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

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

Name: University of Liverpool
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Phone: 0151-794 4664
Address: Department of Materials Science
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Notes: Contact: Professor Peter J Goodhew, e-mail: goodhew@liv.ac.uk

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