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MIT OpenCourseWare
Thermodynamics for Geoscientists
- Instructor
- Prof. Timothy Grove
- Term
- Fall 2006
- Level
- Graduate
- What's inside
- 1 lecture note · 1 reading · 25 other files · 2 web pages
- Materials open
- MIT OCW
About this course
Source: MIT OpenCourseWare 12.480 Thermodynamics for Geoscientists, Fall 2006, Prof. Timothy Grove — original course page on ocw.mit.edu ↗. License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Study order: MIT's own listing order, section by section. Taken from MIT's published course files, downloaded from ocw.mit.edu on September 23, 2026. How RedLectern is built.
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Prerequisites are not listed here. Check MIT's own syllabus for this course.
How this course was organized
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- A lecture sequence of 18 items is confirmed. It stays as organized materials rather than a full course order.
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Lecture Notes
16 files
- Lecture 1 · Ideal solutions · Lecture notes (PDF 1) Download
- Lecture 1 · Ideal solutions · Lecture notes (PDF 2) Download
- Lecture 2 · Non-ideal solutions Download
- Lecture 3 · Alkali and plagioclase feldspars solution models Download
- Lecture 4 · Alkali and plagioclase feldspars solution models (cont.) · Lecture notes (PDF 1) Download
- Lecture 4 · Alkali and plagioclase feldspars solution models (cont.) · Lecture notes (PDF 2) Download
- Lecture 6 · Thermodynamic properties of multi-site mineral solutions - Homogeneous equilibria Download
- Lecture 7 · Pyroxene thermometry II, the quad Download
- Lecture 10 · Heterogeneous equilibria in two - and three-component systems Download
- Lecture 11 · Liquidus diagrams - Liquidus boundaries Download
- Lecture 12 · Liquidus diagrams - Degeneracies and natural examples Download
- Lecture 13 · Liquidus diagrams - Thermodynamic controls on boundaries Download
- Lecture 14 · Schreinemaker’s analysis - Multi-component systems Download
- Lecture 15 · Choosing components - Representations of composition space · Lecture notes (PDF 1) Download
- Lecture 15 · Choosing components - Representations of composition space · Lecture notes (PDF 2) Download
- Lecture 16 · Heterogeneous reactions - The Gibbs method Download
Assignments
9 files
- Lecture3handout4.pdf Download
- Summary of lecture (lecture_1.pdf) Download
- Handout contains the reading assignment and a summary of the lecture (lecture_2.pdf) Download
- Handout contains the reading assignment and a summary of the lecture (lecture_3.pdf) Download
- Handout contains the reading assignment and a summary of the lecture (lecture_4.pdf) Download
- Hand-written lecture notes (lecture_5.pdf) Download
- Hand-written lecture notes (lecture_7.pdf) Download
- Problem Set 1 Download
- Problem Set 2 Download
Course outline
Lecture Notes · Lecture Notes
Lecture 2: Non-ideal solutions
Lecture Notes · Lecture Notes
Lecture 3: Alkali and plagioclase feldspars solution models
Lecture Notes · Lecture Notes
Lecture 4: Alkali and plagioclase feldspars solution models (cont.)
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Lecture 5: Introduction to pyroxene thermometry Diopside - Enstatite
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Lecture 6: Thermodynamic properties of multi-site mineral solutions - Homogeneous equilibria
Lecture Notes · Lecture Notes
Lecture 7: Pyroxene thermometry II, the quad
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Lecture 10: Heterogeneous equilibria in two - and three-component systems
Lecture Notes · Lecture Notes
Lecture 11: Liquidus diagrams - Liquidus boundaries
Lecture Notes · Lecture Notes
Lecture 12: Liquidus diagrams - Degeneracies and natural examples
Lecture Notes · Lecture Notes
Lecture 13: Liquidus diagrams - Thermodynamic controls on boundaries
Lecture Notes · Lecture Notes
Lecture 14: Schreinemaker’s analysis - Multi-component systems
Lecture Notes · Lecture Notes
Lecture 15: Choosing components - Representations of composition space
Lecture Notes · Lecture Notes
Lecture 16: Heterogeneous reactions - The Gibbs method
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Lecture 17: Solution models for silicate melts-simple systems
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Lecture 18: Solution models for silicate melts-multicomponent systems
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Lecture 19: Thermodynamic models of multicomponent systems - MELTS
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Lecture 20: Mixed volatile equilibria P-T-XCO₂-XH₂O
MIT OpenCourseWare, Prof. Timothy Grove, 12.480 Thermodynamics for Geoscientists, Fall 2006.
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