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1. project assignment 36
Each team will determine on a topic about the subjects related to our class; find the related
and current literature papers; and write a term paper on your topic. The topic of the paper
is wide-open to your interest, but it must be relevant to the topics of the course:
thermodynamics of materials, phase equilibrium, free energy diagrams, diffusion,
solidification, melting, homogeneous and heterogeneous reactions, nucleation and growth,
diffusional and diffusionless phase transformations in materials, precipitation hardening,
oxidation of materials, electrochemical reactions and polarization diagrams, and so on. A
part of this project is to allow you opportunity to develop and apply the skills in conducting
a literature search and identifying useful information from the internet and physical library.
Since the goal of this project is for you to understand the broad issues in thermodynamics
and kinetics of materials, the paper content should focus on explaining the reason that the
chosen topic/problem is interesting, describing the work that has been done so far, and
illustrating the conclusions obtained and your thoughts about the topic/problem after
reading the existing literatures.Paper format:  Single-spaced;  Single column;  10- or
12-point font, Times;  1-inch margins on all sides;  Section headers must be
distinguishable;  Text alignment: left;  Abstract: <200 words;  Must have page number
inserted at bottom right corner;  All figures and tables should have captions and should be
numbered consecutively;  There is to be a complete bibliography (not include in the page
limit, at least 8 citations, with a minimum of six from the (recent) primary literature – that
is, NOT from textbooks or review articles).WE CHOSE THE HOW CAN WE AVOID oxidation
of metalsSo for this 3 pages you will only do the abstract , interdiction and some
information about works already done and general information and studies about oxidation
of metals and how can we avoid it