Thermodynamic Materials - MATS1282

 
Faculty: Faculty of Science
 
 
School:  School of Materials Science and Engineering
 
 
Course Outline: http://www.materials.unsw.edu.au/
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 4
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Pre-requiste/s: CHEM2718
 
 
Fee Band: 2 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description


Thermodynamic functions and systems - PVT system, stretched wire, paramagnetic solid, and electrolytic cell. The first and second thermodynamic laws in application to materials engineering. Phase transitions of first and second order. Ellingham and Pourbaix diagrams. Thermodynamics of solutions. Gibbs-Duhem equation. Thermodynamic activity. Perfect and regular metallic solutions. Thermodynamic stability. Calculation of phase diagrams. Calculation of chemical equilibria in complex systems.