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Thermochemical Processes

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C.B. Alcock DSc, FRSC

The origins of the material contained in this ebook are to be found in therapid growth of the scientific description of extractive metallurgical processeswhich began after World War II. This field was dominated by thermodynamicsoriginally, and the development of kinetic and transport descriptionsof these processes followed later. At that time the study of glasses and ceramicswas largely confined to phase diagrams of the multicomponent systems, andprocesses in which gaseous reaction kinetics were rate-controlling were ofmore interest to the chemist than to the materials scientist, a field which,practically, did not exist in that era.

The treatment in this ebook is intended for those who have already receivedthe basic courses in classical thermodynamics which nearly all students ofmaterials science and chemical engineering must assimilate nowadays beforepassing on to courses in materials processing. For the interested graduate, abrief refresher in any of the standard textbooks of physical chemistry is recommendedif he/she is not comfortable in thermodynamic analysis. References aregiven at the end of each section to other works and original literature sourceswhich are normally available to the student of materials science.
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