MATE 4570: Chemical and Physical Metallurgy of Rare Earth Metals
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Prereq: MATE 3110 or CHEM 3250
Electronic configuration, valence states, minerals, ores, beneficiation, extraction, separation, metal preparation and purification. Crystal structures, phase transformations and polymorphism, and thermochemical properties of rare earth metals. Chemical properties: inorganic and organometallic compounds, alloy chemistry, nature of the chemical bonding. Physical properties: mechanical and elastic properties, magnetic properties, resistivity, and superconductivity. Offered even-numbered years.
(Typically Offered: Spring)