Centre for Research in Computational Thermochemistry (CRCT)

Affiliated To

• Department of Chemical Engineering

Contact Information

• Telephone: (514) 340-4711 #4770
• Fax: (514)340-5840
• Email: crct@polymtl.ca
• Web Site: http://www.crct.polymtl.ca

Professors/Researchers

• Arthur Pelton, Director
• Christopher Bale, Co-director
• Frank Ajersch, member
• Patrice Chartrand, member
• Sergei Decterov, member
• Christian Robelin, member

Research Specification

The goals of the Centre are to develop models that describe the thermochemical properties of various types of solutions; techniques for estimating phase diagrams and predicting multicomponent phase equilibria; and methods for calculating complex chemical equilibria. These activities find application in a wide variety of fields, such as : metallurgy, ceramics, geochemistry, petrochemistry, organic chemistry, electrochemistry, corrosion and energy.
The Centre also maintains and operates the F*A*C*T (Facility for the Analysis of Chemical Thermodynamics) computing system, an integrated thermochemical database with a suite of programs.
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Research Personnel

• Professors/Researchers: 6
• Graduate Students: 6
• Research Assistants and Technicians: 4

Specialized Equipments

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External Sources of Funding

NSERC, FQRNT, sales of software, contracts (POSCO, RioTinto, Alcoa, Alcan, Norsk-Hydro, GM, Shell, Teck Cominco, INCO, Dupont, and others).