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Prof. Linn W Hobbs

Professor of Materials Science and Nuclear Science and Engineering, Emeritus
Co-Director, H H Uhlig Corrosion Laboratory

Primary DLC

Department of Materials Science and Engineering

MIT Room: 8-211
(617) 253-6835

Areas of Interest and Expertise

Point and Extended Defect Structures in Non-Metals
Radiation Effects in Non-Metals
Radiation Stability of Ceramics and Nuclear Materials
High Temperature Corrosion of Metals
Electron Microscopy
Image Analysis
Biomaterials
Defect Structures in Ceramics
Glass Structure
Biotechnology

Research Summary

Professor Hobbs is interested in ancient mortars (clay, gypsum, lime, siliceous pozzolanas, Portland cements and other possible castable cementitious materials). He utilizes modern analytical methods, principally environmental scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy and X-ray and electron diffraction.

Recent Work

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