Day # | Lectures | Assignments | Recitations |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |