Kinetics of Materials
A classroom-tested textbook providing a fundamental understanding of basic kinetic processes in materials\ This textbook, reflecting the hands-on teaching experience of its three authors, evolved from Massachusetts Institute of Technology's first-year graduate curriculum in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. It discusses key topics collectively representing the basic kinetic processes that cause changes in the size, shape, composition, and atomistic structure of materials....
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A classroom-tested textbook providing a fundamental understanding of basic kinetic processes in materials This textbook, reflecting the hands-on teaching experience of its three authors, evolved from Massachusetts Institute of Technology's first-year graduate curriculum in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. It discusses key topics collectively representing the basic kinetic processes that cause changes in the size, shape, composition, and atomistic structure of materials. Readers gain a deeper understanding of these kinetic processes and of the properties and applications of materials. Topics are introduced in a logical order, enabling students to develop a solid foundation before advancing to more sophisticated topics. Kinetics of Materials begins with diffusion, offering a description of the elementary manner in which atoms and molecules move around in solids and liquids. Next, the more complex motion of dislocations and interfaces is addressed. Finally, still more complex kinetic phenomena, such as morphological evolution and phase transformations, are treated. Throughout the textbook, readers are instilled with an appreciation of the subject's analytic foundations and, in many cases, the approximations commonly used in the field. The authors offer many extensive derivations of important results to help illuminate their origins. While the principal focus is on kinetic phenomena in crystalline materials, select phenomena in noncrystalline materials are also discussed. In many cases, the principles involved apply to all materials. Exercises with accompanying solutions are provided throughout Kinetics of Materials, enablingreaders to put their newfound knowledge into practice. In addition, bibliographies are offered with each chapter, helping readers to investigate specialized topics in greater detail. Several appendices presenting important background material are also included. With its unique range of topics, progressive structure, and extensive exercises, this classroom-tested textbook provides an enriching learning experience for first-year graduate students.
1Introduction12Irreversible thermodynamics : coupled forces and fluxes233Driving forces and fluxes for diffusion414The diffusion equation775Solutions to the diffusion equation996Diffusion in multicomponent systems1317Atomic models for diffusion1458Diffusion in crystals1639Diffusion along crystal imperfections20910Diffusion in noncrystalline materials22911Motion of dislocations25312Motion of crystalline surfaces28513Motion of crystalline interfaces30314Surface evolution due to capillary forces33715Coarsening due to capillary forces36316Morphological evolution : diffusional creep, and sintering38717General features of phase transformations41918Spinodal and order-disorder transformations43319Nucleation45920Growth of phases in concentration and thermal fields50121Concurrent nucleation and growth53322Solidification54323Precipitation55524Martensitic transformations563App. ADensities, fractions, and atomic volumes of components587App. BStructure of crystalline interfaces591App. CCapillarity and mathematics of space curves and interfaces601
