MT41041: Defects And Diffusion In Crystalline Solids
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| Course name | Defects And Diffusion In Crystalline Solids | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Offered by | Metallurgical & Materials Engineering | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credits | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| L-T-P | 3-0-0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Semester | Autumn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Syllabus
Syllabus mentioned in ERP
Prerequisite - MT21105, MT21107 or MT30001Introduction: review of basic concepts, Fick s laws; measurement of diffusion coefficients; thermodynamics and kinetics of diffusion, formation of defects, movement of defects, atomistic theory of diffusion, effect of pressure, temperature and various driving forces on diffusion in ceramics, polymers and semiconducting materials, diffusion in multi-component systems, grain boundary and surface diffusion; field assisted diffusion, applications of diffusion in creep, sintering, carburising, nitriding and metallising; diffusion welding, diffusion of gases and swelling of nuclear fuels.Text Books:1.P. G. Shewmon: Diffusion in Solids, McGraw-Hill Book Company, N.York, 1963. 2.R.J. Borg and G. J. Dines: An introduction to solid state diffusion, Academic press, NY, 1988.