Diffusion Phenomena: Cases and Studies
β Scribed by Richard Ghez (auth.)
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 325
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
This book is a second edition of the one that was published by John Wiley & Sons in 1988. It carries a new title because the former one, A Primer of Diffusion Problems, gave the impression of consisting merely of a set of problems relating to diffusion. Nonetheless, my intention was clearly spelled out and it remains the same, namely, to teach basic aspects and methods of solution for diffusion phenomena through physical examples. Again, I emphasize that the coverage is not encyclopedic. There exist already several outstanding works of that nature, for example, J. Philibert's Atom Movements, Diffusion and Mass Transport in Solids. My emphasis is on modeling and methodology. This book should thus constitute a consistent introduction to diffusion phenomena, whatever their origin or further application. This edition has been largely revised. It contains a completely new chapter and three new appendices. I have added several new exercises stemming from my experience in teaching this material over the last 15 years. I hope that they will be instructive to the reader for they were not chosen perfunctorily. Although they are the bane of authors and of readers, I have retained footnotes if they might help the reader's comprehension. Additional, but nonessential material is collected at the end of chapters, and is indicated in the text by superscripts.
β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-xv
The Diffusion Equation....Pages 1-44
Steady-State Examples....Pages 45-87
Diffusion Under External Forces....Pages 89-102
Simple Time-Dependent Examples....Pages 103-143
An Introduction to Similarity....Pages 145-176
Surface Rate Limitations and Segregation....Pages 177-204
A Userβs Guide to the Laplace Transform....Pages 205-231
Further Time-Dependent Examples....Pages 233-262
Back Matter....Pages 263-315
β¦ Subjects
Classical Continuum Physics;Physical Chemistry;Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes;Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films
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