MH2041 Applied Thermodynamics and Kinetics, Part 2

Basic knowledge of chemical thermodynamics and phase equilibria in binary systems, corresponding to the courses MH2029 Process Metallurgy or MH2039 Process Engineering.

Fundamentals

• Solution thermodynamics
• Multicomponent phase diagrams, kinetics for materials processes
• Applications in materials engineering, e.g.
• Ironmaking, sulfide roasting and smelting, iron and steel refining, silicon refining
• Solid phase transformations and equilibria in metals and alloys

After the course the student will be able to:

• Read and interpret ternary, quaternary, and quinary phase diagrams of alloys and oxide systems
• Apply ternary lever rule, liquidus projections, and iso-activity diagrams
• Apply phase diagrams in selection of refractories for liquid slags
• Perform equilibrium calculations in reduction of metal oxides and sulfides, gas solubility in metallic melts, solute distributions in slag-metal systems, and in modification of non-metallic inclusions