Process Metallurgy: From Theory to Application, 2nd Edition
A special issue of Processes (ISSN 2227-9717). This special issue belongs to the section "Manufacturing Processes and Systems".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 May 2026 | Viewed by 25
Special Issue Editor
2. School of Metallurgy, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China
Interests: process metallurgy; welding metallurgy; chemical composition control; chemical thermodynamic modeling; thermodynamics and kinetics of reactions
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Dear Colleagues,
Metallurgy has been leading the development of human civilization from time immemorial. Mankind has long known how to extract metals from ores, how to alloy metals to make them suitable for specific needs, and how to prepare high-purity metals and compounds for electronic applications. Nowadays, metallurgy plays vital roles in various industries, such as steelmaking, welding, and high-temperature materials processing, etc. Recent applications of Calphad (Computer Coupling of Phase Diagrams and Thermochemistry) technology are also assisting in the development of process metallurgy.
With the success of the previous Special Issue, “Process Metallurgy: From Theory to Application”, we decided to organize a second Special Issue on this subject: “Process Metallurgy: From Theory to Application, 2nd Edition”. The topics of this Special Issue include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Process metallurgy;
- Welding metallurgy;
- Chemical composition control;
- Chemical thermodynamic modeling;
- High-temperature thermophysical properties of flux or slag;
- High-temperature materials processing optimization for energy and environment;
- Computer coupling of phase diagrams and thermochemistry (Calphad);
- Crystallization control and heat treatment;
- Thermodynamics and kinetics of iron and steelmaking reactions;
- Continuous casting of ferrous and non-ferrous metals;
- Materials for power generation;
- Materials at extreme conditions;
- Metal/slag recycling.
Dr. Jin Zhang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- process metallurgy
- welding metallurgy
- flux/slag properties
- calphad
- materials processing optimization
- flux/slag crystallization
- thermodynamics
- kinetics
- metal/slag recycling
- iron and steelmaking
- continuous casting
- composition control
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