David R. Gaskell

Introduction to the Thermodynamics of Materials

Contents

1. Introduction and definition of terms

2. The first law of thermodynamics

3. The second law of thermodynamics

4. The statistical interpretation of entropy

5. Auxiliary functions

6. Heat capacity, enthalpy, entropy and the third law of thermodynamics

7. Phase equilibrium in a one-component system

8. The behavior of gases

9. The behavior of solutions

10. Gibbs free energy-composition and phase diagrams of binary systems

11. Reactions involving gases

12. Reactions involving pure condensed phases and a gaseous phase

13. Reaction equilibria in systems containing components in condensed solution

14. Electrochemistry