Instructors: Prof. Dr. Ralf Riedel; Dr. rer. nat. Leonore Wiehl
Event type:
Lecture
Org-unit: Dept. 11 - Institute of Materials Science
Displayed in timetable as:
High Pr. Mat. Synth.
Subject:
Crediting for:
Hours per week:
2
Language of instruction:
Englisch
Min. | Max. participants:
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Course Contents:
1. Introduction. Pressure definition and examples.
2. Basic principles of the theory of elasticity. Stress and strain tensors. Thermodynamics of deformation. Hooke's law. Elastic moduli. Equation of state.
3. Thermodynamics of phase transitions. Gibbs free energy. Equilibrium and chemical potential. Phase diagram. Kinetics of phase transitions.
4. Pressure generation. High-pressure devices. Pressure scale and experimental environment.
5. High-pressure synthesis. Utrahard materials: Diamond and cubic-BN. Novel high-pressure nitrides and their properties.
Literature:
Atkins, P. W. Physical Chemistry (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1998).
Bradley, R. S. (ed.) High Pressure Physics and Chemistry (Academic Press, London, 1963).
Eremets, M. I. High Pressure Experimental Methods (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1996).
Holzapfel, W. B. and N. S. Isaacs (eds.) High-pressure Techniques in Chemistry and Physics (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1997).
Kubo, R. Thermodynamics: an advanced course with problems and solutions (North-Holland, Amsterdam, 1968).
Landau, L. D. and E. M. Lifshitz. Course of Theoretical Physics, vol. 7: Theory of Elasticity (Pergamon Press, London, 1975).
Riedel, R. (ed.) Handbook of Ceramic Hard Materials (WILEY-VCH, Weinheim, 2000).
Spain, I. L. and J. Paauwe (eds.) High Pressure Technology (Marcel Dekker, New York, 1977).
Recommended literature:
Ashcroft, N. W. and N. D. Mermin. Solid State Physics (Saunders College, Fort Worth, 1976).
Bridgman, P. W. The Physics of High Pressure (G. Bell & Sons, London, 1949).
Davison, L., Y. Hori and T. Sekine. Shock Compression of Solids (Springer-Verlag, New York, 2002).
Hazen, R. M. The Diamond Makers (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1999).
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