Calendar

Day # Lectures Assignments Recitations
1 Introduction and Course Description    
2 Course Survey Problem Set 1  
3 Thermodynamic Variables    
4 State Variables and Functions    
5     Recitation 2
6 Thermodynamic Systems and Processes Problem Set 2  
7 Energy and Work    
8 Properties of Materials    
9     Recitation 3
10 Stored Energy in Solids, First Law for Fluids Problem Set 3  
11 Quasi-static Processes    
12     Recitation 4
13 Heat Capacities and Gaseous Behavior    
14 Internal Energy and Enthalpy for Fluids    
15   Problem Set 4  
16 Thermodynamic Functions for General Systems    
17     Recitation 5
18 Exam I    
19 The Second Law    
20 Heat Stored during Phase Changes    
21     Recitation 6
Review 1
22 Gibbs Free Energy    
23 Entropy Content in Materials    
24 Conditions of Equilibrium Problem Set 5  
25 Describing the State of an Alloy    
26 Generalized Conditions for Equilibrium    
27     Recitation 8
28 The Chemical Potential    
29 Mathematics of Thermodynamics    
30 Mathematical Relations and Changing Variables    
31     Recitation 9
32 Mathematics and Stability Problem Set 6 and
Problem Set 7
 
33 Implications of Equilibrium and Gibbs-Duhem    
34 Symmetry and Equilibrium    
35 The Gibbs Phase Rule and its Application    
36 Exam II    
37 Gibbs Free Energy and Phase Diagrams    
38 Uniformity of Chemical Potential at Equilibrium    
39 Important Geometrical Constructions    
40 Phase Diagrams    
41 Using Phase Diagrams Problem Set 8  
42 Graduate Student Presentation    
43 Solution Thermodynamics    
44 Unstable Solutions    
45 Equilibrium Conditions for Solid Solutions    
46 Equilibrium Conditions for Charged Species    
47 Introduction to Surface Thermodynamics    
48     Final Review
49 Final Exam