This course is taught in two six-week components. The first component, thermodynamics, includes laws of thermodynamics, solution theory and equilibrium diagrams. The second component, kinetics, includes diffusion, phase transformations, and the development of microstructure.

NOTE: This OCW site only includes the kinetics component. The thermodynamics component has not yet been incorporated into OCW.

Text and Reading Materials

Pre-publication draft of Balluffi, R. W., S. M. Allen, and W. C. Carter. Kinetics of Materials. New York: Wiley, 2004.

Poirier, D. R., and G. H. Geiger. Transport Phenomena in Materials Processing. Warrendale, PA: Minerals, Metals & Materials Society, 1994. ISBN: 0873392728.

Porter, D. A., and K. E. Eastering. Phase Transformations in Metals and Alloys. London; New York: Chapman & Hall, 1992. ISBN: 0442316380.

Grading

5 weekly assignments

1 in-class examination