MATS15201
Equilibrium Thermodynamics
10
Semester 1
Undergraduate
Level 4
Aleksey Yerokhin
Unit coordinator
Department of Materials
1
FHEQ level (Framework for Higher Education Qualifications) ' First part HE study/Bachelors '
European Credit Transfer & Accumulation System Rating : 5.0
<p>This unit introduces the fundamental concepts, tools, conventions and calculations of thermodynamics that are used in materials science. The topics in this unit are designed to show how disorder and energy, in all its forms, can be used to predict the stability of materials and to determine whether there is a driving force for them to change. </p>
<div>This unit introduces the fundamental concepts, tools, conventions and calculations of thermodynamics that are used in materials science. The topics in this unit are designed to show how disorder and energy, in all its forms, can be used to predict the stability of materials and to determine whether there is a driving force for them to change.<br> </div><div> </div><div>The students are expected to actively engage with learning material through watching and understanding pre-recorded (asynchronous) lectures, attending and participating in live (synchronous) lectures, completing formative assessments associated with pre-recorded lecture components, participating in anonymous formative quizzes run within lectures, working with peers and graduate teaching assistants (GTAs) during tutorials (problem sessions) and practical laboratories, consulting recommended textbooks, complementing recommended resources with web resources, reviewing general and personal feedback on assessed coursework, completing questions on past exam papers, reviewing recorded lectures, working with current and previous members of the year group in peer-assisted study sessions (PASS). </div>
<p>The unit introduces how we measure energy and order in materials, and how to use those values to predict how materials can be made, changed and broken down.</p><p> </p>
<p>A greater depth of the learning outcomes will be covered in the following sections:</p>
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Knowledge and understanding</li>
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Intellectual skills</li>
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Practical skills</li>
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Transferable skills and personal qualities</li>
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<div> a.<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Contrast the different ways that energy is quantified in thermodynamics and be able to explain which is most appropriate to use for a process or transformation.</div><div> b.<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Define how disorder and energy determine the stability of materials.</div><div> </div>
<div> a.<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Define fundamental thermodynamic quantities such as enthalpy, entropy, heat, work and free energy, and show their mathematical relationships to each other using words and symbols. </div><div> b.<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Calculate values for heat required, equilibrium composition, etc. for chemical and phase changes.</div><div> </div>
<div> a.<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Identify single-component materials based on calorimetry results.</div><div> b.<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Simulate corrosion in simple metallic systems.</div><div> </div>
<div> a.<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Apply techniques for estimating the results from calculations.</div><div> b.<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Apply techniques to calculate propagation of uncertainty.</div><div> </div>
<p>This unit is delivered using a blended learning approach, which integrates technology and digital media with traditional classroom activities. A variety of learning and teaching processes will be used including lectures, practical laboratories, tutorials, discussions, group activities and independent study. Canvas will be used to present online study materials, including videos, lecture notes, guided reading, articles and other information. Canvas will also be used for the submission of assessments. </p>
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Written exam
70%
3
Report
30%
<p>Feedback given (written/oral).</p>
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<div><ul><li>“Atkins’ physical chemistry” P.W. Atkins and J. De Paula, 2010, 9ed, Oxford University Press: Oxford. (Editions 5 and later are fine.)</li><li>“Biological thermodynamics” D.T. Haynie, 2009, 2ed, Cambridge University Press: Cambridge.</li><li>“Phase transformations in metals and alloys” D.A. Porter and K.E. Easterling, 1992, 2ed, Taylor & Francis Group: Boca Raton. (Edition 3 is less good.) </li><li>“Engineering mathematics” K.A. Stroud and D.J. Booth, 2007, 6ed, Palgrave Macmillan: Basingstoke.</li><li>“Student’s solutions manual to accompany Atkins’ physical chemistry, ninth edition” C.A. Trapp, M.P. Cady, C. Giunta and P.W. Atkins, 2010, Oxford University Press: Oxford. (Editions 5 and later are fine.)</li></ul></div><div> </div>
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