Lecture Notes:

Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Materials

Autumn 2010

PhD Course

Titles:

• Thermodynamic Laws and their applications in materials systems
• Availability and Efficiency
• Solutions and alloys
• One, two and three components phase diagrams
• Mass action Law
• Fick's Laws and their applications
• Kinetic models
• Phase transformations
• Practical examples

References:
1. K. Sankaranarayanan, J.S. Arons, and H. Kooi, "Efficiency and Sustainability in the Energy and Chemical Industries: Scientific Principles and Case Studies", CRC Press, (2004), ISBN 978-0824708450.
2. C.H.P. Lupis, "Chemical Thermodynamics of Materials", Elsevier Science Ltd, (1983), ISBN 978-0444007797.
3. S.K. Sadrnezhaad, "Kinetic Processes in Materials Engineering and Metallurgy", 3rd Edition, Amir Kabir Publishing Corporation, Tehran, Iran, (2008), ISBN 1-72008-0.