Official NUC CCMAS syllabus

MPE 302 — Metallurgical Thermodynamics

2 units · MPE department course · Nigerian universities

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Course contents

1st, 2nd and 3 rd laws of thermodynamics and their application in metallurgical engineering; Homogeneous and heterogeneous reactions pertain to metallurgical systems; Thermochemistry: enthalpy, entropy, free energies and review of thermodynamic functions; Feasibility of reactions and otherwise and chemical equilibrium; Maxwell relations; Ellingham Diagram: Principle, applications limitations as critical tool in pyrometallurgy; Introduction to solution thermodynamics II. Kinetics of chemical reaction system; First and second order rate of reaction; Mechanism of reaction sequence; Concept of rate controlling step; Leaching of operation in hydrometallurgical system and rate of reaction and kinetic of electrometallurgy; Arrhenius equation and activation energy.

Source: the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS). StudyOps loads this syllabus automatically when you study MPE 302.

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