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. 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 subjects 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, enabling readers 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.

KINETICS OF MATERIALSA CLASSROOM-TESTED TEXTBOOK PROVIDING A FUNDAMENTAL UNDERSTANDING OF BASIC KINETIC PROCESSES IN MATERIALSThis 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 subjects 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, enabling readers 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.

Preface xviiAcknowldegments xixNotation xxSymbol Table-Roman xxiSymbol Table-Greek xxv1. Introduction 1Part I: Motion of Atoms and Molecules By Diffusion2. Irreversible Thermodynamics: Coupled Forces and Fluxes 233. Driving Forces and Fluxes for Diffusion 414. The Diffusion Equation 775. Solutions to the Diffusion Equation 996. Diffusion In MultiComponent Systems 1317. Atomic Models for Diffusion 1458. Diffusion in Crystals 1639. Diffusion Along Crystal Imperfections 20910. Diffusion in Noncrystalline Materials 229Part II: Motion of Dislocations and Interfaces11. Motion of Dislocations 25312. Motion of Crystalline Surfaces 28513. Motion of Crystalline Interfaces 303Part III Morphological Evolution Due To Capillary and Applied Mechanical Forces14. Surface Evolution due to Capillary Forces 33715. Coarsening due to Capillary Forces 36316. Morphological Evolution, Diffusional Creep, and Sintering 387Part IV: Phase Transformations17. General Features of Phase Transformations 41918. Spinodal and Order-Disorder Transformations 43319. Nucleation 45920. Growth of Phases in Concentration and Thermal Fields 50121. Concurrent Nucleation and Growth 53322. Solidification 54323. Precipitation 55524. Martensitic Transformations 563Appendix A: Densities, Fractions, and Atomic Volumes of Components 587Appendix B: Structure of Crystalline Interfaces 591Appendix C: Capillarity and Mathematics of Space Curves and Interfaces 601Illustration Credits 617Cited Author Index 620Figure Index 623Topic Index 639