Thermocalc script to generate GES5 file

Thermocalc script to make a GES5 file – these files contain thermodynamic data and are used with the tq programming interface to thermocalc. Make_GES5.TCM go database-retrieval switch-database ttni8 define-elements Ni Cr get-data goto gibbs-energy-system save Ni-Cr-Data

Detextify – Find latex symbols

This website (http://detexify.kirelabs.org/classify.html) is really useful if you don’t know the markup/command for the LaTex symbol you want to write. Provided you are able to draw it. The website talks about the software learning how to recognise the symbols so I guess it is using some neural network scheme.

NINJA finance modelling

I saw this advert. From wall street 2 I learned that NINJA stands for, No Income, No Job or Assets.

View crystal structures

There is a very nice java package which lets you view crystal structures on any computer platform that supports java (Linux, Mac, etc). Jmol can be downloaded from sourceforge here. Download the latest binary or full package, unpack it and you are good to go. Either cd into the directory and run ./jmol or add [...]

MTDATA script – driving force

Here is a quick example script to calculate driving force for formation of ferrite from austenite. – mu define system ‘Fe,Cr,Ni,Mo,N,C,Mn’ source tcfe ! % fe Cr Ni Mo N set w(1) undef w(2) 23.00 w(3) 9.0 w(4) 3.0 w(5) 0.15 ! % C Mn set w(6) 0.02 w(7) 0.8 ! set w 100 ! [...]