National Institute of Technology Rourkela

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Syllabus

Course Details

Subject {L-T-P / C} : MM2463 : Thermodynamic Modelling of Metallic Systems { 0-0-3 / 2}

Subject Nature : Practical

Coordinator : Prakash Gulabrao Ranaware

Syllabus

Module 1 :

Calculation related to chemical potential of solution, Evaluation of latent heat of fusion and entropy of fusion for phase transformation, Determination of the heat of reaction of the Hall-Heroult process, Determination Free Energy Composition Diagram, Calculation of Phase Diagrams, Determination of Activity, Dynamic model of Basic Oxygen steel making.

Course Objective

1 .

Train to model the metallurgical thermodynamical phenomenon.

2 .

To perform thermodynamic calculation necessary for understanding metallurgical processes and phenomena

3 .

To inculcate the skill in the students for calculating phase diagram for binary or ternary metallic systems

4 .

To appreciate concepts learnt in fundamentals laws of thermodynamics

Course Outcome

1 .

1. Train the students to apply the knowledge of mathematics and thermodynamic fundamentals to model the metallurgical thermodynamics phenomenon.
2. To provide to the student a sufficient knowledge to be able to perform thermodynamic calculation necessary for understanding metallurgical processes and phenomena
3. To inculcate the skill in the students for calculating phase diagram for binary or ternary metallic systems
4. To provide sufficient knowledge to the students to appreciate concepts learnt in fundamentals laws of thermodynamics from which learning ideas how to use during solving metallurgical industrial issues
5.Help student to model a phase diagram of a binary alloy and generate a computer source code
6. Help student to model phase transformation in an alloy and generate a computer source code

Essential Reading

1 .

Robert T. DeHoff, Thermodynamics in Materials Science, McGraw Hill, Inc.

2 .

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

Journal and Conferences

1 .

CALPHAD Journal