APPLICATION OF CHEMICAL THERMODYNAMICS IN THE CHEMISTRY AND TECHNOLOGY OF MATERIALS

The review concerns the present state in the field of thermodynamic mo delling of processes involved in the production and processing of mate rials. Basic experimental methods for obtaining the thermodynamic data mainly of solid substances are presented and estimation of the data i s discussed. Commonly used procedures for expression of temperature an d pressure dependencies of thermodynamic functions of pure substances and various thermodynamic models used for the description of solid sol utions, melts, and aqueous solutions of electrolytes are also mentione d. Selected papers presenting the results of thermodynamic calculation s for various systems important in metallurgy and materials engineerin g are surveyed.