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This book is based on a set of notes developed over many years for an introductory course taught to seniors and entering graduate students in materials science. An Introduction to Aspects of Thermodynamics and Kinetics Relevant to Materials Science is about the application of thermodynamics and kinetics to solve problems within Materials Science. Emphasis is to provide a physical understanding of the phenomenon under discussion, with the mathematics presented as a guide. The problems are used to provide practice in quantitative application of principles, and also to give examples of applications of the general subject matter to problems having current interest and to emphasize the important physical concepts.End of chapter problems are included, as are references, and bibliography to reinforce the text. This book provides students with the theory and mathematics to understand the important physical understanding of phenomena.
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An Introduction to Aspects of Thermodynamics and Kinetics Relevant to Materials Science by Eugene Machlin • ISBN: 008046615X • Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology Books • Pub. Date: September 2007 Preface to Third Edition This book is based on a set of notes developed over a period of many years for an introductory course that the author taught to seniors and entering graduate students in materials science. This course has also been taken by students at IBM Fishkill Facility, who have a varied background, in a program leading to a master’s degree in materials science. Our pedagogical philosophy in the teaching of materials science courses has been to take a materials generic approach to each of the core courses in this program. Thus, this book is based on such an approach, which is incidentally consistent with a recommendation in the recent report entitled “Materials Science and Engineering for the 1990’s: