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Title of the course

MM 202 :  Thermodynamics of Materials

 

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Credit structure

L          T          P          C

3           1          0           8

 

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Pre-requisite, if any

None

 

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Course content

Laws of thermodynamics. Concepts of reversibility, internal energy, enthalpy, entropy. Maximum work, free energy. Fugacity, activity and chemical potential. Homogeneous and heterogeneous equilibria, phase rule. Properties of solutions and concepts of partial molal properties. Statistical concepts of entropy. Binary phase diagrams.

 

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Texts/References

D.R. Gaskell, Introduction to the Thermodynamics of Materials, 4th Ed., Taylor and Francis, New York, 2003.

 

R.T. DeHoff, Thermodynamics in Materials Science, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1993.

 

O. Kubaschewski and C.B. Alcock, Materials Thermochemistry, Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1993.

 

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Instructor(s) name

Prof. N.B.Ballal

 

 

L – Lecture, T – Tutorial, P – Practical, C - Credit