CHOICE 1

Module HAC720C covers "advanced inorganic materials" in 5 main parts. Part¹ is dedicated to general information on inorganic materials, covering structure-properties relationships; particular attention is paid to chemical bonding, the real crystal and the polycrystalline solid; the different classes of inorganic materials are described. Part ² covers 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 routes for oxide and non-oxide ceramics). Part³ deals with glasses (classification and synthesis routes) and glass ceramics (devitrification and soft chemistry); their properties and applications are also covered. Part⁴ is devoted to metals: properties of metals and metal alloys; metal nanoparticles; and catalytic materials. Part ⁵ 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: 13h

TD: 7h

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- Thermodynamics of single-component systems.

- Basic thermodynamics of multicomponent systems. Chemical potential, Gibbs-Duhem relationship, variance.

- Thermal analysis techniques used to construct binary/ternary diagrams: ATG, ATD and DSC

- Construction and interpretation of binary phase diagrams based on thermodynamic quantities. Diagrams of Gibbs free enthalpy, pressure and temperature as a function of binary mixture composition. Liquid-liquid, liquid-vapor, solid-liquid mixtures.

- Phase transformation: first- and second-order transitions, critical points. Examples.

- The supercritical state: definition, thermodynamic properties, wide-ranging 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

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