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Contiene: Concept of internal energy and the first law of thermodynamics. Concept of entropy and the second law of thermodynamics. Temperature dependence of heat capacities, entropy and the third law of thermodynamics. Homogeneous and heterogenous equilibria, fugacity, activity and equilibrium constant. Ellingham-Richardson digrams. Phase rule and phase relations, phase stability and thermochemical diagrams. Phase equilibrium and phase transformation in metals under high pressures. Thermodynamics of special systems. Thermodynamics of solutions. Thermodynamics of electorchemical cells and solid electrolytes. Thermodynamics of point defects in binary inorganic compounds. Thermodynamics of surfaces and interfaces.