MSE 330 Thermodynamics of Materials

MSE 330 Thermodynamics of Materials Fall 2016 T Th 9:00-10:15 am; GWC 535

Karl Sieradzki Office: ISTB 4: Rm. 395A 480-965-8990 [email protected] Class web site: http://www.asu.edu/courses/mse590

Office Hours: Tuesday/Thursday, 12 – 2 pm by email appointment. It is always best to email me to give me notice that you plan to come in during office hours. Also If my office hour times don’t work for you, email me for other available times.

Texts: Introduction to the Thermodynamics of Materials, David R. Gaskell, Fifth Ed, Taylor & Francis, 2008 ISBN 978-159169-043-6

Physical Chemistry, Atkins and de Paula, Seventh Ed., W.H Freeman and Company, New York, ISBN 0-7167-3539-3

Note on text and books for studying this topic. There is no required text book for this class as there are a huge number of books available that you can use as resources and much more on the web. If you find that one text does not do an adequate job explaining a particular concept then I expect you to locate other resources.

Course Grading: in-class; unannounced quizzes 1/3 of final grade in-class; Midterm Exam: 1/3 of final grade in-class; Final Exam: 1/3 of final grade

Topics/Lectures: My lecture notes and supplementary reading material (labeled with the prefix “SRM”) are posted on the class web site. The SRM will cover topics not adequately covered in texts and is required. My lecture notes are available at the web site for you to download. I expect you to have read and study the lecture material (power point file) prior to attending class. Note that I will often present the same material differently from the way it is presented in texts. In-class unannounced quizzes can relate to previous lecture materials or even an upcoming lecture.

Topics to be covered in this class

Introduction and definition of some terms The first law Properties of gases Heat capacity, enthalpy, entropy The second law, heat engines & the statistical interpretation of entropy Physical transformations of pure substances-phase transitions Thermodynamic potentials Phase equilibria in one-component systems; Condensation The behavior of solutions The Gibbs phase rule SRM-Gibbs free energy composition and phase diagrams of binary systems Surface thermodynamics