Course detail
High temperature process in inorganics materials
CEITEC VUT-DS214AAcad. year: 2020/2021
In the course, doctoral students are introduced to basics of thermodynamics and kinetics of inorganic materials which is used for description of selected problems of materials engineering: phase diagrams and phase transformations, high-temperature interaction of molten metals with ceramic materials, and sintering and grain growth in ceramic and metal materials.
The content of the course can be adapted to the topic of the future dissertation.
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Course curriculum
2. Applications of thermodynamic and kinetic principles to the study of transport processes
3. Phase equilibria in one, two, and three component material systems
4. Determining of phase diagrams
5. Phase transformations
6. High-temperature interaction of molten metals with ceramic materials
7. Calculation of reaction equilibria according to Van’t Hoff isotherm
8. Sintering – driving forces, mechanisms, models
9. Grain growth and microstructure evolution
10. Modern sintering methods
11. Excursion and practical exercise
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Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
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Basic literature
P.W.Atkins: Physical Chemistry, Oxford University Press, 1992
S.J.L. Kang: Sintering - Densification, Grain growth and Microstructure, Elsevier, 2005
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