Week - 1 |
Evaluation of the course syllabus
Introduction |
Week - 2 |
Definition of basic terms in thermodynamics |
Week - 3 |
First law of thermodynamics:
a) Work.
b) Heat.
c) Relationship between work and heat. |
Week - 4 |
law of thermodynamics (continued):
d) Internal energy and the first law of thermodynamics.
e) Internal energy and isochoric process.
f) Enthalpy and isobaric process. |
Week - 5 |
First law of thermodynamics (continued):
g) Heat capacity.
h) Reversible adiabatic processes.
i) Reversible isothermal pressure or volume changes of an ideal gas. |
Week - 6 |
Midterm I |
Week - 7 |
Second law of thermodynamics:
a) Spontaneous or natural processes.
b) Entropy and the degree of irreversibility.
c) Reversible processes.
d) Entropy and reversible heat. |
Week - 8 |
Second law of thermodynamics (continued):
e) Maximum work.
f) Entropy as a criterion for equilibrium.
g) Combined statement of the first and second laws of thermodynamics. |
Week - 9 |
Heat capacity enthalpy and entropy calculations |
Week - 10 |
Auxilliary Functions |
Week - 11 |
Reactions involving pure condensed phases and a gaseous phase |
Week - 12 |
Midterm II |
Week - 13 |
Reactions involving pure condensed phases and a gaseous phase (continued):
d) Ellingham diagrams. |
Week - 14 |
Reactions involving pure condensed phases and a gaseous phase (continued):
e) Effect of phase transformations. |