The Ringberg workshop 1997 on the application of computational thermodynamics

Ca$had, Vol. 24, No. 1, pp. 15-17,200O 0 2000 Published by Elsevier Science Ltd All rights reserved 0364-5916/00/$ - see front matter

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The Ringberg workshop 1997 on the Application of Computational Thermodynamics organized by Bo Sundmani, Fritz Aldinger and Hans Jurgen Seifert Max Planck Institut fur Metallforschung Pulvermetallurgisches Laboratorium Heisenbergstrasse 5 DE 70569 Stuttgart, Germany Under the auspices of the Max-Planck-Institut fur Metallforschung, Stuttgart and Scientific Group Thermodata Europe @GTE) an international workshop on “Applications of Computational Thermodynamics” was arranged in S&loss Ringberg in 1997. S&loss Ringberg is a castle owned by the Max-Planck-Society and is situated in the south of Bavaria. It provides an excellent setting for scientific discussions and these reports are from the third workshop dedicated to computational thermodynamics. The previous workshops have also been published in the Calphad Journal and dealt with Unary data for elements and substances [95Cal] and the second with Thermodynamic Modelling of Solutions [97Cal]. This workshop followed the same working rules as the previous and the participants worked hard during the meeting to prepare a paper together. Unfortunately the delays in finishing off each paper has taken a lot of time and one group has still not delivered a manuscript. But it is high time to publish the available reports. The first two groups followed up the work on the previous two meetings, thus group 1 dealt with the modelling of pure elements and “end members” of solutions and group 2 with modelling of solutions. Group 3,4 and 5 discussed the main topic, application of computational thermodynamics. Group 3 concentrated on phase transformations, nucleation and coarsening, group 4 and 5 joined forces and discussed together on the use of thermodynamic software in process modelling and new applications of thermodynamic calculations. As before the participants circulated between the groups and the group leaders had a hard task to combine theory with what is practically useful. The reports from these groups will follow this preface and it is the hope that they can inspire the further use of thermodynamic calculations in many fields of science as well as for industrial applications.

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Acknowledgement Financial support from SGTE, DFG MPG, Ernst-Rudolf-Schloessman-Stif$ung, NIST and KTH is gratefully acknowledged. We are all indebted to Herman Schier for the excellent computer facilities and Jutta Weber-Bock for her efficiency and happy smile.

References [95Cal] Calphad, Voll9, no 4 (1995) pp 433-571 [97Cal] Calphad, Vol21, no 2 (1997) pp 139-285 IRoyal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden

THE RINGBERG List of Participants Name

WORKSHOP

17

1997

Affiliation

Group

Fritz Aldinger

1

PML,

Tim Andersson Ibrahim Ansara Benjamin Burton

5 2 2

University of Florida, Gainsville, USA LTPCM, INPG, Grenoble, France NIST, Gaitherburg, USA

MPI,

Stuttgart,

Germany

Tim Chart Malcolm W. Chase

5 1

Chart NIST,

Qing Chen Bertrand Cheynet

2 4

MSE, KTH, Thermodata,

Associates, UK Gaitherburg, USA Stockholm, Grenoble,

Sweden France

Maria

Teresa

Clavaquera-Mora

3

Dep Thermologia,

Univ de Barcelona,

Andre

Costa

e Silva

5

Univ of Rio, Volta

Redonda,

Didier de Fontaine

2

University

.Alan Dinsdale

1

NPL,

Teddington,

‘Gunnar Eriksson :Suzana G. Fries

4 2

GTT

Technologies,

Jerzy

3 1 2

Golczewski

Goran Grimvall .4rmando Fernandez

Guillermet

4

Siemens

2 1

MSE,

3

Germany Germany Germany

AG,

KTH,

Germany Stockholm,

Sweden

MSE, KTH, Stockholm, Sweden MPI Diiessldorf, Germany

130 Jansson

5

SEC0

Tools

IJrsula Kattner

4

NIST,

Gaitherburg,

USA

llari

3 4

MTM,

KU Leuven,

Belgium

Kumsr

Armin Kussmaul 13yeong-Joo Lee Hans Leo Lukas Peter Miodownik Alwin Nagel Alan Oates Malcolm Rand ;iuan Sanchez Michael Rainer

Schalin Schmid-Fetzer

Hans Jurgen Christophe

Seifert Sigli

E;‘erdinand Sommer E’hilip Spencer

5 2

PML,

Germany

MPI

Stuttgart,

Univ of Surrey,

4 4 1

CeramTec AG, Germany Forschungszentrum Julich GmbH, Wintershill Consultancy, UK

3 5

Univ of Texas, Austin, USA MSE, KTH, Stockholm, Sweden

1

Technical

3

PML,

3 1

Pechiney,

Guildford,

University

MPI

Clausthal,

Stuttgart, CRV,

UK

Germany

France

MPI Stuttgart, Germany LTH, RWTH Aachen, Germany

4

MSE,

5

CSIRO,

3

MSE,

Agren

Sweden

Germany

Varghese John

Fagersta,

PML, MPI Stuttgart, KSRI, Taejon, Korea

E%oSundman Swamy

AB,

1

5

USA

TFY, KTH, Stockholm, Sweden Univ of Bariloge, Argentina

Iris Hahn Lam Hoglund Gerhard Inden

Berkeley,

UK

LTH, RWTH Aachen, PML, MPI Stuttgart,

Mats

Hillert

of California,

Spain

Brazil

KTH,

Stockholm,

Melbourne, KTH,

Sweden

Australia

Stockholm,

Sweden

Germany

Germany