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Thermodynamics of Materials

Materials Science and Engineering MIT CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 38 lectures

This course introduces the competition between energetics and disorder that underpins materials thermodynamics. Classical thermodynamic concepts are presented in the context of phase equilibria including phase transformations, phase diagrams, and chemical reactions. The course also covers computerized thermodynamics and provides an introduction to statistical thermodynamics.

Syllabus

  1. 1 Lecture 1: Introduction to Thermodynamics
  2. 2 Lecture 2: Scope and Use of Thermodynamics
  3. 3 Lecture 3: Process Variables and the First Law
  4. 4 Lecture 4: Heat Engines and Energy Conversion Efficiency
  5. 5 Lecture 5: Second Law and Entropy Maximization
  6. 6 Lecture 6: Thermodynamic Potentials
  7. 7 Lecture 7: Ideal Gas Processes
  8. 8 Lecture 8: Mathematical Implications of Equilibrium and Spontaneous Processes
  9. 9 Lecture 9: Case Studies - Specific Heats and Phase Transformations
  10. 10 Lecture 10: Introduction to Unary Phase Transformations
  11. 11 Lecture 11: Phase Coexistence in Unary Systems
  12. 12 Lecture 12: Case Studies - Saturation Vapor Pressure
  13. 13 Lecture 13: Introduction to Ideal (Gas) Mixtures
  14. 14 Lecture 14: Reacting Gas Mixtures at Equilibrium
  15. 15 Lecture 15: Introduction to Solutions, General Case
  16. 16 Lecture 16: Partial Molar Properties
  17. 17 Lecture 17: Solution Models - Ideal, Dilute, and Regular
  18. 18 Lecture 18: Case Study in Reacting Gas Mixtures - Introducing the Nernst Equation
  19. 19 Lecture 19: Regular Solution Models and Stability
  20. 20 Lecture 20: Introduction to Binary Phase Diagrams
  21. 21 Lecture 21: Phase Coexistence and Separation
  22. 22 Lecture 22: Free Energy-Composition Diagrams, General Case
  23. 23 Lecture 23: Building Binary Phase Diagrams, Part I
  24. 24 Lecture 24: Building Binary Phase Diagrams, Part II
  25. 25 Lecture 25: Building Binary Phase Diagrams, Part III
  26. 26 Lecture 26: CALPHAD - Case Studies and Guest Lecture
  27. 27 Lecture 27: Introduction to Statistical Thermodynamics
  28. 28 Lecture 28: Boltzmann Hypothesis
  29. 29 Lecture 29: Boltzmann Distribution
  30. 30 Lecture 30: Intermediate Phases and Reactions
  31. 31 Lecture 31: Reacting Multi-phase Systems
  32. 32 Lecture 32: Case Study - Reacting, Multi-component, Multi-phase Systems
  33. 33 Supplemental Video: Sodium Acetate Demo
  34. 34 Supplemental Video: The Three Dees of Thermodynamics
  35. 35 Supplemental Video: The Lever Rule
  36. 36 Supplemental Video: Gallium-Indium Eutectic Demo
  37. 37 Supplemental Video: Ternary Phase Diagram and Ouzo Demo
  38. 38 Supplemental Video: Ouzo Demo

Course materials