Syllabus

Basic concepts of systems, State and Path functions, Internal energy and Thermodynamics Processes, First law of thermodynamics and its application for various metallurgical processes Heat capacity, Enthalpy changes.

Second law of thermodynamics and entropy, Entropy changes for various processes, Free energy and its significance Free energy change as a function of temperature, Gibbs – Helmholtz equation, Concepts of standard state, fugacity, activity and equilibrium constant, Van’t Hoff equation Criteria for thermodynamic equilibrium, Maxwell’s equations, Third law of thermodynamics, Ellingham diagram (?G0 – T diagram) and its significance in Metallurgical Engineering

Thermodynamics of solutions, Gibbs – Duhem equation, Raoult’s law, Ideal, non-ideal and regular solutions and their thermodynamic properties, Henry’s law and alternative standard states, relation between Free energy change and electromotive potential, Excess quantities, Activities in multi-component systems.

Basic concepts of reaction rates, Arrhenius equation in reaction kinetics, Mechanism of reaction and rate controlling steps, Activated complex and its thermodynamic & kinetics aspects Kinetics of heterogeneous reactions, Fick’s laws of diffusion and their applications Mass transfer at solid-fluid interface, Mass transfer coefficient and its application to dimensional analysis, Concept of concentration boundary layer, Kinetic steps involved in the reduction of iron ore and roasting of sulphides.

Understanding of basic concepts of thermodynamic systems, processes and properties.

Understanding of laws of thermodynamics and their applications in Metallurgical processes.

Comprehension of solution thermodynamics

Comprehension of reaction kinetics, mechanism of reaction and rate controlling steps

1. Enriches the understanding of students about basic concepts of thermodynamic systems, properties and processes.
2. Helps the students in understanding about the applications of laws of thermodynamics for calculation of energy requirements of various chemical reactions/processes.
3. Enriches the knowledge of students in deciding feasibility of thermodynamic reactions using thermodynamics potentials.
4. Help students to estimate partial molar quantities, thermodynamic properties of solutions and solubility of gases during preparation of solutions.
5. Help student to comprehend relationship between solution thermodynamics and building of phase diagrams of alloys
6. Help student to comprehend reaction kinetics, mechanism of reaction and rate controlling steps

L.S.Darken and R.W.Gurry, Physical Chemistry of Metals, McGraw Hill, New York, 1973.

D.R.Gaskell,, Introduction to Metallurgical Thermodynamics, McGraw Hill, N.Y.

R.H.Tupkary, Introduction to Metallurgical Thermodynamics, T.U.Publishers

A.Ghosh, Text book of Materials and Metallurgical Thermodynamics, Prentice Hall of India