Materials Thermodynamics

A timely, applications-driven text in thermodynamics

Materials Thermodynamics provides both students and
professionals with the in-depth explanation they need to prepare
for the real-world application of thermodynamic tools. Based upon
an actual graduate course taught by the authors, this class-tested
text covers the subject with a broader, more industry-oriented lens
than can be found in any other resource available. This modern
approach:

* Reflects changes rapidly occurring in society at
large--from the impact of computers on the teaching of
thermodynamics in materials science and engineering university
programs to the use of approximations of higher order than the
usual Bragg-Williams in solution-phase modeling

* Makes students aware of the practical problems in using
thermodynamics

* Emphasizes that the calculation of the position of phase and
chemical equilibrium in complex systems, even when properly
defined, is not easy

* Relegates concepts like equilibrium constants, activity
coefficients, free energy functions, and Gibbs-Duhem integrations
to a relatively minor role

* Includes problems and exercises, as well as a solutions
manual

This authoritative text is designed for students and
professionals in materials science and engineering, particularly
those in physical metallurgy, metallic materials, alloy design and
processing, corrosion, oxidation, coatings, and high-temperature
alloys.