Materials Kinetics: Transport and Rate Phenomena, Second Edition provides readers with a clear understanding of how physical-chemical principles are applied to fundamental kinetic processes. The book integrates advanced concepts with foundational knowledge and cutting-edge computational approaches, demonstrating how diffusion, morphological evolution, viscosity, relaxation, and other kinetic phenomena can be applied to practical materials design problems across all classes of materials. Thermodynamics, Fick’s law, dislocation and interfacial motion, kinetics of phase separation, molecular dynamics, energy landscapes, and Monte Carlo simulation techniques are each covered.
This second edition also features brand new chapters on sintering, topological constraint theory, ab initio molecular dynamics, thermal conduction, and electrical conduction. All preexisting chapters have been revised and updated to include new exercises, and topics covered have been expanded to include examples of multicomponent diffusion, particle jump frequency, diffusion along dislocations, modeling of grain boundary diffusion, applications of phase-field modeling, applications of diffuse interface theory, and much more.
1. Title of Book - p. i 2. Cover image - p. i 3. Title page - p. ii 4. Table of Contents - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. iv 6. Dedication - p. iv 7. Foreword - p. xvii 8. Preface to the second edition - p. xix 9. Preface to the first edition - p. xxiii 10. Acknowledgments - p. xxvii 11. Chapter 1. Thermodynamics versus kinetics - p. 1 12. Chapter 2. Irreversible thermodynamics - p. 23 13. Chapter 3. Fick’s laws of diffusion - p. 45 14. Chapter 4. Analytical solutions of the diffusion equation - p. 69 15. Chapter 5. Multicomponent diffusion - p. 97 16. Chapter 6. Numerical solutions of the diffusion equation - p. 113 17. Chapter 7. Atomic models for diffusion - p. 125 18. Chapter 8. Diffusion in crystals - p. 143 19. Chapter 9. Diffusion in polycrystalline materials - p. 161 20. Chapter 10. Motion of dislocations and interfaces - p. 179 21. Chapter 11. Morphological evolution in polycrystalline materials - p. 197 22. Chapter 12. Diffusion in polymers and glasses - p. 221 23. Chapter 13. Kinetics of phase separation - p. 239 24. Chapter 14. Nucleation and crystallization - p. 259 25. Chapter 15. Advanced nucleation theories - p. 279 26. Chapter 16. Viscosity of liquids - p. 295 27. Chapter 17. Nonequilibrium viscosity and the glass transition - p. 321 28. Chapter 18. Energy landscapes - p. 347 29. Chapter 19. Broken ergodicity - p. 377 30. Chapter 20. Master equations - p. 403 31. Chapter 21. Relaxation of glasses and polymers - p. 429 32. Chapter 22. Molecular dynamics - p. 471 33. Chapter 23. Monte Carlo techniques - p. 499 34. Chapter 24. Fluctuations in condensed matter - p. 525 35. Chapter 25. Chemical reaction kinetics - p. 547 36. Chapter 26. Thermal and electrical conductivities - p. 563 37. Index - p. 575
Materials Kinetics: Transport and Rate Phenomena, Second Edition provides readers with a clear understanding of how physical-chemical principles are applied to fundamental kinetic processes. The book integrates advanced concepts with foundational knowledge and cutting-edge computational approaches, demonstrating how diffusion, morphological evolution, viscosity, relaxation, and other kinetic phenomena can be applied to practical materials design problems across all classes of materials. Thermodynamics, Fick’s law, dislocation and interfacial motion, kinetics of phase separation, molecular dynamics, energy landscapes, and Monte Carlo simulation techniques are each covered.
This second edition also features brand new chapters on sintering, topological constraint theory, ab initio molecular dynamics, thermal conduction, and electrical conduction. All preexisting chapters have been revised and updated to include new exercises, and topics covered have been expanded to include examples of multicomponent diffusion, particle jump frequency, diffusion along dislocations, modeling of grain boundary diffusion, applications of phase-field modeling, applications of diffuse interface theory, and much more.
1. Title of Book - p. i 2. Cover image - p. i 3. Title page - p. ii 4. Table of Contents - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. iv 6. Dedication - p. iv 7. Foreword - p. xvii 8. Preface to the second edition - p. xix 9. Preface to the first edition - p. xxiii 10. Acknowledgments - p. xxvii 11. Chapter 1. Thermodynamics versus kinetics - p. 1 12. Chapter 2. Irreversible thermodynamics - p. 23 13. Chapter 3. Fick’s laws of diffusion - p. 45 14. Chapter 4. Analytical solutions of the diffusion equation - p. 69 15. Chapter 5. Multicomponent diffusion - p. 97 16. Chapter 6. Numerical solutions of the diffusion equation - p. 113 17. Chapter 7. Atomic models for diffusion - p. 125 18. Chapter 8. Diffusion in crystals - p. 143 19. Chapter 9. Diffusion in polycrystalline materials - p. 161 20. Chapter 10. Motion of dislocations and interfaces - p. 179 21. Chapter 11. Morphological evolution in polycrystalline materials - p. 197 22. Chapter 12. Diffusion in polymers and glasses - p. 221 23. Chapter 13. Kinetics of phase separation - p. 239 24. Chapter 14. Nucleation and crystallization - p. 259 25. Chapter 15. Advanced nucleation theories - p. 279 26. Chapter 16. Viscosity of liquids - p. 295 27. Chapter 17. Nonequilibrium viscosity and the glass transition - p. 321 28. Chapter 18. Energy landscapes - p. 347 29. Chapter 19. Broken ergodicity - p. 377 30. Chapter 20. Master equations - p. 403 31. Chapter 21. Relaxation of glasses and polymers - p. 429 32. Chapter 22. Molecular dynamics - p. 471 33. Chapter 23. Monte Carlo techniques - p. 499 34. Chapter 24. Fluctuations in condensed matter - p. 525 35. Chapter 25. Chemical reaction kinetics - p. 547 36. Chapter 26. Thermal and electrical conductivities - p. 563 37. Index - p. 575
