MATSCI212
Rate Processes in Materials
Materials Science and Engineering
ENGR - School of Engineering
Course Description
Diffusion and phase transformations in materials. Diffusion topics: Fick's laws, atomic theory of diffusion, the generalized flux equations, diffusion in a chemical potential and mass advection. Phase transformation topics: nucleation, growth, spinodal decomposition and interface phenomena. Material builds on the mathematical, thermodynamic, and statistical mechanical foundations of undergraduate physical chemistry and of the prerequisite. Prerequisites: MATSCI 181/211. Undergraduates register for 182 for 4 units; Graduates register for 212 for 3 units. Please sign up for Discussion section 182-Section 02 or 212-Section 02.
Grading Basis
ROP - Letter or Credit/No Credit
Min
3
Max
3
Course Repeatable for Degree Credit?
No
Course Component
Discussion
Enrollment Optional?
Yes
Course Component
Lecture
Enrollment Optional?
No
Does this course satisfy the University Language Requirement?
No
Programs
MATSCI212
is a
completion requirement
for: