This fifth edition of the highly regarded family of titles that first published in 1965 is now a three-volume set and over 3,000 pages. All chapters have been revised and expanded, either by the fourth edition authors alone or jointly with new co-authors. Chapters have been added onthe physical metallurgy of light alloys, the physical metallurgy of titanium alloys, atom probe field ion microscopy, computational metallurgy, and orientational imaging microscopy. The books incorporate the latest experimental research results and theoretical insights. Several thousand citations to the research and review literature are included.
Exhaustively synthesizes the pertinent, contemporary developments within physical metallurgy so scientists have authoritative information at their fingertipsReplaces existing articles and monographs with a single, complete solutionEnables metallurgists to predict changes and create novel alloys and processes"

Maintaining the substance that has made Introduction to the Thermodynamics of Materials a perennial bestseller for decades, the Seventh Edition is updated to reflect the broadening field of materials science and engineering. Chapters are updated and revised throughout to be more useful and logical for students.

Features more than 60 new homework problems for the students, a listing of terms and concepts introduced, and a summary section

Includes more on mathematical and graphical analysis of the various state functions utilized in classical thermodynamics

Includes a more extensive discussion of the third law of thermodynamics

Features a new appendix on exact differential equations and mathematical relationships, including all mathematical relations among differentials of homogeneous functions utilized in the text

Written as the definitive introduction to the thermodynamic behavior of materials systems, this text presents the underlying thermodynamic principles of materials and their applications and continues to be the best undergraduate textbook in thermodynamics for materials science students. An updated solutions manual is also available for qualifying adopting professors.

Table of Contents

Part I: 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. Fundamental Equations and Their Relationships

6. Heat Capacity, Enthalpy, Entropy, and the Third Law of Thermodynamics

Part II: 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

Part 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. More Binary System Solution Models

Maintaining the substance that made Introduction to the Thermodynamic of Materials a perennial best seller for decades, this Sixth Edition is updated to reflect the broadening field of materials science and engineering. The new edition is reorganized into three major sections to align the book for practical coursework, with the first (Thermodynamic Principles) and second (Phase Equilibria) sections aimed at use in a one semester undergraduate course. The third section (Reactions and Transformations) can be used in other courses of the curriculum that deal with oxidation, energy, and phase transformations. The book is updated to include the role of work terms other than PV work (e.g., magnetic work) along with their attendant aspects of entropy, Maxwell equations, and the role of such applied fields on phase diagrams. There is also an increased emphasis on the thermodynamics of phase transformations and the Sixth Edition features an entirely new chapter 15 that links specific thermodynamic applications to the study of phase transformations. The book also features more than 50 new end of chapter problems and more than 50 new figures.