i | Title of the course | ?MM 735: Material Chracterization at High Temperatures ? |
ii | Credit structure | L????????? T????????? P????????? C 3 ? ? ? ? ? 0 ? ? ? ? ?0? ? ? ? ? ?3 ? |
iii | Pre-requisite, if any | None ? |
iv | Course content | Importance of High temperature measurements-relevance to Materials Processing, Basic principles of measurements at high temperature: Temperature measurement (thermocouples, optical pyrometers), gas flow and composition, importance of gas cleaning, detection of trace constituents (e.g. oxygen sensing), means to attain high temperature, requirement of special atmosphere, choice of crucible/sample container, Thermal analysis: DTA, DSC, TGA, dilatometry, Measurement of Thermodynamic parameters:EMF measurement, equilibration with gas mixtures, iso-piestic method, special methods, Concept of ??capacity?? of a slag: e.g. sulphide, phosphate, carbonate, alkali, etc., Thermophysical measurements:density, viscosity, interfacial tension, thermal conductivity, Particle characterisation: pycnometry, BET analysis, porosimetry, Case studies ? |
v | Texts/References | Treatise in Process Metallurgy (3 vol.s): Ed. S. Seetharaman, Elsevier Publications, 2013.2. O. Kubachewski & C. B. Alcock, Metallurgical Thermochemistry:, Pergamon Press, 1979.3. T. Allen, Particle Size Measurement:, Springer, 1990. ? |
vi | Instructor(s) name | Prof. Somnath Basu |