Diffusion

This teaching and learning package (TLP) provides an introduction to the mechanisms and driving forces of diffusion, and some of the processes in which it is observed.

2-D schematic snap-shot of diffusion through a lattice

Aims Before you start Introduction Diffusion mechanisms Random walk Fick's first law Fick's second law Interdiffusion Microstructural effects Temperature Effects Applications of Diffusion Summary Questions Going further

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First created: August 2009. Last updated: 9 August 2010.