Advanced Thermodynamics of Materials
- An overview of the thermodynamics of materials, including the laws of gases, the first law of thermodynamics, thermochemistry, the second law of thermodynamics, the third law of thermodynamics, and auxiliary functions to establish a relationship between thermodynamic functions, chemical equilibrium, along with presenting basic concepts from a different point of view.
- Presenting a different view of the first and second laws of thermodynamics and drawing conclusions for some physical changes such as the thermoelastic phenomenon, the Grüneisen relation, and the thermomagnetic phenomenon, the application of the Born-Haber law and other laws in determining the enthalpy and entropy of the reactions of the formation of oxides, sulfides, etc.
- The concept of thermodynamic balance, Gibbs phase rule with presenting the complete equation along with the definition of the coefficients related to the mass balance and new changes along with the limitations caused by different environmental conditions such as the acceleration of gravity, magnetic field, and...
- Thermodynamic equilibrium, the statement of the basic concepts of thermodynamic equilibrium, the relation between the free energy function and the spontaneity of reactions, the concept of the spontaneity and feasibility, thermodynamic equilibrium in complex multipart systems along with the conditions of mass and energy balance and temperature, pressure and other balance System dynamic changes.
- quilibrium in multicomponent systems (solutions), including communication between the concept of activity and vapor pressure in multicomponent systems, ideal and non-ideal solutions, determination of thermodynamic functions in ideal and regular solutions and other non-ideal solutions, the concept of open systems, the definition of chemical potential and Thermodynamic functions for a multiple solution system
- Equilibrium in multicomponent systems (solutions), the definition of molar and integral quantities and variables in addition to partial and total, establishing a relationship between partial molar quantities with a molar and total quantities, the definition of Raoult and Henry effects in multicomponent solutions, and definition of effect coefficients of system components on activity coefficients
- Equilibrium in multicomponent systems (solutions), the definition of alpha function, definition of Raoult, Henry and weight percentage standards in binary systems, standard change of dissolved components in a solid and liquid state, drawing of the curve of molar free energy changes of the solution according to the chemical composition in solid standards and liquid
- Equilibrium in multicomponent systems (solutions), Plotting of the phase diagrams of the system with complete dissolution and other phase diagrams and investigating the effect of the alpha function on the shape of solutions, determination of thermodynamic quantities and variables from multicomponent phase diagrams
- Equilibrium (K-Log) diagrams, thermodynamics of slags, and activity determination models for ionic melts
- Thermodynamics of defects, including the definition of point defects, linear, and volume defects in metal and ion systems including Frankel and Schottky defects, etc.
- Solving and providing problems, suitable exercises, and practical examples related to the lessons and topics provided