ECTS
2 credits
Training structure
Faculty of Science
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Advanced inorganic materials
2 creditsThermodynamics and phase equilibria
2 credits
Advanced inorganic materials
Level of education
Bachelor's degree
ECTS
2 credits
Training structure
Faculty of Science
The HAC720C module covers "advanced inorganic materials" in five main sections. Thefirst section is devoted to general information on inorganic materials and discusses structure-property relationships, with particular attention paid to chemical bonding, real crystals, and polycrystalline solids. The different classes of inorganic materials are described. Thesecond part focuses on ceramic materials (definitions and properties) and their synthesis (raw materials including clays, shaping, drying and debinding, sintering); a distinction is made between traditional ceramics and technical ceramics (synthesis methods for oxide and non-oxide ceramics). Thethird part covers glass (classification and synthesis methods) and glass-ceramics (devitrification and soft chemistry); their properties and applications are also discussed. Thefourth part is dedicated to metals: properties of metals and metal alloys; metal nanoparticles; and catalytic materials. Part5 is devoted to inorganic materials developed for energy; ceramics (oxides and non-oxides; nanostructured) and metal hydrides are described (properties and synthesis) through several examples and in the context of their applications (accumulators, hydrogen storage, and carbon dioxide capture).
Hourly volumes:
CM: 1:00 p.m.
Tutorial: 7 hours
Thermodynamics and phase equilibria
Level of education
Bachelor's degree
ECTS
2 credits
Training structure
Faculty of Science
- Review of thermodynamics of single-component systems.
- Basic concepts of thermodynamics in multicomponent systems. Chemical potential, Gibbs-Duhem relation, variance.
- Concepts related to thermal analysis techniques used to construct binary/ternary diagrams: ATG, ATD, and DSC
- Construction and interpretation of binary phase diagrams based on thermodynamic quantities. Gibbs free enthalpy, pressure, and temperature diagrams as a function of the composition of the binary mixture. Liquid-liquid, liquid-vapor, and solid-liquid mixtures.
- Phase transformations: first- and second-order transitions, critical points. Examples.
- The supercritical state: definition, thermodynamic properties, most widespread industrial applications.
- Construction and interpretation of ternary phase diagrams: variance, definitions of ternary eutectic, first and second order peritectic, isothermal section, study of alloy cooling.
Hourly volumes:
CM: 13
TD: 7