ABSTRACT

This classic textbook is the definitive introduction to the thermodynamic behavior of materials systems. Written as a basic text for advanced undergraduates and first year graduate students in metallurgy, metallurgical engineering, ceramics, or materials science, it presents the underlying thermodynamic principles of materials and their plethora of

chapter 1|14 pages

Introduction and Definition of Terms

chapter 2|22 pages

The First Law of Thermodynamics

chapter 3|32 pages

The Second Law of Thermodynamics

chapter 4|18 pages

The Statistical Interpretation of Entropy

chapter 5|22 pages

Auxiliary Functions

chapter 8|34 pages

The Behavior of Gases

chapter 9|52 pages

The Behavior of Solutions

chapter 11|32 pages

Reactions Involving Gases

chapter 15|48 pages

Electrochemistry

chapter |2 pages

B. Exact Differential Equations

chapter |4 pages

Nomenclature

chapter |19 pages

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