CHEM-E6105 - Thermodynamics of Solutions D, Lecture, 9.1.2024-20.2.2024

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  General
  • Elective course in Sustainable Metals Processing major. 
    
  • Teaching Period III-IV (Spring 2024)
    

  • Workload 
    

    • Lectures 12 h
    • Tutorials 24 h
    • Project (home) work 24 h
    • Independent (group) studies 70 h
    • Exam 4 h

    
    

    Learning outcomes, after the course the student can: 
    

    • understand the structure of a thermochemical solver (Gibbs energy minimiser),
    • handle equilibria in heterogeneous multi-component (non-ideal) systems
    • 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
    • Project work in groups from selected topics
      
    • Independent study and exam

    The lectures start Tue 9 January at 12.15-14.00 and will be held in Ke4.

  Course textbook
  A. Pelton, Phase Diagrams and Thermodynamic Modeling of Solutions
  

  https://www.sciencedirect.com/book/9780128014943/phase-diagrams-and-thermodynamic-modeling-of-solutions

  (requires VPN access to Aalto network) 
  
  David R. Gaskell: Selected chapters from Introduction to the thermodynamics of materials (2003) available in Aalto University library e-books in the Dawsonera collection.
  

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