Subject Code: ML6L001	Name: Advanced Thermodynamics and Kinetics	L-T-P: 3-1-0	Credit: 4
Pre-requisite(s): None
Thermodynamics: First law, Second law, Entropy, Heat engine, Cyclic process, Entropy criteria for equilibrium, Combination of 1st and 2nd laws; Maxwell’s Relation, Gibb’s-Helmholtz equation, Thermal expansivity and compressibility; Third law: Hess law, Kirchhoff’s law; Phase Equilibria: Clausius–Clapeyron equation, solid-liquid/vapor-condensed phase equilibria, Fugacity; Solution Thermodynamics: Raoult’s law, Henry law, Gibb’s–Duhem equation, Configurational entropy, Regular solution, Excess function, Thermodynamics of point defects; Free energy: Evaluation of phase diagram, Gibb’s phase rule, Lever rule; Thermodynamics of Metallurgical Reaction: Ellingham diagram, Predominance area diagram; Kinetics: Laws of kinetics, Theory of reaction rates, Grain growth kinetics, Precipitate nucleation and growth kinetics, Concept and modelling of diffusion controlled growth. Texts / Reference Books: David R. Gaskell, Introduction to thermodynamics of materials C.H.P. Lupis, Chemical thermodynamics of materials G.S. Upadhyaya and R.K.Dube, Problems in metallurgical thermodynamics and kinetics