Materials Science and Engineering/Equations/Kinetics

Mathematical Foundation edit

Time-Dependent Field edit

  
 : Velocity
 : Time-Dependent Field

Accumulation edit

Rate of accumulation is the negative of the divergence of the flux of the quantity plus the rate of production

  
 : Rate of production of the density of   in  
 : The divergence of  
  
 : Rate at which   flows through area  

Divergence Theorem edit

  
 : Oriented surface around a volume

General Set of Linear Equations edit

  

The vector equation is equivalent to a matrix equation of the form

  

where M is an m×n matrix, x is a column vector with n entries, and y is a column vector with m entries.

 

Eigenvalue Equation edit

  
 :   square matrix or tensor
 : eigenvector (special vector)
 : eigenvalue (special scalar multiplier)

Transformation of Rank-Two Tensor edit

  

Irreversible Thermodynamics edit

Differential Change in Entropy edit

  
 

Entropy Production edit

  
 : Rate of entropy-density creation
 : Flux of heat
 : Conjugate force
 : Conjugate flux

Empirical Force-Flux Law edit

Fourier's edit

  

Modified Fick's edit

  

Ohm's edit

  

Basic Postulate of Irreversible Thermodynamics edit

The local generation of entropy,   is nonnegative

  

Coupling Between Forces and Fluxes edit

  

Abbreviated form:

  
 

Force-Flux Relations with Constrained Extensive Quantities edit

  
 

Diffusion Potential edit

  

Onsager Symmetry Principle edit

  
  

Driving Forces and Fluxes edit

Diffusion in Absence of Chemical Effects edit

  • Components diffuse in chemically homogeneous material
  • Diffusion measured with radioactive tracer
  • Fick's law flux equation derived when self-diffusion occurs by the vacancy-exchange mechanism.
  • The crystal is network-constrained
  • There are three components:
    • Inert atoms
    • Radioactive atoms
    • Vacancies
  • C-frame: single reference frame
  • Vacancies assumed to be in equilibrium throughout
  • Raoultian behavior
  
  

Diffusion of i in Chemically Homogeneous Binary Solution edit

  
  

Diffusion of Substitutional Particles in Concentration Gradient edit

  • Constraint associated with vacancy mechanism:  
    • Difference in fluxes of the two substitutional species requires net flux of vacancies.
  • Gibbs-Duhem relation:  
  • Chemical potential gradients related to concentration gradients:  

Flux is proportional to the concentration gradient

  
  

Assumptions that simplify  

  • Concentration-independent average site volume  
  • The coupling (off-diagonal) terms,   and  , are small compared with the direct term  
  

Diffusion in a Volume-Fixed (V-Frame) edit

  • Velocity of a local C-frame with respect to the V-frame: velocity of any inert marker with respect to the V-frame
  • Flux of 1 in the V-frame:
  
  • The interdiffusivity,  , can be simplified through  
  • The L-frame and the V-frame are the same

Diffusion of Interstitial Particles in Concentration Gradient edit

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  • Evaluate   by substitution of interstitial mobility,  
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Diffusion of Charged Ions in Ionic Conductors edit

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  •  : Electric field
  • Absence of concentration gradient:
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  • Electrical conductivity:
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Electromigration in Metals edit

  • Two fluxes when electric field is applied to a dilute solution of interstitial atoms in metal
    •  : Flux of conjuction electrons
    •  : Flux of interstitials
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Mass Diffusion in Thermal Gradient edit

  • Interstitial flux with thermal gradient where both heat flow and mass diffusion of interstitial component occurs:
  
  

Mass Diffusion Driven by Capillarity edit

  • The system consists of two network-constrained components:
    • Host atoms
    • Vacancies
  • No mass flow within the crystal (the crystal C-frame is also the V-frame)
  • Constant temperature and no electric field
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Fick's Second Law edit

Diffusion Equation in the General Form edit

  
 : source or sink term
 : any flux in a V-frame

Fick's Second Law edit

  
  

Linearization of Diffusion Equation edit

  

Heat Equation edit

  
  
  
  
 : enthalpy density
 : heat capacity
 : thermal diffusivity

Constant Diffusivity edit

 

One-Dimensional Diffusion Along x from an Initial Step Function edit

 

Localized Source edit

  
  
  • Source strength,  

Diffusivity as a Function of Concentration edit

  
  • Interdiffusivity:  

Diffusivity as a Function of Time edit

  
  
  • Change of variable:  
  • Transformed equation:  
  • Solution:
 
 

Diffusivity as a Function of Direction edit

  
  • The diagonal elements of   are the eigenvalues of  , and the coordinate system of   defines the principal axes.
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  • Relation of   and  :
  

Steady-State Solutions edit

Harmonic Functions edit

  

One Dimension edit

  
  

Cylindrical Shell edit

  • Laplacian Operator:  
  • Integrate Twice and Apply the Boundary Conditions:
  

Spherical Shell edit

  • Laplacian operator in spherical coordinates

 

Variable Diffusivity edit

  • Steady-state conditions
  •   varies with position
  
  • Solution is obtained by integration:
  

Infinite Media with Instantaneous Localized Source edit

  

Solutions with the Error Function edit

  • Uniform distribution of point, line, or plana source placed along  
  • Contribution at a general position   from the source:
 
  • Integral over all sources:
 
  

Method of Separation of Variables edit

  • System : Three Dimensions,  
  • Equation :  
  • Solution :  

Method of Laplace Transforms edit

  • Laplace transform of a function  
  
  

Atomic Models of Diffusion edit

Model of One-Particle with Step Potential-Energy Wells edit

  
  

Model of One-Particle with Step Potential-Energy Wells edit

  
  

Many-Body Model edit

  

Diffusion as Series of Discrete Jumps edit

  

Diffusivity and Mean-Square Particle Displacement edit

  

Relation of Macroscopic Diffusivity and Microscopic Jump Parameters edit

  

Diffusion and Correlated Jumps edit

  • Correlation factor:
  
  • Macroscopic Diffusivity and Microscopic Parameters:
  
  
  

Atomic Models of Diffusivity edit

Metals edit

Correlation Factor edit

  
  

Isotope Effect edit