Thermodynamics of Materials

Calendar

Day #	Lectures	Assignments	Recitations
1	Introduction and Course Description
2	Course Survey	Problem Set 1
3	Thermodynamic Variables
4	State Variables and Functions
5			Recitation 2
6	Thermodynamic Systems and Processes	Problem Set 2
7	Energy and Work
8	Properties of Materials
9			Recitation 3
10	Stored Energy in Solids, First Law for Fluids	Problem Set 3
11	Quasi-static Processes
12			Recitation 4
13	Heat Capacities and Gaseous Behavior
14	Internal Energy and Enthalpy for Fluids
15		Problem Set 4
16	Thermodynamic Functions for General Systems
17			Recitation 5
18	Exam I
19	The Second Law
20	Heat Stored during Phase Changes
21			Recitation 6 Review 1
22	Gibbs Free Energy
23	Entropy Content in Materials
24	Conditions of Equilibrium	Problem Set 5
25	Describing the State of an Alloy
26	Generalized Conditions for Equilibrium
27			Recitation 8
28	The Chemical Potential
29	Mathematics of Thermodynamics
30	Mathematical Relations and Changing Variables
31			Recitation 9
32	Mathematics and Stability	Problem Set 6 and Problem Set 7
33	Implications of Equilibrium and Gibbs-Duhem
34	Symmetry and Equilibrium
35	The Gibbs Phase Rule and its Application
36	Exam II
37	Gibbs Free Energy and Phase Diagrams
38	Uniformity of Chemical Potential at Equilibrium
39	Important Geometrical Constructions
40	Phase Diagrams
41	Using Phase Diagrams	Problem Set 8
42	Graduate Student Presentation
43	Solution Thermodynamics
44	Unstable Solutions
45	Equilibrium Conditions for Solid Solutions
46	Equilibrium Conditions for Charged Species
47	Introduction to Surface Thermodynamics
48			Final Review
49	Final Exam