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Thermodynamics of Ceramic systems

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 635-3035/01
Abbreviation TKS
Course title Thermodynamics of Ceramic systems
Credits 6
Coordinating department Department of Thermal Engineering
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Hana Ovčačíková

Subject syllabus

• Introduction to thermodynamics. The first thermodynamic law, expression for defined process conditions. Enthalpy, reaction heat, standard states.
• Calculation of reaction heat from enthalpy of formation. Calculation of reaction heat from combustion and dissolving enthalpy.
• The thermal capacity of substances. Dependence of reaction heat on temperature.
• The second thermodynamic law. Entropy. Linked formulation of 1. and 2. thermodynamic law.
• Dependence of entropy on state variables. Change of entropy during the phase changes and chemical reactions. Energetic function F and G and their dependence on state variables.
• Conditions of thermodynamic balance for specific systems. Partial molar quantities, Gibbs-Duhem equation.
• Balance in one-component system, Clapeyron equal. Clausius-Clapeyron equal, application.
• Equal constant of chemical reaction, its dependence on temperature.
• Gibbs phase law, application. Thermodynamic analyse of two-component system, binary phase diagrams.
• Rules of representation 3- and 4-component systems, ternary phase diagrams.
• Richardson-Jeffes’s diagram, mutual stability of oxides.
• Reduction of oxides by hydrogen and carbon oxide. Reduction of oxides by carbon. Stability of oxides with different partial pressure of oxygen.

Literature

[1] BERRY, R. S., RICE. S. A., ROSS, J. Physical Chemistry. 2nd edition. New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 2000. ISBN 0-19-510589-3 .
[2] CARTER, C. B., NORTON, M. G. Ceramic Materials: Science and Engineering. 2nd ed. New York: Springer, 2013. ISBN 978-1-4614-3522-8.
[3] CHINN, R., E. Ceramography: preparation and analysis of ceramic microstructures. ASM International, 2002. ISBN 978-0-87170-770-3 .
[4] CHAKRABORTY, K., A. Phase Transformation of Kaolinite Clay. London: Springer, 2014. ISBN 978-81-322-1153-2 .

Advised literature

[1] KOLLER, A. Structure and Properties of Ceramics. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 1994. ISBN 0-444-98719-3.
[2] ROUTSCHKA, G. Refractory materials: Basics – Structures –Properties. 2nd Ed. Essen: Vulkan Verlag, 2004. ISBN 3-8027-3154-9.
[3] SURENDRANATHEN, A., O. An Introduction to Ceramic and Refractories. New York: Taylor & Francis Group, 2015. ISBN 978-1-4822-2044-5.