1. Course description: The purpose of this course is to provide students fundamental knowledge of essential kinetics of various material systems. The subjects covered are (1) Diffusion; (2) Chemical reactions; (3) Phase transformations.
<br>Outlines:
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<br>1.Introduction
<br>   -Thermodynamics vs. kinetics
<br>2. Diffusion
<br>   - Diffusion Flux and Driving forces
<br>   - Diffusion equations and solutions
<br>   - Interdiffusion and Kirkendall effect 
<br>   - Atomic diffusion mechanisms
<br>   - Diffusion along crystal imperfections
<br>3. Chemical reactions
<br>   - Homogeneous chemical reactions
<br>   - Hetergeneous chemical reactions
<br>4. Phase transformations 
<br>   - Spinodal and order-disorder transformation
<br>   - Nucleation and growth Growth
<br>   - Solidification and precipitation 
<br>2. Reference Book:
<br>(1) R. W. Balluffi, "Kinetics of Materials", Wiley 2005
<br>(2) O. Levenspiel, “Chemical Reaction Engineering”, 3rd Ed., John Wiley & Sons, 1999.
<br>(3) D. A. Porter,“Phase Transformations in metals and alloys”, 2nd Ed., Chapman & Hall, 1992.
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<br>3. Teaching methods:
<br>   Lecture
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<br>4. Garde: Quiz (40%), Midterm (30%), Final (30%)