ECTS
2 credits
Training Structure
College of Sciences
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Advanced Inorganic Materials
2 creditsThermodynamics and Phase Equilibria
2 credits
Advanced Inorganic Materials
Level of Education
4-year college degree
ECTS
2 credits
Training Structure
College of Sciences
Time of year
Fall
The HAC720C module covers “advanced inorganic materials” in five main sections. Thefirst section is devoted to general principles of inorganic materials and addresses structure-property relationships; particular attention is given to chemical bonding, the real crystal, and polycrystalline solids; the various 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 routes for oxide and non-oxide ceramics). Part3 covers glasses (classification and synthesis methods) and glass-ceramics (devitrification and soft chemistry); their properties and applications are also discussed. Part4 is dedicated to metals: properties of metals and metal alloys; metal nanoparticles; and catalytic materials. Part5 is devoted to inorganic materials developed for energy applications; ceramics (oxide and non-oxide; nanostructured) and metal hydrides are described (properties and synthesis) through several examples and in the context of their applications (batteries, hydrogen storage, and carbon dioxide capture).
Hourly volumes*:
CM: 1:00 p.m.
TD: 7:00 a.m.
Thermodynamics and Phase Equilibria
Level of Education
4-year college degree
ECTS
2 credits
Training Structure
College of Sciences
Time of year
Fall
- Review of the thermodynamics of single-component systems.
- Fundamentals of thermodynamics for multicomponent systems. Chemical potential, the Gibbs-Duhem relation, variance.
- Overview of thermal analysis techniques used to construct binary and ternary phase diagrams: ATG, ATD, and DSC
- Construction and interpretation of binary phase diagrams based on thermodynamic variables. Gibbs free energy, pressure, and temperature diagrams as functions of the composition of the binary mixture. Liquid-liquid, liquid-vapor, and solid-liquid mixtures.
- Phase transitions: first- and second-order transitions, critical points. Examples.
- The supercritical state: definition, thermodynamic properties, and the most widespread industrial applications.
- Construction and interpretation of ternary phase diagrams: variance, definitions of ternary eutectics, first- and second-order peritectics, isothermal sections, and study of alloy cooling.
Hourly volumes*:
CM: 13
TD: 7