1.

THERMODYNAMICS OF MATERIALS

 Laws of Thermodynamics
 Activity and Equilibrium Constant-Application to Metallurgical Systems
 Solutions-Ideal, Non-Ideal (Regular) and Sub-regular Solutions
 Phase Equilibria
 Ellingham Diagrams
Textbooks:
[David Gaskell]-Introduction to thermodynamics of materials
[David V. Ragone]- Thermodynamics of materials
[Swalin]-Thermodynamics of Solids
[Robert DeHoff]-Thermodynamics in Materials Science
[G.S. Upadhyaya]-Problems in Metallurgical Thermodynamics and Kinetics

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2. THERMODYNAMICS OF SURFACES, INTERFACES AND DEFECTS

 Adsorption and Segregation

 Basic Kinetic Laws
 Order of Reactions
 Rate constants and Rate limiting steps
Textbooks:
[Ahindra Ghosh]-Textbook of Materials and Metallurgical Thermodynamics-Chapter.14-
Thermodynamics of Surfaces, Interfaces and Defects
[Samuel Glasstone]-The Theory of rate Processes