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21-Mat-A1 Thermodynamics: May 2014

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  1. Question 1 First-Law Bookkeeping for an Ideal Gas — Irreversible Expansion Then Isochoric Cooling
  2. Question 2 Cv and Cp Are Independent of Volume and Pressure at Constant T
  3. Question 3 Entropy of Reversible vs. Irreversible Isothermal Compression
  4. Question 4 Heats of Combustion from Standard Enthalpies of Formation
  5. Question 5 Equilibrium Constant and Reaction Thermodynamics for NO₂ Dissociation
  6. Question 6 Gibbs Energy of Mixing of Ideal Gases
  7. Question 7 Reading the Ellingham Diagram — Ti/TiO₂ Equilibria

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National Exams — May 2014 — 10-Met-A1 Metallurgical Thermodynamics. Three-hour, closed-book exam using an approved (Casio or Sharp) calculator; candidates were told to state any interpretive assumptions. Any five of the seven questions constitute a complete paper — all seven are solved below for completeness. All questions are of equal value (20 marks each out of 100).

Reference texts: Gaskell, D. R., Introduction to the Thermodynamics of Materials (2nd–5th ed.) — the exam's own Ellingham diagram (Fig. 9-3) is reproduced from this text, which also supplies the standard-state enthalpy/entropy data used below; supporting 298 K entropies for the elements, CO, H₂, H₂O(g) and CO₂ from the NIST-JANAF Thermochemical Tables.