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Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Materials
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- Instructors
- Prof. Samuel Allen, Prof. Thomas Eagar
- Term
- Fall 2006
- Level
- Graduate
- What's inside
- 1 lecture note · 37 other files · 5 web pages
- Materials open
- MIT OCW
About this course
Source: MIT OpenCourseWare 3.205 Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Materials, Fall 2006, Prof. Samuel Allen, Prof. Thomas Eagar — original course page on ocw.mit.edu ↗. License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Study order: MIT's own listing order, section by section. Taken from MIT's published course files, downloaded from ocw.mit.edu on September 23, 2026. How RedLectern is built.
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- A lecture sequence of 12 items is confirmed. Assignment and exam materials exist too, but MIT's own order for them could not be verified, so they're shown as materials below rather than a sequence.
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Lecture Notes
25 files
- Session L1 · Fields and Gradients Fluxes Continuity Equation Entropy Production Conjugate Driving… · Lecture slides Download
- Session L1 · Fields and Gradients Fluxes Continuity Equation Entropy Production Conjugate Driving… · Lecture summaries Download
- Session L2 · Mass Diffusion in a Continuum Diffusion Coefficients Mass Diffusion: Fick’s Laws… · Lecture slides Download
- Session L2 · Mass Diffusion in a Continuum Diffusion Coefficients Mass Diffusion: Fick’s Laws… · Lecture summaries Download
- Session L3 · Solutions to the Diffusion/Heat Equation Mass Diffusion: Methods of Solving the Diffusion… · Lecture slides Download
- Session L3 · Solutions to the Diffusion/Heat Equation Mass Diffusion: Methods of Solving the Diffusion… · Lecture summaries Download
- Session L4 · Atomistic Mechanisms of Diffusion Interphase Layer Growth in Interdiffusion Atomistic… · Lecture slides Download
- Session L4 · Atomistic Mechanisms of Diffusion Interphase Layer Growth in Interdiffusion Atomistic… · Lecture summaries Download
- Session L5 · Diffusion in Ionic Crystals: Kroger-Vink Notation for Point Imperfections Schottky and… · Lecture slides Download
- Session L5 · Diffusion in Ionic Crystals: Kroger-Vink Notation for Point Imperfections Schottky and… · Lecture summaries Download
- Session L6 · Role of Micro Structure in Diffusion: Short-Circuits Short-Circuit Diffusion in Crystals… · Lecture slides Download
- Session L6 · Role of Micro Structure in Diffusion: Short-Circuits Short-Circuit Diffusion in Crystals… · Lecture summaries Download
- Session L7 · Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Nucleation Introduction to Phase Transformations Lectures… · Lecture slides Download
- Session L7 · Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Nucleation Introduction to Phase Transformations Lectures… · Lecture summaries (PDF 1) Download
- Session L7 · Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Nucleation Introduction to Phase Transformations Lectures… · Lecture summaries (PDF 2) Download
- Session L8 · Diffusional Growth The “Moving Boundary” Problem Growth Phenomena: Interface Control vs… · Lecture slides Download
- Session L8 · Diffusional Growth The “Moving Boundary” Problem Growth Phenomena: Interface Control vs… · Lecture summaries Download
- Session L9 · Solidification: Thermal and Solute Gradients and Interfacial Shape Stability Cells and… · Lecture slides Download
- Session L9 · Solidification: Thermal and Solute Gradients and Interfacial Shape Stability Cells and… · Lecture summaries Download
- Session L10 · Spinodal Decomposition: Phase Diagrams with a Spinodal Region Free Energy of a… · Lecture slides Download
- Session L10 · Spinodal Decomposition: Phase Diagrams with a Spinodal Region Free Energy of a… · Lecture summaries Download
- Session L11 · Particle Coarsening: Capillarity as a Driving Force Coarsening in Pb–Sn Solid/Liquid… · Lecture slides Download
- Session L11 · Particle Coarsening: Capillarity as a Driving Force Coarsening in Pb–Sn Solid/Liquid… · Lecture summaries Download
- Session L12 · Sintering Grain Growth Grain-Growth Kinetics in Two and Three Dimensions Kinetics of… · Lecture slides Download
- Session L12 · Sintering Grain Growth Grain-Growth Kinetics in Two and Three Dimensions Kinetics of… · Lecture summaries Download
Assignments
7 problem sets
- This resource is a problem set from the kinetics segment of the course (hw_7.pdf) Download
- This resource contains solutions to a problem set from the kinetics segment of the course (ps7_sol.pdf) Download
- This resource is a problem set from the kinetics segment of the course (hw_8.pdf) Download
- This resource contains solutions to a problem set from the kinetics segment of the course (ps8_sol.pdf) Download
- This resource is a problem set from the kinetics segment of the course (hw_9.pdf) Download
- This resource contains solutions to a problem set from the kinetics segment of the course (ps9_sol.pdf) Download
- This resource is a problem set from the kinetics segment of the course (hw_10.pdf) Download
Exams
Study Materials
Course outline
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Lecture 2: Entropy Production, Conjugate Driving Forces
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Lecture 3: Mass Diffusion in a Continuum, Diffusion Coefficients
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Lecture 4: Solutions to the Diffusion/Heat Equation, Atomistic Mechanisms of Diffusion
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Lecture 5: Diffusion in Ionic Crystals
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Lecture 6: Role of Microstructure in Diffusion; Short Circuits
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Lecture 7: Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Nucleation
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Lecture 8: Diffusional Growth, The “Moving Boundary” Problem
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Lecture 9: Solidification
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Lecture 10: Spinodal Decomposition
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Lecture 11: Particle Coarsening
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Lecture 12: Sintering
MIT OpenCourseWare, Prof. Samuel Allen, Prof. Thomas Eagar, 3.205 Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Materials, Fall 2006.
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