Content
This course covers the fundamentals of kinetics, diffusion and phase
transformations in alloys, semiconductors, ceramics and polymers. The
topics include:
- Atomistic and phenomenological description of diffusion
- Transport of matter in concentration, temperature, pressure and potential gradients
- Influence of grain boundaries, dislocations, traps and dopants on diffusion
- Interdiffusion in alloys and multiphase systems, Kirkendall effect
- Nucleation and growth of new phases in vapors, liquids and solids
- Homogeneous and heterogeneous nucleation
- Morphology of precipitates
- Diffusive and martensitic phase transformations
- Phase transformations in steel, superalloys, shape memory alloys and aerospace materials
Instructor
Prof. Richard
G. Hennig
126 Bard Hall
phone: 607-255-6429
e-mail: rhennig@cornell.edu
web: http://people.ccmr.cornell.edu/~rhennig/
Classes
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday 8:40 - 9:55 a.m. Bard 140
- Office hours and recitations: TBA
Textbooks
- P. G. Shewmon: "Diffusion in Solids" (2nd. Ed.)
- D. A. Porter and K. E. Easterling: "Phase Transformations in Metals and Alloys"
Internal course web site
The internal course website is accessible via Blackboard.
To access the MS&E 3040/5840 and other course web sites, you need to
go to http://blackboard.cornell.edu
and create a Blackboard ID for yourself.
Then go to
http://blackboard.cornell.edu/bin/common/category.pl?type=COURSE,
find the course you want to enroll in, and click on the "Enroll"
button to get access to the course website. If the Enroll button isn't
there, talk to the instructor to get access to the course website.
Pictures above are from the Materials Research Society
"Science as Art" competition (click
here for website)
