MATLS 3E04 - Mass Transfer

4 unit(s)

Phenomenological and mechanistic approaches to steady and non-steady state diffusion, boundary conditions, mechanisms of diffusion, Arrhenius behaviour, gas-solid reactions, precipitate growth and dissolution, plate and spherical geometries, plane front solidification, diffusion in concentrated alloys, the Kirkendall effect, the interdiffusion coefficient, diffusion couples with intermediate phases, mass transport with convection, transient diffusion in fluids, the mass transfer coefficient.
Three lectures, one tutorial (two hours); first term
Prerequisite(s): MATLS 2D03 and MATH 2ZZ3; and Registration in Level II or above in Materials Engineering