Stoichiometry and Thermodynamics of Metallurgical Processes

Preface 1. Introduction 2. Stoichiometry: material balances in metallurgical processes 3. First law of thermodynamics 4. Fuels and combustion 5. Energy balances 6. Second law of thermodynamics 7. Auxiliary functions 8. Theory of solutions I 9. The Gibbs free-energy changes and the equilibrium constant 10. Phase equilibria 1. Equilibria in complex systems 12. Theory of solutions II Appendices Answers to problems Nomenclature Index.