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Theory of metallurgical processes

Type of study Doctoral
Language of instruction Czech
Code 651-0926/01
Abbreviation TMP
Course title Theory of metallurgical processes
Credits 10
Coordinating department Department of Chemistry and Physico-Chemical Processes
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Jana Dobrovská, CSc.

Subject syllabus

Thermodynamics, kinetics and explanation of the mechanism of metallurgical reactions.
Thermal dissociation of inorganic compounds. Indirect reduction of oxides, reduction diagrams, technical significance of reduction diagrams of iron oxides. Boudouard reaction and its industrial application. Direct reduction of oxides, reduction diagrams, direct reduction of iron oxides.
Topochemical reactions, thermodynamics of new phase nuclei in the old phase.
Reduction mechanism, Jander's equation. Kinetics of metal oxidation.
Fundamentals of the theory of molten metals, structure and physical properties of molten metals. Crystallization. Homogeneous and heterogeneous nucleation.
Interaction of gases with solid and molten metal, dependence of gas solubility on selected factors. Conditions for the exclusion of gas bubbles from metal melts. Methods for reducing dissolved gases in metals.
Molten slags, basic concepts, classification of ions in slags, ionic potential, alkalinity of slags. Physicochemical properties of slags and methods of studying slags. Theory and models of ionic melts, thermodynamic description of an ideal and real ionic solution.
Physico-chemical analysis of refining processes. Refining reactions - desulphurization, dephosphorization, deoxidation in terms of ideas about slag theory.
Non-metallic phases in metal. Inclusions, origin and floatation, thermodynamic and kinetic factors of inclusion growth.
Modern trends in metallurgy.

Literature

Gupta Ch. K. Chemical Metallurgy: Principles and Practice. WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 2003, ISBN: 3-527-30376-6 

Advised literature

Lupis C.H.P.: Chemical Thermodynamics of Materials, Elsevier, New York-Amsterdam-Oxford 1983, ISBN 0-444-00713-X
Gaskell D.R.: Introduction to Thermodynamics of Materials, 3rd. Ed., Taylor and Francis, New York-London 1995, ISBN 1-56032-432-5 .