1. Introduction and synopsis; 2. Problems and concepts at the interface of mechanics and thermodynamics; 3. Phases, interfaces, dispersions, and the first three principles of thermodynamics; 4. Internal energy, the First Law, heat, conservation of total energy; 5. Equations of state for one-component and multicomponent systems; 6. Applications of the mass and energy balances and the equations of state to several classes of thermodynamic problems; 7. The Second Law, absolute temperature, entropy definition and calculation, and entropy inequality; 8. Further implications of the Second Law. Introduction of Helmholtz free energy, Gibbs free energy, chemical potential, and applications to phase equilibria, heat transfer and mass transfer; 9. Thermodynamic fugacity, thermodynamic activity, and other thermodynamic functions (U, H, S, A, G, ?i) of ideal and nonideal solutions; 10. Vapor-liquid equilibria (VLE) with applications to distillation; 11. Gas-liquid equilibria (GLE) and applications to gas absorption or desorption; 12. Applications to liquid-liquid equilibria and liquid-liquid extraction; 13. Osmosis, osmotic pressure, osmotic equilibrium, and reverse osmosis; 14. Third Law and molecular basis of the Second and Third Laws; 15. Some special implications and applications of the First and Second Laws; 16. Chemical reaction equilibria: one reaction; 17. Chemical reaction equilibria: two or more reactions occurring simultaneously; 18. Applications of thermodynamics to energy engineering and environmental engineering.
