Phase transformations, phase diagrams, differential scanning calorimetry

Vladimír Šíma 

Dept. of Physics of Materials, Charles University, Ke Karlovu 5, 121 16 Prague 2, Czech Republic

sima@met.mff.cuni.cz

Keywords: thermodynamics, classification of phase transformations, multicomponent systems, thermal analysis methods.

Thermodynamical basis of phase transformations. Anomalies of thermophysical quantities. Classification of phase transformations. Equilibrium in heterogeneous systems. Gibbs phase rule. Common tangent construction. Lever rule. Tangential plane construction. Binary and ternary phase diagrams. Basic types of binary phase diagrams. Thermal analysis – differential thermal analysis (DTA), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC).

Acknowledgement

Work is supported by a grant from Czech Grant Agency (GAČR 106/06/0019).