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office
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| Instructor: |
Prof. De Guire
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506 White
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368-4221
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mrd2@po.cwru.edu
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2:30-4:00 TR
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| daytime fax: 216-368-8932¡@¡@¡@24-h fax: 216-368-3209 | |||||
| Text: |
DeHoff, Robert T., Thermodynamics in Materials Science.
McGraw-Hill, 1993. (ISBN 0-07-016313-8)
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| Workload | number |
each |
% |
| Homework assignment | 5 |
6% |
30% |
| Litrature review | 1 |
10% |
10% |
| Tests | 2 |
15% |
30% |
| Final exam | 1 |
30% |
30% |
| TOTAL | 100% |
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| ThermoCalc project (extra credit) | 1 |
10% |
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Grading
(80-100%)=A; (70-80%) = B; (60-70%)=C; (50-60%)=D; (0-50%)=F. In the event that the final class average falls below 70%, a curved scale may be used, with the class average in the B range.
Late policy
Late assignments will be subject to a penalty of 10% per day unless an extension has been arranged with the instructor prior to the due date. No late homework will be accepted after a solution set has been made available.
Collaboration
Students may consult with one another on the homework, but what is handed in must be each student's original, individual work.
Tests and Final Exam
The first test will cover chapters 1-5 and 7. The second test will cover chapters
8-10. Half of the final exam will cover chapters 11-13 and 15, with the remainder
being comprehensive. The tests and final exam will be closed-book, closed-notes.
Questions will be similar in style, but not necessarily in content, to the homework
problems.
Literature Review
Each student will select a topic in the thermodynamics of solids on which to
conduct and write a literature review. Each written review will be 10 pages
in length and will critically summarize at least four papers from the open archival
literature on the selected topic.
ThermoCalc Project
ThermoCalc is a computer program designed to perform calculations with data from thermodynamic databases. The program and databases are available for use in the department. Tutorials in the use of ThermoCalc will be assigned periodically to give students a chance to become familiar with the program. A semester project on a topic of the student's choosing, which must involve the use of ThermoCalc, will be due on Thursday, 26 April.
Reserve Materials
The following books are on reserve in Kelvin Smith Library.
In addition, a series of short videos on free energy and phase diagrams will also be on reserve.
Syllabus (may be subject to change)
| Week of |
Topic |
Chapter |
| 08/25 |
8/26: No class (will be reschedulted). Introduction; Definitions; Laws of Thermodynamics |
1, 2 |
| 09/01 |
Laws of Thermodynamics. State Functions. Parameters. Properties. | 2 |
| 09/08 |
Entropy. Extremum principle. Equations of state. Deriving thermodynamic potentials via LeGendre transformations. Maxwell relations. | 3, 4 |
| 09/15 |
General strategy for solving thermodynamic problems. Equilibrium and stability. | 4, 5 |
| 09/22 |
Unary heterogeneous systems. Test 1 (to be scheduled) over Chapters 1-5 & 7. Solutions (start): partial molal properties. | 7, 8 |
| 09/29 |
Solutions (end): activities, activity coefficients, and fugacities. | 8 |
| 10/06 |
Multicomponent, heterogeneous systems. Gibbs phase rule. | 9 |
| 10/13 |
Thermodynamics of phase diagrams. | 10 |
| 10/20 |
10/21: Fall Break (no class). 10/23: No class (will be rescheduled). |
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| 10/27 |
Test 2 (to be scheduled) over Chapters
8-10. Multicomponent, multiphase reacting systems (start). |
11 |
| 11/03 |
Multicomponent, multiphase reacting systems (end). | 11 |
| 11/10 |
Capillarity effects in thermodynamics. | 12 |
| 11/17 |
Defects in crystals (start). | 13 |
| 11/24 |
11/25: Defects in crystals (end). Literature review due.
11/27: Thanksgiving (no class) |
13 |
| 12/01 |
Electrochemistry. ThermoCalc project (optional) due 12/04. | 15 |
| Tuesday, 12/16 ¡X 12:30-3:30 p.m. ¡X
FINAL EXAM |
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