Handbook

Thermodynamic functions and properties of materials (chemical, mechanical and magnetic systems); thermodynamic laws and their application to materials: chemical equilibrium, gas-solid equilibria, Ellingham diagrams; electrochemistry: Porbaix diagrams; thermodynamics of solutions; construction and interpretation of 2 component phase diagrams.

• Fundamentals of thermodynamics (thermodynamics basics; heat, work, and internal energy; heat capacity; enthalpy, entropy, and free energy; three laws of thermodynamics; redox processes).
• Equilibrium and gas-solid phase transitions (chemical equilibrium, first- and second-order phase transitions, fugacity and activity, gas-solid equilibria, Ellingham diagrams)
• Solution thermodynamics and phase diagram construction (ideal and regular solution thermodynamics, Raoult’s and Henry’s laws, calculation of thermodynamic values, construction of binary phase diagrams)
• Interpretation and applications of binary phase diagrams (unary systems, binary systems, effects on microstructures, applications for processing and performance).