Course content

Relations between work, heat, energy and enthalpy including entalpy balances for technical processes. Entropy and Gibb's energy, kriteria for spontanity/equilibrium and relations between state variables; thermochemical data, reference states, influence of pressure and temperature. Stability diagrams for one-component systems. Gassmixtures, homogeneous reactions in gas phase and reactions between a gas and pure condensed phases. Gibb's phase rule and stability diagrams for 2- and 3-component systems. Condensed solutions and phase diagrams for ideal and regular binary systems. Lever rule, types of univariant equilibria and crystallisation paths.

Learning outcome

Provide an introduction to basic thermodynamic principles and their application in description of energy conversion and phase relations in materials technology. Excercises provide training in solving practical problems involving these principles and their application.

Learning methods and activities

Lectures, excercises and laboratoryproblems. 75% of the excercises are mandatory. Portifolio evaluation is used, and is based on final written exam (80%) and a midtterm test (20%). If there is a re-sit examination, the examination form may be changed from written to oral.

Compulsory assignments

• Essay
• Exercises

Recommended previous knowledge

TMT4110 General Chemistry or equivalent. Basic knowledge in general chemistry and mathematics.

Course materials

D.R. Gaskell: Introduction to the Thermodynamics of Materials, 4. ed., Taylor og Francis, Bristol PA, USA. Forelesningsnotater m/regneoppgaver og løsningsforslag. Terkel Rosenqvist: Thermochemical Data for Metallurgists, TAPIR forlag. Støttelitteratur: Hae-Geon Lee: Chemical Thermodynamics for Metals and Materials, Imperial College Press, 1999.

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