Syllabus

        Professor Jan Talbot

Lecture: Tu, Th 2:00 - 3:20 pm, U 413 Rm 1
Office: 379 EBU2
Phone: 534-3176
E-mail: jtalbot@ucsd.edu
Office Hours: Mon 2-3 pm, Tues 3:30 -4:30 pm or by appointment

This course covers thermally activated processes, Boltzmann factor, homogeneous and heterogeneous reactions, solid state diffusion,
Fick's laws, diffusion mechanisms, Kirkendall effect, Boltzmann-Matano analysis, high diffusivity paths.

TEXT

P. Shewmon, Diffusion in Solids, 2nd Ed., The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (1989).

REFERENCES ON RESERVE

R. J. Borg and G. J. Dienes, An Introducton to Solid State Diffusion, Academic Press  (1988).
J.W. Evans and L.C. DeJonghe, The Production of Inorganic Materials, Chapt 3, Macmillian (1991).
D. A. Porter and K. E. Easterling, Phase Transformations in Metals and Alloys, 2nd E.,    
    Chapman & Hall (1992).
W. J. Moore, Physical Chemistry, 4th Ed., Chapt. 9, "Chemical Reaction Rates", Prentice-Hall (1972).
H. Schmalzried, Solid State Reactions, 2nd Ed., Verlag Chemie (1981).
H. S. Carslaw and J. C. Jaeger, Conduction of Heat in Solids, 2nd Ed., Oxford
    University Press (1959).
J. Crank,  The Mathematics of Diffusion, 2nd Ed., Clarendon Press, Oxford (1975).
M.E. Glicksman, Diffusion in Solids, Wiley (2000).
J.W. Mayer and S.S. Lau, Electronic Materials Science: for Integrated Circuits in Si and GaAs, Chapt. 7, 9, 11, Macmillan (1990).
K.N. Tu, J.W. Mayer, and L.C. Feldman, Electronic Thin Film Science for
    Electrical Engineers and Materials Scientists, Chapt. 11-13 (1992).
 

GRADING

Discussion of homwork problems with classmates is acceptable, but not collaboration.
You must do your homework individually.   No points will be given for collaborative homework.
All graphs are to be presented on appropriate graph paper, properly labeled on the axis with units and titled.
References must be cited for data.  All answers must have units specified.

 Homework  30%
 Midterm exam  30%
 Final exam  40%

 

EXAM DATES (All tests will be open book and notes.)

 Midterm Exam  May 20
 Final Exam  June 10, 3:00 - 6:00 pm