| Irreversible Thermodynamics |
| L1 |
Fields and Gradients
Fluxes
Continuity Equation
Entropy Production
Conjugate Driving Forces and Fluxes |
(PDF) |
(PDF 1)
(PDF 2) |
| Diffusional Transport |
| L2 |
Mass Diffusion in a Continuum
Diffusion Coefficients
Mass Diffusion: Fick's Laws
Self-Diffusion
Interdiffusion
The Kirkendall Effect
Capillarity-Driven Diffusion
Stress-Driven Diffusion |
(PDF) |
(PDF) |
| L3 |
Solutions to the Diffusion/Heat Equation
Mass Diffusion: Methods of Solving the Diffusion Equation (Fick's Second Law) |
(PDF) |
(PDF) |
| L4 |
Atomistic Mechanisms of Diffusion
Interphase Layer Growth in Interdiffusion
Atomistic Mechanisms of Diffusion: Vacancy, Interstitial, etc.
Theory for Diffusion Coefficients and their Temperature Dependence |
(PDF) |
(PDF 1)
(PDF 2) |
| L5 |
Diffusion in Ionic Crystals: Kroger-Vink Notation for Point Imperfections
Schottky and Frenkel Intrinsic Disorder
Extrinsic Defects
Self-Diffusion in Pure and Impure KCl
Also includes optional information about Diffusion in Non-Stoichiometric Oxides |
(PDF - 1.2MB) |
(PDF) |
| L6 |
Role of Micro Structure in Diffusion: Short-Circuits
Short-Circuit Diffusion in Crystals: Diffusion Spectrum in Defective Crystals, Dislocation Structure and Short Circuits, Grain-Boundary Structure and Diffusion |
(PDF - 1.2MB) |
(PDF) |
| Phase Transformations |
| L7 |
Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Nucleation
Introduction to Phase Transformations Lectures
Continuous vs. Discontinuous Transformations
Nucleation Theory, including Interplay between Surface and Volumetric Energy Terms, Coherency Strain Energy |
(PDF - 6.6MB) |
(PDF 1)
(PDF 2) |
| L8 |
Diffusional Growth
The "Moving Boundary" Problem
Growth Phenomena: Interface Control vs. Diffusion Control
Diffusion-Controlled Growth, including Melting of a Pure Material, Interdiffusion with a Moving Boundary, and Alloy Solidification |
(PDF) |
(PDF) |
| L9 |
Solidification: Thermal and Solute Gradients and Interfacial Shape Stability
Cells and Dendrites
Casting Microstructures
Microsegregation |
(PDF) |
(PDF) |
| L10 |
Spinodal Decomposition: Phase Diagrams with a Spinodal Region
Free Energy of a Compositionally Inhomogeneous Solution
Interdiffusion within the Spinodal Region
Kinetics of Spinodal Decomposition
Spinodal Microstructures |
(PDF) |
(PDF) |
| Microstructural Changes |
| L11 |
Particle Coarsening: Capillarity as a Driving Force
Coarsening in Pb–Sn Solid/Liquid Alloys
Gibbs-Thomson Effect
Kinetics in the Diffusion-Controlled Regime |
(PDF) |
(PDF) |
| L12 |
Sintering
Grain Growth
Grain-Growth Kinetics in Two and Three Dimensions
Kinetics of Nucleation and Growth Transformations: Time-Temperature-Transformation Diagrams |
(PDF) |
(PDF) |