| SES # | TOPICS | ASSIGNMENTS |
|---|---|---|
| L1 | Introduction: Fields and Gradients; Fluxes; Continuity Equation | 1.1-1.4 |
| L2 | Irreversible Thermodynamics | 2.1-2.4 |
| L3 | Driving Forces and Fluxes for Diffusion; Self-Diffusion and Interdiffusion | See the end of lecture summary for SES #L3 (PDF) |
| L4 | Interdiffusion; Effects of Electrical Potential, Capillarity, and Stress on Diffusion Potential | 3.1-3.8, 3.10 |
| L5 | Effects of Capillarity and Stress on Diffusion | 3.8 |
| L6 | The Diffusion Equation | 5.5 |
| L7 | Solutions to the Diffusion Equation - I | 4.1-4.8 |
| L8 | Solutions to the Diffusion Equation - II | 5.1-5.1 |
| L9 | Solutions to the Diffusion Equation - III | 5.10-5.13 |
| L10 | Activated Jump Processes | 7.1, 7.3-7.6 |
| L11 | Diffusion Resulting from Discrete Jumps | 7.3-7.6 |
| L12 | Diffusion in Crystals | 8.1-8.8 |
| L13 | Atomic Models for Diffusivities - I | 8.12-8.15 |
| L14 | Atomic Models for Diffusivities - II | 8.15-8.19 |
| L15 | Short-Circuit Diffusion in Crystals | 9.1-9.5 |
| L16 | Diffusion in Noncrystalline Materials | None |
| L17 | Surface Evolution Due to Capillary Forces | 14.1-14.3 |
| L18 | Particle Coarsening | 15.1-15.2 |
| L19 | Grain Growth | 15.3-15.4 |
| L20 | Diverse Short Topics: Anisotropic Surfaces, Diffusional Creep, and Sintering | 14.4 |
| L21 | General Features of Phase Transformations | None |
| L22 | Spinodal Decomposition and Continuous Ordering | 18.2-4 |
| L23 | Spinodal Decomposition Kinetics | 18.2-4 |
| L24 | Nucleation | 19.1-3 |
| L25 | Heterogeneous Nucleation | 19.7-9 |
| L26 | Diffusional Growth | 20.2, 20.4 |
| L27 | Morphological Stability of Moving Interfaces | 20.8 |
| L28 | Kinetics of Nucleation and Growth Transformations | 21.1-2 |
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This page lists the homework problems suggested to accompany each lecture session. These problems are not graded, but students are strongly encouraged to work through them.
The problems and solutions are in the course textbook:
Balluffi, R. W., S. M. Allen, and W. C. Carter. Kinetics of Materials. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 2005. ISBN: 9780471246893.