Kinetic Processes in Materials integrates a broad range of material on kinetic processes: diffusion, chemical reactions, and phase transformations. This first year graduate-level text features scores of problems, many of which are class tested and worked out. Although numerous texts on diffusion are currently available, none offers the scope and depth of this text. An excellent reference for the practicing materials scientist as well as a text for students, Kinetic Processes in Materials develops fundamental principles of kinetic processes and applies them to technologically relevant phenomena. This book provides an essential resource for materials scientists, engineers, and graduate students in these disciplines.