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Advanced Metallurgical Thermodynamics

Advanced Metallurgical Thermodynamics. Instructor: Prof. B. S. Murty, Department of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, IIT Madras.
Basics: First, second and third laws of thermodynamics, Maxwell's relations, Clausius-Clapeyron equation.
Solutions: solution models, regular, sub-regular, cluster variation models, multi-parameter models, quasi-chemical theory, statistical thermodynamics, multicomponent systems.
Equilibrium Concepts: Unary, binary and multicomponent systems, phase equilibria, evolution of phase diagrams, metastable phase diagrams, calculation of phase diagrams, thermodynamics of defects.
Thermodynamics of Phase Transformations: Melting and solidification, precipitation, eutectoid, massive, spinodal, martensitic, order disorder transformations and glass transition. First and second order transitions.
Heterogeneous Systems: Equilibrium constant, Ellingham diagrams and their application to commercially important reactions. (from nptel.ac.in)

Lecture 20 - Precipitate Coarsening, Stability of a Phase, Spinodal Decomposition


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Lecture 01 - Basic Definitions
Lecture 02 - Free Energy, Stability, Equilibrium in a Unary System
Lecture 03 - Effect of Pressure on Equilibrium Transformations: Clausius Clapeyron Equation, Phase Diagram for Unary System
Lecture 04 - Free Energy of Solutions, Free-Energy Composition Diagrams
Lecture 05 - Solution Models, Chemical Potential
Lecture 06 - Phase Rule, Free-Energy Composition Diagrams and Phase Diagrams
Lecture 07 - Evolution of Phase Diagrams
Lecture 08 - Evolution of Phase Diagrams, Miscibility Gap
Lecture 09 - To Concept, Partitionless Solidification
Lecture 10 - To Concept, Partitionless Solidification (cont.)
Lecture 11 - Eutectic Solidification, Glass Formation
Lecture 12 - Kauzmann Paradox, Order of a Transformation, Glass Forming Ability
Lecture 13 - Eutectic Solidification, Coupled Growth, Heterogeneous Nucleation
Lecture 14 - Peritectic Solidification, Metastable Phase Diagrams
Lecture 15 - Errors in Drawing Phase Diagrams
Lecture 16 - Free Energy of Undercooled Liquid, Shape of Nucleus
Lecture 17 - Solid State Phase Transformations - Precipitation
Lecture 18 - Precipitation
Lecture 19 - Precipitation - Quasicrystals
Lecture 20 - Precipitate Coarsening, Stability of a Phase, Spinodal Decomposition
Lecture 21 - Spinodal Decomposition
Lecture 22 - Eutectoid Reaction
Lecture 23 - Eutectoid Reaction (cont.)
Lecture 24 - Bainitic Transformation
Lecture 25 - Kinetics of Eutectoid Transformations
Lecture 26 - Martensitic Transformation
Lecture 27 - Martensitic Transformation, Order-Disorder Transformation
Lecture 28 - Miscibility Gap in Phase Diagrams
Lecture 29 - Phase Diagram Calculations
Lecture 30 - Thermodynamics of Heterogeneous Systems
Lecture 31 - Thermodynamics of Heterogeneous Systems (cont.)