COURSE UNIT TITLE

: EQUILIBRIUMTHERMODYNAMICS IN GEOLOGICAL SYSTEMS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
GEE 5052 EQUILIBRIUMTHERMODYNAMICS IN GEOLOGICAL SYSTEMS ELECTIVE 2 2 0 7

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Economic Geology
Economic Geology

Course Objective

THIS COURSE IS DESIGN TO ENABLE THE GRADUATE STUDENTS TO ASSESS MINERAL EQUILIBRIA IN GEOLOGICAL SYSTEMS AT HIGH TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE
(IGNEOUS AND METAMORPHIC SYSTEMS).

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   ABLE TO KNOW THE SOLID-SOLID INTERRACTIONS THROUGH CLASSICAL AND MODERN THERMODYNAMICS
2   ABLE TO HANDLE THE ANALITICAL SOLUTIONS TO EQULIBRIUM IN GEOLOGICAL SYSTEMS AT HIGH T AND P
3   ABLE TO HANDLE THE NUMERICAL SOLUTIONS TO EQULIBRIUM IN GEOLOGICAL SYSTEMS AT HIGH T AND P
4   ABLE TO UNDERTAKE REAL AND EMPIRICAL RESEARCH WITH PHASE EQUILIBRIUM
5   ABLE TO MODEL THE GEOCHEMICAL EQUILIBRIUM THROUGH GRAPHICAL METHODS

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THERMODYNAMICS(FIRST AND SECOND LAWWS)
2 THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES
3 MEASURMENT AND ESTIMATION OF THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES(VOLUME, ENTALPY AND ENTROPY)
4 MEASURMENT AND ESTIMATION OF THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES(HEAT CAPACITY AND GIBBS FREE ENERGY)
5 THERMODYNAMICS OF SOLIDS
6 THERMODYNAMICS OF LIQUIDS
7 MID-TERM EXAM
8 ACTIVITIES AT ANY P AND T
9 ACTIVITY-ACTIVITY DIAGRAMS AT HIGH T
10 OXYGEN FUGACITY-pH DIAGRAMS
11 P-T DIAGRAMS
12 CHEMICAL GEOTHERMOMETERS
13 CHEMICAL BAROMETERS
14 CHEMICAL BAROMETERS

Recomended or Required Reading

1. POWELL R., EQUILIBRIUM THERMODYNAMICS IN PETROLOGY, HARPER AND ROW PUBLISHERS, 1978
2. NORDSTROM D. K. AND MUNOZ J. L., GEOCHEMICAL THERMODYNAMICS, THE BENJAMIN / CUMMUNGS PUB. 1985
3. HENLEY R. W., TRUESDELL A. H. AND BARTON JR P. B., FLUID MINERAL EQUILIBRIA IN HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEMS VOL. SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGIST 1985

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

LECTURES
LAB CALCULATIONS
HOME WORKS

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG 1 ASSIGNMENT 1
3 ASG 2 ASSIGNMENT 2
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.25 + ASG1 +ASG 2/2 * 0.25 + FIN * 0.50
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.25 + ASG 1 +ASG2/2 * 0.25 + RST * 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

NO RULES

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

AT OFFICE

Office Hours

BE POSTED ON THE OFFICE DOOR

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
LABS 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 2 24
Preparation for midterm exam 2 12 24
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 3 15 45
FINAL EXAMS 1 2 2
MID-TERMS 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 169

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.143
LO.243
LO.333
LO.444
LO.533