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Title of the course

MM755: Kinetics of High Temperature Process?

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Credit structure

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Pre-requisite, if any

None

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Course content

Kinetics fundamental (2 weeks)
??? Reaction kinetics
??? Rate of interfacial reactions between fluids
??? Diffusion fundamentals
??? Mass transfer-controlled reactions
Interfacial phenomena and its role in process metallurgy (1 week)
??? Surface tension models
??? Interfacial convection
??? Applications in process metallurgy
Heterogeneous reactions with examples (2 weeks):
??? Solid-liquid, solid-gas, liquid-liquid, liquid-gas
??? Dissolution of additives in the melt, Reduction reactions, Slag-metal reactions, and Degassing or gas pick-up in liquid metals
Multistep reactions (2 weeks)
??? Mass transfer and interfacial reaction-controlled reactions
??? Identifying rate controlling steps
??? Mixed control reactions
Stirring of molten metals/slags and its kinetic effects (2 weeks)
??? Formation and role of bubbles
??? Gas stirred ladles
??? Foaming
??? Electromagnetic stirring
Process modeling using thermodynamic software (2 weeks)
??? Using FactSage
??? Using Thermocalc
End term project: progress and presentations (2 weeks)

Texts/References

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Instructor(s) name

Prof. Deepoo Kumar

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