| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
