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Thermodynamics of Phase Diagrams (2 Parts)

Synopsis
1: What free energy curves are; how they can be calculated for any phase; the free energy curve for a pure component and how, for an alloy, the free energy of any phase can be related to its composition; the concept of an ideal solution and the changes that occur on mixing two componennts to form an ideal solution; plotting free energy curves for an ideal liquid and solid solution; the concept of a regular solution and interaction parameter and how the free energy curve for a regular solid solution is calculated.
2: Free energy curves and how they are used to determine which phases are in equilibrium; the common tangent construction; the concept of the lever rule; the construction of a phase diagram from a set of free energy curves, using the silver copper alloy as an example; a simulation that plots the free energy curves and phase diagram, given values for temperation and interaction parameter.
Series
Matter: Materials Science on Cd-Rom
Language
English
Country
Great Britain
Medium
Multimedia; Computer program. Floppy disk. PC Windows or Apple Macintosh (separate versions).
Year of production
1995
Availability
Sale
Notes
Available to UK higher education institutions.
Uses
Undergraduate engineering and materials science.
Subjects
Engineering
Keywords
computer-assisted learning; engineering teaching; materials science; phase diagrams; Teaching & Learning Technology Programme

Credits

Writer
A Callanan; Frank Noble; Trevor Myers

Distribution Formats

Type
CD-ROM

Sections

Title
Introduction to thermodynamics of phase diagrams
Synopsis
1: What free energy curves are; how they can be calculated for any phase; the free energy curve for a pure component and how, for an alloy, the free energy of any phase can be related to its composition; the concept of an ideal solution and the changes th

Title
Construction of a phase diagram
Synopsis
2: Free energy curves and how they are used to determine which phases are in equilibrium; the common tangent construction; the concept of the lever rule; the construction of a phase diagram from a set of free energy curves, using the silver copper alloy a

Distributor

Name

Institute of Materials

Phone
020 7839 4071
Fax
020 7839 2078
Address
Publishing Division
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Name

University of Liverpool

Web
http://www.liv.ac.uk/~matter/home.html External site opens in new window
Phone
0151-794 4664
Address
Department of Materials Science
PO Box 147
Senate House
Abercromby Square
L69 3BX
Notes
Contact: Professor Peter J Goodhew, e-mail: goodhew@liv.ac.uk

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