Kinetics fundamental (2 weeks) Reaction kinetics
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)