Introduction to the thermodynamics of materials, / David R. Gaskell, School of Materials Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, David E. Laughlin, ALCOA professor of physical metallurgy, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA .

Includes index.

Thermodynamic Principles 1 Introduction and Definition of Terms 2 The First Law of Thermodynamics 3 The Second Law of Thermodynamics 4 The Statistical Interpretation of Entropy 5 The Fundamental Equations and Their Relationships 6 Heat Capacity, Enthalpy, Entropy, and the Third Law of ThermodynamicsII Phase Equilibria 7 Phase Equilibrium in a One-Component System 8 The Behavior of Gases 9 The Behavior of Solutions 10 Gibbs Free Energy Composition and Phase Diagrams of Binary Systems III. Reactions and Transformations of Phases 11 Reactions Involving Gases 12 Reactions Involving Pure Condensed Phases and a Gaseous Phase 13 Reaction Equilibria in Systems Containing Components in Condensed Solution 14 Electrochemistry 15 Thermodynamics and Phase Transformations