Fluid-Solid Reactions (ePub)

Science in the 3-year period¿); the TMS Extractive Metallurgy Lecturer Award (1990 "in recognition as an outstanding scientific leader in the field of nonferrous extraction and processing metallurgy¿); the TMS Extraction and Processing Science Award (1990, 1994, 1999 and 2007, respectively, for analysis of flash furnace shaft; modeling of in situ solution mining operations; synthesis of ultrafine particles of intermetallic compounds; and analysis of the influence of chemical equilibrium on fluid-solid reaction rates and the falsification of activation energy); the Fulbright Distinguished Lecturer (1983); and the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation Teacher-Scholar Award (1977). In 2006, TMS honored Dr. Sohn by holding the "Sohn International Symposium on Advanced Processing of Metals and Materials¿.
Professor Sohn's research interests have covered a wide range of subjects, such as Development of a Novel Flash Ironmaking; Plasma-Assisted Chemical Synthesis of Inorganic and Ceramic Nanomaterials; Metallurgical Process Engineering including Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Modeling; Nonferrous metal production (especially coppermaking at high temperatures); Fluid-Solid Reaction Engineering; Synthesis and Processing of Ceramic and Intermetallic Compounds; Hydrogen Storage Materials; Solvent Extraction. A major common theme through these research efforts has been the development and application of reaction kinetics theories, especially the engineering analysis of the reactions between solids and fluids. He coauthored a seminal monograph in the field, "Gas-Solid Reactions¿, which had been a standard reference on the subject for more than 40 years: Professor Sohn recently updated and expanded the book as "Fluid-Solid Reactions¿ incorporating the massive amount of work he has continued on the topic since the publication of "Gas-Solid Reactions¿ and expanding the coverage to include reactions between a solid and a liquid. A major accomplishment by Professor Sohn in this field is the formulation of a rate law called "Sohn's Law of Additive Reaction Times¿ that governs the reactions between solids and fluids that are affected by mass transfer processes. A new monograph entitled "Flash Ironmaking¿ he wrote at the request of Taylor & Francis Publishers has been released in March 2023.
Among the numerous plenary and keynote lectures Professor Sohn has given, he delivered a talk on "Novel Ironmaking Technology with Low Energy Requirement and CO2 Emission¿ to the U.S. Congress on April 21, 2008. He has also served as a technical consultant to many industrial companies, government units, and research institutes, in addition to serving on a number of editorial/advisory boards of international journals.