In Theory of Transformations in Metals and Alloys, Part 1: Equilibrium and General Kinetic Theory. Kidlington, UK: Pergamon Press, 1975. ISBN: 9780080180311.
L3Driving Forces and Fluxes for Diffusion; Self-Diffusion and InterdiffusionKoM, section 3.1.

Amazon logo Poirier, D. R., and G. H. Geiger. Transport Phenomena in Materials Processing. Warrendale, PA: Minerals, Metals & Materials Society, 1994. ISBN: 9780873392723. See pp. 185-189 and 281-282 on Heat Conduction, and pp. 417-434 on Diffusion.
R2Recitation
L4Interdiffusion; Effects of Electrical Potential, Capillarity, and Stress on Diffusion PotentialKoM, sections 3.2-3.5.
L5Effects of Capillarity and Stress on DiffusionKoM, sections 3.4-3.5.
L6The Diffusion EquationKoM, sections 4.1-4.1.2 and 4.2.
R3Recitation
L7Solutions to the Diffusion Equation - IKoM, sections 4.3-4.5.
L8Solutions to the Diffusion Equation - IIKoM, sections 5.1-5.2.4.
L9Solutions to the Diffusion Equation - IIIKoM, sections 5.2.4-5.2.6.
R4Recitation
L10Activated Jump ProcessesKoM, sections 7.1-7.1.2 and 7.2.
L11Diffusion Resulting from Discrete JumpsKoM, section 7.2.
L12Diffusion in CrystalsKoM, sections 8.1-8.2.1.
R5Recitation
Exam 1
L13Atomic Models for Diffusivities - IKoM, section 8.2.

Amazon logo Allen, S. M., and E. L. Thomas. "Point Imperfections in Ionic Crystals." Section 5.1.6 in The Structure of Materials. 1999. ISBN: 9780471000822.
L14Atomic Models for Diffusivities - IIKoM, section 8.2.
R6Recitation
L15Short-Circuit Diffusion in CrystalsKoM, chapter 9.
L16Diffusion in Noncrystalline MaterialsKoM, chapter 10.
L17Surface Evolution Due to Capillary ForcesKoM, section 14.1.
R7Recitation
L18Particle CoarseningKoM, sections 15.1 and C.4.
L19Grain GrowthKoM, sections 15.2 and 13.3.5.
L20Diverse Short Topics: Anisotropic Surfaces, Diffusional Creep, and SinteringKoM, sections 14.2, 16.1, 16.3, and C.3.
R8Recitation
Exam 2
L21General Features of Phase TransformationsKoM, chapter 17.
R9Recitation
L22Spinodal Decomposition and Continuous OrderingKoM, chapter 18.
L23Spinodal Decomposition KineticsKoM, chapter 18.
R10Recitation
L24NucleationKoM, chapter 19.
L25Heterogeneous NucleationKoM, section 19.2.
L26Diffusional GrowthKoM, chapter 20.
R11Recitation
L27Morphological Stability of Moving InterfacesKoM, chapter 20.

See Mathematica notebook on Diffusional Growth in lecture notes section.
L28Kinetics of Nucleation and Growth TransformationsKoM, chapter 21.
R12Recitation
Exam 3



Supplemental Readings


Students are encouraged to consult an applied math book as needed, such as: Hildebrand, F. B. Advanced Calculus for Applications. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1976.

Balluffi, R. W. "In Pursuit of the Lattice Vacancy." MRS Bulletin (February 1991): 23-28.


 








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