Research Catalog

Title

Stoichiometry and thermodynamics of metallurgical processes / Y.K. Rao.

Author

Rao, Y. K.

Publication

Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1985.

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Details

Description

xv, 957 pages : illustrations; 26 cm

Subject

• Metallurgy
• Stoichiometry
• Thermodynamics
• Chemistry, Physical and theoretical
• Metallurgy
• Thermodynamics
• Chemistry, Physical
• metallurgy
• thermodynamics
• physical chemistry
• Chemistry, Physical and theoretical
• Stoichiometry
• Metallurgie
• Physikalische Chemie
• Thermodynamik
• Engenharia Metalurgica E De Materiais
• Métallurgie physique
• Chimie physique et théorique

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographies and index.

Contents

• STOICHIOMETRY: MATERIAL BALANCES IN METALLURGICAL PROCESSES: Stoichiometry -- Law of conservation of mass -- Method of calculation -- Blast-furnace charge-balance calculations -- Material balances in copper smelting and converting -- Continuous copper-smelting processes -- Unsteady-state operations: the basic oxygen process -- FIRST LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS: Work -- Heat -- First law of thermodynamics -- Heat and work changes in reversible processes -- Heat capacity -- Calculation of enthalpy changes -- Reversible adiabatic process -- Energy balances in simple systems -- Energy balances in complex systems -- FUELS AND COMBUSTION: Energy resources -- Coal resources -- Classification of coal -- Metallurgical coke -- Gaseous fuels -- Gasification of solid fuels -- Liquid fuels -- Combustion -- ENERGY BALANCES: Application of energy balances -- TFT in a blast furnace -- Roasting of copper sulfide concentrates -- Fluid-bed roasting of zinc concentrates -- Heat balance in an iron blast furnace -- Energy consumption in metallurgical processes -- SECOND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS: Statement of the second law -- Efficiency of a heat engine -- The Carnot cycle -- Some consequences of the second law -- The concept of entropy -- Entropy changes in typical reversible processes -- Entropy changes in some irreversible processes -- Entropy change of the universe in a reversible process -- Entropy change of the universe in an irreversible process -- The Clausius inequality -- Combined statement of first and second laws -- Some useful thermodynamic relationships -- Difference between heat capacities Cp and Cv -- Entropy of an ideal gas -- Absolute value of the entropy of a substance -- Entropy change for irreversible chemical reactions --
• AUXILIARY FUNCTIONS: The Helmholtz free energy and the Gibbs free energy -- Free-energy equations in differential form -- Free-energy changes for an ideal gas -- Thermodynamic potentials -- The Maxwell relations -- Criteria of equilibrium -- Criteria of spontaneity (or irreversibility) -- The Gibbs-Helmholtz equation -- The Gibbs free-energy changes in typical reversible processes -- The Gibbs free-energy changes in typical irreversible processes -- The third law of thermodynamics -- Evaluation of absolute entropy -- THEORY OF SOLUTIONS I: The Gibbs free energy of an ideal gas -- Mixtures of ideal gases -- The fugacity function -- Evaluation of the fugacity of a real gas -- Mixtures of real gases -- Fugacities of condensed substances -- Definition of activity -- Partial molar quantities -- The partial molar Gibbs free energy -- Other partial molar quantities -- Partial molar quantities of ideal-gas mixtures -- Integral molar quantities -- Method of determining partial molar quantities from integral molar quantities -- Integration of the Gibbs-Duhem equation -- Relative partial molar quantities -- Relative integral molar quantities -- Temperature dependence of activity -- Raoult's law and ideal solutions -- Dilute solutions and Henry's law -- Determination of activity by integration of the Gibbs-Duhem equation -- Determination of H1M and HM from data on H2M -- Deviations from the ideal: excess thermodynamic quantities -- Regular solutions --
• THE GIBBS FREE-ENERGY CHANGE AND THE EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT: Equilibrium constant -- Equilibrium constant for an all-gas reaction: ideal gases -- Equilibrium constant for an all-gas reaction: real gases -- Le Chatelier's principle -- Heterogeneous reactions -- Temperature dependence of [delta]GO and K -- Free-energy equation for formation of MgO -- Sources of thermodynamic data -- Simplified three-term and two-term free-energy equations -- Free energy of formation for inorganic substances -- Free-energy charts and Ellingham diagrams -- Experimental methods for determining [delta]GoT for reactions at high temperatures -- Systematic thermodynamic treatment of experimental data on K and [delta]GT Electrochemical systems -- High-temperature galvanic cells -- Electrolysis -- Dilute solutions of gases in condensed phases -- Alternative standard states -- Activity data from experimental measurements -- Interaction coefficients in multicomponent systems -- PHASE EQUILIBRIA: Phase equilibria and equality of chemical potentials in all phases -- Nonequilibrium systems and phase stability -- The phase rule for nonreactive components -- The phase rule for reactive components -- Phase changes in single-component systems -- Effects of pressure on the Gibbs free energy and activity of a pure condensed phase -- The Gibbs free-energy change accompanying vaporization of a condensed phase -- Temperature dependence of [delta]G0 for phase transformations -- Experimental data on vapor pressures: systematic treatment -- Phase equilibria and chemical equilibria -- P-T-x equilibria involving condensed phases -- Free-energy-composition curves and equilibrium phase diagrams -- Examples of construction of binary phase diagrams -- Thermodynamic data from phase diagrams -- The iron-carbon system -- Systems with intermediate compounds of variable composition -- Metal-oxygen systems with intermediate compounds of variable composition -- The iron-oxygen system Thermodynamic quantities for homogeneous metal-gas solutions -- The uranium-carbon system -- Further comments on phase equilibria in oxide systems -- Metal-sulfur-oxygen systems: stability diagrams -- The lead-sulfur-oxygen system -- The copper-sulfur-oxygen system -- The copper-hydrogen-chlorine system -- Isothermal-stability diagram for the Cu-H-Cl-O system -- Equilibrium and stoichiometric calculations in chloride systems --
• EQUILIBRIA IN COMPLEX SYSTEMS: Heterogeneous reaction systems -- Conventional methods in equilibrium calculations -- Stoichiometry of chemical reactions -- Analysis of typical metallurgical systems -- Complex equilibria: modern methods -- Computation of complex equilibria on a high-speed digital computer by the iterative method -- Complex equilibria in crystal growth systems: iterative method -- Vaporization equilibria -- Convergence aids -- Free-energy-minimization method -- Adiabatic systems -- THEORY OF SOLUTIONS II: Composition dependence of activities in binary solutions -- Statistical thermodynamics of solutions -- Mixtures of fused salts -- Regular-solution model for fused-salt mixtures -- Application of the Gibbs-Duhem equation to complex systems -- Chemical-species models applied to associated solutions -- Thermodynamics and constitution of slag systems -- Flood-Grjotheim treatment of ionic melts.

ISBN

• 0521258561
• 9780521258562
• 9780521141307
• 0521141303
• 9780521141314
• 0521141311
• 9780521141291
• 052114129X

LCCN

84003224

OCLC

• ocm10557674
• 10557674
• SCSB-9354159

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library