Diffusion in Solids

Amazing book, lots of descriptive text for a college drop out to understand, lol. Has helped me with metallography studies of metals exposed to high temperatures under various conditions.

I bought it as good, but in my humble opinion came as knew. Great for theoretical knowledge.

Do not know

The first chapter deals with the basic equations of diffusion; the second chapter widely describes the atomic theory of diffusion before, in the subsequent chapters, focusing on diffusion in dilute alloys, in a concentration gradient, in non-metals. The 6th chapter is really interesting as it focuses on the effect of dislocations, grain boundaries and free surfaces on diffusion and even including, in the last chapter, diffusion mechanisms under electric current or heat flux.All the chapters are independent of one another.In almost all chapters the author describes both theory and experimental measurements (including some results) and then discusses the results with some left open questions.A set of problems is included at the end of each chapter with the answers for many of them.

This book by Paul Shewmon is very good and thorough. However, it is frustrating to use if you just want to read certain sections and pick up small parts here and there. There seemed to always be some variables which were defined elsewhere in the book and never mentioned again!

C'est une très bonne introduction à la diffusion dans les solides qui trouve son application dans beaucoup de cas concrets. Ça permet d'aborder rapidement la plupart des problèmes auxquels un ingénieur peut être confronté. Bien sur le livre s’arrête avant la modélisation avancée des mécanismes de diffusion dans des matériaux spécifiques mais c'est une superbe introduction.Je recommande ce livre aux étudiants et aux ingénieurs dans le domaine de la science des matériaux