MSE 3040 - Kinetics, Diffusion, and Phase Transformations

Spring. 4 credits.

Prerequisite: MSE 3030 or permission of instructor. Co-meets with MSE 5840.

J. Suntivich.

Course covers kinetic effects in solidification and solid state transformations that determine structure and ultimately properties of materials. Topics include phenomenological and atomistic theories of diffusion; diffusion in metals, alloys, ionic compounds, semiconductors, and polymers; introduction to general transport theory and non-equilibrium thermodynamics; interfaces and microstructure; nucleation, growth, and coarsening; solidification of alloys; diffusional and diffusionless transformations in solids.