A course on phase transformations in crystalline solids. Topics will include the thermodynamics of ordered materials: Landau expansions, Bragg-Williams model, antiphase domain boundaries; the kinetics ...

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This course will cover a variety of topics associated with the thermodynamics and kinetics of phase transformations in materials. Topics to be covered include the various theories of nucleation, ...