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Department Requirement
Laws of thermodynamics, energy and entropy, criterion for equilibrium, introduction to statistical thermodynamics, construction of phase diagrams, multicomponent and multiphase systems, solid solutions, eutectics and eutectoids, incongruent melting and peritectics, application of phase diagrams: prediction of a material’s microstructure, properties and engineering applications, surface energy and capillary effects; phase boundary shifts, microstructure coarsening, electrochemistry: equilibrium in electrolytes, Pourbaix diagrams.
