27-217 Phase Relations and Diagrams

12 units, Carnegie Mellon University

Stability of structures. Hume-Rothery rules. Free energy-composition curves with applications to binary and ternary phase diagrams. Quantitative concepts of nucleation and growth with examples from solidification. Development of microstructures in various classes of phase diagram under near-equilibrium conditions. Atomic mechanisms of solid state diffusion and approach to equilibrium through diffusion.

Prerequisites: 27-215 and 27-201

Offered: Spring 2027, Spring 2026

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