Klaus Hack (Editor)

The SGTE Casebook -Thermodynamic at Work

 

 

Contents

 

Part I: Theoretical background

  1. Basic thermochemical relationships

  2. Models and data

  3. Phase diagrams

  4. Summarising mathematical relationships ...

 

Part II: Applications in material science and processes

  1. Hot salt corrosion of superalloys

  2. Computer-assisted development of high-speed steels

  3. Using calculated phase diagrams in the selection of the composition of cemented WC tools with a Co-Fe-Ni binder phase

  4. Prediction of loss of corrosion resistance in austenitic stainless steels

  5. Prediction of a quasiternary section of a quaternary phase diagrams

  6. Hot isostatic pressing of Al-Ni alloys

  7. Thermodynamics in microelectronics

  8. Calculation of the phase diagrams of the MgO-FeO-Al2O3-SiO2 system at high pressures and temperatures

  9. Calculation of the concentration of iron and copper ions in aqueous sulphuric acide solutions

  10. Thermochemical calculations for the production of low-carbon stainless steels

  11. Interpretation of complex thermochemical phenomena in severe nuclear accidents

  12. Nuclide distribution between steelmaking phases upon melting of sealed radioactive sources hidden in scrap

  13. Pyrometallurgy of Cu-Ni-Fe sulphide ores

  14. High-temperature corrosion of SiC in hydrogen-oxygen environments

  15. The carbon potential during the heat treatment of steel

  16. Preventing clogging in a continuous casting process

  17. Evaluation of the EMF from a potential phase diagram for a quaternary system

  18. Application of the phase rule to the equilibria in the system Ca-C-O

  19. Thermodynamic prediction of the risk of hot corrosion in gas turbines

  20. The potential use of thermodynamic calculations for the prediction of metastable phase ranges resulting from mechanicasl alloying

  21. Adiabatic and quasi-adiabatic transformations

  22. Inclusion cleanness in calcium-treated steel grades

  23. Heat balances and Cp calculations

  24. The industrial glass-melting process

  25. Relevance of thermodynamic key data for the development of high-temperature gas discharge light sources

  26. The prediction og mercury vapour pressure above amalgams for use in fluorescent lamps

  27. Modelling cements in an aqueous environment at elevated temperatures

Part III: Process modelling - theoretical background

  1. Introduction

  2. The Gulliver-Scheil method for the calculation of solidification paths

  3. Diffusion in multicomponent phases

  4. Simulation of dynamic and steady-state processes

  5. Setting kinetic controls for complex equilibrium calculations

Part IV: Process modelling - application cases

  1. Calculation of solidification paths for multicomponent systems

  2. Computational phase studies in commercial aluminium and magnesium alloys

  3. Multicomponent diffusion in compound steel

  4. Melting of a tool steel

  5. Thermodynamic modelling of processes during hot corrosion of heat exchanger components

  6. Microstructure of a five-component Ni-base superalloy

  7. Production of metallurgical-grade silicon in an electric furnace

  8. Non-equilibrium modelling for the LD converter

  9. Modelling TiO2 production by explicit use of reaction kinetics