Courses:

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This following table lists readings assigned for each lecture session, plus supplemental readings. Most assigned readings are from the course textbook:

[KoM] = Balluffi, R. W., S. M. Allen, and W. C. Carter. Kinetics of Materials. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 2005. ISBN: 9780471246893.

The table below provides information on the course's lecture (L) and recitation (R) sessions.

Course readings.

SES #	TOPICS	READINGS
L1	Introduction: Fields and Gradients; Fluxes; Continuity Equation	KoM, chapter 1.
R1	Recitation
L2	Irreversible Thermodynamics	KoM, chapter 2. Christian, J. W. "Irreversible Thermodynamics." In Theory of Transformations in Metals and Alloys, Part 1: Equilibrium and General Kinetic Theory. Kidlington, UK: Pergamon Press, 1975. ISBN: 9780080180311.
L3	Driving Forces and Fluxes for Diffusion; Self-Diffusion and Interdiffusion	KoM, section 3.1. Poirier, D. R., and G. H. Geiger. Transport Phenomena in Materials Processing. Warrendale, PA: Minerals, Metals & Materials Society, 1994. ISBN: 9780873392723. See pp. 185-189 and 281-282 on Heat Conduction, and pp. 417-434 on Diffusion.
R2	Recitation
L4	Interdiffusion; Effects of Electrical Potential, Capillarity, and Stress on Diffusion Potential	KoM, sections 3.2-3.5.
L5	Effects of Capillarity and Stress on Diffusion	KoM, sections 3.4-3.5.
L6	The Diffusion Equation	KoM, sections 4.1-4.1.2 and 4.2.
R3	Recitation
L7	Solutions to the Diffusion Equation - I	KoM, sections 4.3-4.5.
L8	Solutions to the Diffusion Equation - II	KoM, sections 5.1-5.2.4.
L9	Solutions to the Diffusion Equation - III	KoM, sections 5.2.4-5.2.6.
R4	Recitation
L10	Activated Jump Processes	KoM, sections 7.1-7.1.2 and 7.2.
L11	Diffusion Resulting from Discrete Jumps	KoM, section 7.2.
L12	Diffusion in Crystals	KoM, sections 8.1-8.2.1.
R5	Recitation
	Exam 1
L13	Atomic Models for Diffusivities - I	KoM, section 8.2. Allen, S. M., and E. L. Thomas. "Point Imperfections in Ionic Crystals." Section 5.1.6 in The Structure of Materials. 1999. ISBN: 9780471000822.
L14	Atomic Models for Diffusivities - II	KoM, section 8.2.
R6	Recitation
L15	Short-Circuit Diffusion in Crystals	KoM, chapter 9.
L16	Diffusion in Noncrystalline Materials	KoM, chapter 10.
L17	Surface Evolution Due to Capillary Forces	KoM, section 14.1.
R7	Recitation
L18	Particle Coarsening	KoM, sections 15.1 and C.4.
L19	Grain Growth	KoM, sections 15.2 and 13.3.5.
L20	Diverse Short Topics: Anisotropic Surfaces, Diffusional Creep, and Sintering	KoM, sections 14.2, 16.1, 16.3, and C.3.
R8	Recitation
	Exam 2
L21	General Features of Phase Transformations	KoM, chapter 17.
R9	Recitation
L22	Spinodal Decomposition and Continuous Ordering	KoM, chapter 18.
L23	Spinodal Decomposition Kinetics	KoM, chapter 18.
R10	Recitation
L24	Nucleation	KoM, chapter 19.
L25	Heterogeneous Nucleation	KoM, section 19.2.
L26	Diffusional Growth	KoM, chapter 20.
R11	Recitation
L27	Morphological Stability of Moving Interfaces	KoM, chapter 20. See Mathematica notebook on Diffusional Growth in lecture notes section.
L28	Kinetics of Nucleation and Growth Transformations	KoM, chapter 21.
R12	Recitation
	Exam 3

Students are encouraged to consult an applied math book as needed, such as: Hildebrand, F. B. Advanced Calculus for Applications. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1976.

Balluffi, R. W. "In Pursuit of the Lattice Vacancy." MRS Bulletin (February 1991): 23-28.