Solid state thermodynamics

At the end of the course, students should be able to describe a liquid or solid from a thermodynamic point of view, whether polyphase or polycrystalline.
This means they should be able to define a phase, a phase mixture, calculate the associated free enthalpies, and calculate the activity of a species, including taking into account activity scales.
He/she must be able to complete binary (all) and ternary (the simplest) phase diagrams, if necessary redrawing areas that are "unclear" at the scale of the representation. They must also be able to explain the formation of the microstructure of a metal alloy or inorganic material from these diagrams, and be able to use them to elaborate a material with a given microstructure as a function of temperature and composition.
Finally, the stability of a metal alloy must be able to be predicted as a function of temperature and the atmosphere used.

Thermodynamics course (semester 5)
Thermodynamic knowledge of gases and pure-body phase changes, plus basic statistical thermodynamics, will enable you to deal rigorously and effectively with more complex real-life systems.

Introduction
The relevance of thermodynamics to materials science
Mixtures

Definitions
Condensed phases: ideality model, real solid or liquid solutions
Activity scales
Change of state and activity

Phase diagrams

Reminders
Phase diagrams of a binary mixture
Applications : formation of microstructures
Ternary phase diagrams

Solid-gas-phase interactions (treated as a TD from the handout)

Study of solid-gas reactions
Ellingham diagrams
Gas mixtures and PO2

Physical and Analytical Chemistry

Ragone D.V., Thermodynamics of materials, J. Wiley, New York, 1995 (2 vols.).
Marocco J-F., Chimie des solides, EDP Sciences, Paris, 2004
DeHoff R., Thermodynamics in Materials Science, Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, Boca Raton (FL), 2006
Lesoult G., Thermodynamique des Matériaux, Traité des Matériaux, Vol. 5, Presses polytechniques et universitaires romandes, Lausanne, 2010