2024-Fall Special Topics on Chemical Metallurgy (GIFT678-01) The course syllabus

1.Course Information

Course No. GIFT678 Section 01 Credit 3.00
Category Major elective Course Type Classroom Course prerequisites
Postechian Core Competence
Hours MON, WED / 09:30 ~ 10:45 / GIFT Lecture Room [301] Grading Scale G

2. Instructor Information

Kang Youn-Bae Name Kang Youn-Bae Department Dept. of Ferrous Technology
Email address ybkang@postech.ac.kr Homepage http://sites.google.com/site/cslgiftpostech/
Office Office Phone 279-9032
Office Hours by appointment

3. Course Objectives

This course is to deliver a thorough review on the state-of-the-art development of high-temperature interfacial reaction kinetics involving the Fe-C-O system, which is of critical importance in ferrous metallurgical process. Students will understand the fundamental theory of reaction kinetics, various experimental techniques for reaction rate measurements, and practical application to Fe-C-O system encompassing metallic Fe to Fe oxide.

4. Prerequisites & require

GIFT 600 Metallurgical Thermodynamics or other equivalent courses in other departments
GIFT 601 Metallurgical Kinetics (optional)

5. Grading

Attendance (10%), Homework (20%), Mid-term exam (30%), Final exam (40%)

6. Course Materials

Title Author Publisher Publication
Year/Edition		 ISBN
Understanding Interfacial Reaction Kinetics in the Fe-C-O System Yasushi Sasaki Tohoku University Press 2023 978-4-86163-376-8

7. Course References

Handout (journal articles) will be distributed when it is necessary.

8. Course Plan

1. Introduction
2. Rates of chemical reactions
3. Dependence of reaction rate on T and P
4. Experimental techniques
5. Adsorption phenomena
6. Decarburization of Fe-C alloy
7. Carburization of Fe alloy
8. Reduction of Fe oxide by CO-CO2 gas mixures

9. Course Operation

10. How to Teach & Remark

11. Supports for Students with a Disability

- Taking Course: interpreting services (for hearing impairment), Mobility and preferential seating assistances (for developmental disability), Note taking(for all kinds of disabilities) and etc.

- Taking Exam: Extended exam period (for all kinds of disabilities, if needed), Magnified exam papers (for sight disability), and etc.

- Please contact Center for Students with Disabilities (279-2434) for additional assistance

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