Description
Book SynopsisA 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.
Table of ContentsPreface xvii
Acknowldegments xix
Notation xx
Symbol Table-Roman xxi
Symbol Table-Greek xxv
1. Introduction 1
Part I: Motion of Atoms and Molecules By Diffusion
2. Irreversible Thermodynamics: Coupled Forces and Fluxes 23
3. Driving Forces and Fluxes for Diffusion 41
4. The Diffusion Equation 77
5. Solutions to the Diffusion Equation 99
6. Diffusion In MultiComponent Systems 131
7. Atomic Models for Diffusion 145
8. Diffusion in Crystals 163
9. Diffusion Along Crystal Imperfections 209
10. Diffusion in Noncrystalline Materials 229
Part II: Motion of Dislocations and Interfaces
11. Motion of Dislocations 253
12. Motion of Crystalline Surfaces 285
13. Motion of Crystalline Interfaces 303
Part III Morphological Evolution Due To Capillary and Applied Mechanical Forces
14. Surface Evolution due to Capillary Forces 337
15. Coarsening due to Capillary Forces 363
16. Morphological Evolution, Diffusional Creep, and Sintering 387
Part IV: Phase Transformations
17. General Features of Phase Transformations 419
18. Spinodal and Order-Disorder Transformations 433
19. Nucleation 459
20. Growth of Phases in Concentration and Thermal Fields 501
21. Concurrent Nucleation and Growth 533
22. Solidification 543
23. Precipitation 555
24. Martensitic Transformations 563
Appendix A: Densities, Fractions, and Atomic Volumes of Components 587
Appendix B: Structure of Crystalline Interfaces 591
Appendix C: Capillarity and Mathematics of Space Curves and Interfaces 601
Illustration Credits 617
Cited Author Index 620
Figure Index 623
Topic Index 639
