Courses:

Course Info

• Course Number / Code:
• 3.2 (Fall 2003) 
• Course Title:
• Materials at Equilibrium (SMA 5111) 
• Course Level:
• Graduate 
• Offered by :
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  Massachusetts, United States  
• Department:
• Materials Science and Engineering 
• Course Instructor(s):
• Prof. Gerbrand Ceder
  Dr. Anton Van der Ven 
• Course Introduction:
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  3.20 Materials at Equilibrium (SMA 5111)
  
  
  
  

  Fall 2003

  
  
  

  
  
  

  Course Highlights

  
  
  

  This course includes a full set of recitation notes, assignments with solutions, and three years worth of sample exams.

  » Watch a video introduction featuring the course instructor.
  (RM - 56K) (RM - 80K) (RM - 220K)

  
  
  

  Course Description

  
  
  

  Material covered in this course includes the following topics:

  • Laws of thermodynamics: general formulation and applications to mechanical, electromagnetic and electrochemical systems, solutions, and phase diagrams
  • Computation of phase diagrams
  • Statistical thermodynamics and relation between microscopic and macroscopic properties, including ensembles, gases, crystal lattices, phase transitions
  • Applications to phase stability and properties of mixtures
  • Computational modeling
  • Interfaces

  This course was also taught as part of the Singapore-MIT Alliance (SMA) programme as course number SMA 5111 (Materials at Equilibrium).

  
  
  

  Special Features

  
  
  

  • Faculty introduction video