MATE 3110: Thermodynamics in Materials Engineering
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Prereq: CHEM 1780; (Credit or enrollment in MATE 2160) or (MATE 2730); Credit or enrollment in MATH 2670
Basic laws of thermodynamics applied to phase stability, phase equilibria, transformations, and reactions in materials. Concepts of heat, work, energy, and entropy. Reversible and irreversible processes. Ideal and non-ideal behavior in single-component and multi-component systems. Interpretation of unary, binary, and ternary phase diagrams. Methods for experimental measurement and computational modeling. Applications in materials design.
(Typically Offered: Fall)