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Thermodynamics of Materials - MATS1182

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	Faculty: Faculty of Science
	School: School of Material Science and Engineering
	Campus: Kensington Campus
	Career: Undergraduate
	Units of Credit: 6
	Contact Hours per Week: 4
	Enrolment Requirements:
	Prerequisite: CHEM2817.
	Offered: Semester 2 2005
	Fee Band: 2

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Unit 1Thermodynamics of Materials
Staff Contact: Professor Oleg Ostrovski.
Thermodynamic functions and systems. The first thermodynamic law and its applications. Heat of formation and reaction. The second thermodynamic law and its applications. Heat capacity and entropy of gases, solids and liquids. Direction and extent of chemical reaction. Transitions of the first and second order. Ellingham and Pourbaix diagrams.
Unit 2 Phase Equilibria
Staff Contact: Dr Chris Sorrell.
Phase rule. Two component systems: free energy-composition and temperature-composition diagrams, solubility limits, compound formation. Three-component systems: isothermal sections and liquidus projections. Solidification and crystallization; cooling curves, crystallization paths.

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