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This volume presents mathematical models that predict phase compositions for various technological processes. It studies the thermodynamics and kinetics of specific stages of complex pyrometallurgical processes, which enable design optimization.

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This monograph describes mathematical models that enable prediction of phase compositions for various technological processes, as developed on the base of a complex physico-chemical analysis of reaction. It studies thermodynamics and kinetics of specific stages of complex pyrometallurgical processes involving boron, carbon, sulfur, tungsten, phosphorus, and many more, as well as their exposure to all sorts of factors.
First and foremost, this enables to optimize processes and technologies at the stage of design, while traditional empirical means of development of new technologies are basically incapable of providing an optimal solution. Simulation results of metals and alloys production, welding and coating technologies allow obtaining materials with pre-given composition, structure and properties in a cost-saving and conscious manner. Moreover, a so-called "inverse problem", i.e., selecting source materials which would ensure the required results, cannot be solved by any other means.

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Introduction.- Metal and Slag Melts Structure and Properties Theory.- High-Temperature Processes Simulation.- Mathematical Models for Steel Production.- High-Temperature Physico-Chemical Processes of Welding, Depositing, and Coating.- Structure, Phase Composition and Properties Prediction.

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