General

  • General

    Elective course in Sustainable Metals Processing major.
    Teaching Period III-IV (Spring 2016)
    Workload
    • Lectures 12 h
    • Tutorials 36 h
    • Project (home) work 25 h
    • Independent (group) studies 62 h
    Learning outcomes, after the course the student can:
    • understand the structure of a thermochemical solver (Gibbs energy minimiser),
    • assess experimental data and use the Calphad method,
    • do equilibrium simulations in multicomponent heterogeneous systems
    Content
    • Thermodynamics of solution phases and their analytical forms in condensed systems,
    • use and development of analytical descriptions for solution phases,
    • applications of Gibbs energy minimisation techniques for the chemical simulations.
    Assessment Methods and Criteria
    • Lectures
    • Tutorials and guided assessments in a computer class
    • Project work in groups from a selected topic
    • Independent study and exam

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