Molar Gibbs energy diagrams. Fundamentals of diffusion. Curved interfaces, Gibbs-Thomson effect. Grain growth, Zener pinning. Homogeneous and heterogeneous nucleation. Solidification. Scheil formalism. Constitutional supercooling. Eutectic growth. Coarsening. Recovery, recrystallization. Spinodal decomposition. Eutectoid, massive, order-disorder and martensitic transformations.
Molar Gibbs energy diagrams. Fundamentals of diffusion. Curved interfaces, Gibbs-Thomson effect. Grain growth, Zener pinning. Homogeneous and heterogeneous nucleation. Solidification. Scheil formalism. Constitutional supercooling. Eutectic growth. Coarsening. Recovery, recrystallization. Spinodal decomposition. Eutectoid, massive, order-disorder and martensitic transformations.