1. Course description: The purpose of this course is to provide students 
<br>fundamental knowledge of essential kinetics of various material systems. The 
<br>subjects covered are (1) Diffusion; (2) Chemical reactions; (3) Phase 
<br>transformations.
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<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, 
<br>1999.
<br>(3) D. A. Porter,“Phase Transformations in metals and alloys”, 2nd Ed., Chapman 
<br>& Hall, 1992.
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<br>3. Teaching methods:
<br>   Lecture
<br>   Prerequisite courses: Engineering Mathematics, Thermodynamics, Physical Metallurgy 
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<br>4. Outlines:
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<br>Outline
<br>(1)  Introduction
<br>      -	Thermodynamics vs. Kinetics
<br>      -	Irreversible thermodynamics
<br>(2)  Diffusion
<br>      -	Diffusion Flux and Driving forces
<br>      -	Diffusion equations and solutions
<br>      -	Atomic diffusion mechanism
<br>      -	Diffusion in crystals
<br>      -	Diffusion along crystal imperfections
<br>(3) Chemical reactions
<br>      -	Homogeneous chemical reactions – batch-type reaction
<br>      -	Hetergeneous chemical reactions – Fluid-solid, fluid-fluid, fluid-particle reactions
<br>(4)  Phase transformations 
<br>      -	Coarsening & grain growth
<br>      -	Spinodal decomposition
<br>      -	Nucleation theory
<br>      -	Solidification
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<br>5. Grade: Homework (10%), Quiz (30%), Midterm (35%), Final (35%)
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<br>6. Lecture note download: http://www.mse.nthu.edu.tw/~cnliao/