Kinetics of Materials

PHYSICS 537

A general discussion of phase formation and phase transformation in solids and liquids. Topics include equilibrium and non-equilibrium thermodynamics, equilibrium and metastable phase diagrams, nucleation and growth, spinodal transformations, diffusion and interface limited processes, shear type transformations and order/disorder transformations. Prerequisite: A background in thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, and solid state physics.
Course Attributes:

Section 01

Kinetics of Materials

INSTRUCTOR: Kelton
T-R 02:30 PM | 0110 206

View Course Listing - SP2022
View Course Listing - SP2023
View Course Listing - SP2024

Instructors

Kenneth F. Kelton

Professor of Physics

kfk@wustl.edu