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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Thermodynamics of Materials

Massachusetts Institute of Technology via MITx Online

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Explore the fundamental competition between energy and disorder that determines the state of materials at equilibrium.

Syllabus

  • Understand the fundamental laws of thermodynamics through the lens of materials science and engineering
  • Discover the molecular origins of enthalpy and entropy
  • Describe what a thermodynamic system is and how to identify dependent and independent thermodynamics variables
  • Construct unary and binary phase diagrams from thermodynamic principles and data, and use those to predict process outcomes and equilibrium states of reacting systems
  • Learn how computational thermodynamics software works, how to find and assess data, and how to apply it to solve materials science and engineering problems
  • Introduction to thermodynamics: enthalpy, entropy, and an atomic view
  • Systems, states, and material properties
  • Processes and the First Law of Thermodynamics
  • Irreversible processes, the Second Law of Thermodynamics, and equilibrium
  • The combined statement and differential forms
  • Equilibrium conditions
  • Unary systems and phase diagrams
  • Systems of reacting gases
  • Introduction to binary phase diagrams
  • The lever rule
  • Partial molar properties and the common tangent construction
  • Heterogeneous binary systems and ideal solutions
  • Non-ideal solutions: Dilute and regular models
  • Heterogeneous binary systems: Gibbs phase rule; eutectic, and peritectic reactions
  • Reference states
  • Intermediate phases and line compounds
  • Ternary phase diagrams
  • Reacting systems: Metal oxidation
  • Clausius’ statement and the Carnot efficiency limit
  • Reversible and irreversible heat engines
  • Introduction to statistical thermodynamics

Taught by

Rafael Jaramillo, Jessica Sandland, and John Harrold

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