Thermodynamics and kinetics in materials science : a short course

1. Basic laws of thermodynamics 2. Phase equilibria I 3. Thermodynamic theory of solutions 4. Phase equilibria II 5. Thermodyanmics of chemical reactions 6. Interfacial phenomena 7. Thermodynamics of stressed systems 8. Kinetics of homogeneous chemical reactions 9. Thermodynamics of irreversible processes 10. Diffusion 11. Kinetics of heterogeneous processes 12. Introduction to statistical thermodynamics of gases 13. Introduction to statistical thermodynamics of condensed matter Example problem solutions Appendices