Suggested preparation: Undergraduate thermodynamics and multivariable calculus.
About this course
Deepen your understanding of thermodynamics through energy, free energy, stability, mixtures and nonequilibrium theory. The course develops a formal framework for reasoning about physical and chemical systems.
Topics and lesson examples
- Lecture 1: Definitions of System, Property, State, and Weight Process; First Law and Energy
- Lecture 8: Few versus Many Particles: The Euler Relation; Review of Various Forms of Exergy (Part I)
- Lecture 14: Ideal Solution Model; Osmotic Pressure; Blue Energy; Minimum Work of Separation
- Lecture 19: Affinity and Nonequilibrium Law of Mass Action; Potential Energy Surface
- Lecture 25: Thermodiffusive Effects; Multicomponent Transport
Course at a glance
| Provider | MIT |
|---|---|
| Platform | YouTube · MIT OpenCourseWare |
| Access | Free Video |
| Level | Professional — WikiFree study-level assessment |
| Language | English |
| Available lessons | 25 |
| Video duration | 40h 35m · self-paced |
| Details checked | 10 October 2026 |
Preparation and study approach
Suggested preparation: Undergraduate thermodynamics and multivariable calculus.
Follow the available videos in sequence, pausing to summarize the main argument or reconstruct a worked example. Keep a short list of assumptions, unfamiliar terms and questions to revisit. Additional reading, problem solving and practice will take time beyond the listed video duration.
Using this video classroom
Select a lesson from the list, or search for a topic. Previous and Next move through the sequence. You can mark lessons complete; progress is stored in this browser without a WikiFree account.
Free access and course scope
The public MIT OpenCourseWare videos in this classroom are free to watch. This listing provides the available playlist recordings, which may include selected lectures, recitations, demonstrations or supporting discussions rather than every component of the original campus course. Textbooks, equipment, software licenses, supervised labs, graded assignments and instructor feedback are not supplied by WikiFree. No purchase is required to watch the videos or use the note-based study approach above.
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| Course | Level | Focus | Study time |
|---|---|---|---|
| This course — Free MIT Course: Advanced Thermodynamics | Professional | Lecture 1: Definitions of System, Property, State, and Weight Process; First Law and Energy · Lecture 8: Few versus Many Particles: The Euler Relation; Review of Various Forms of Exergy (Part I) · Lecture 14: Ideal Solution Model; Osmotic Pressure; Blue Energy; Minimum Work of Separation | 40h 35m of video; practice time is additional |
| Free MIT Course: Nanoscale and Microscale Transport Phenomena | Professional | 1. Intro to Nanotechnology, Nanoscale Transport Phenomena · 7. Phonon Energy Levels in Crystal and Crystal Structures · 13. EM Wave Propagation Through Thin Films & Multilayers | 33h 34m of video; practice time is additional |
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