MATE 3110: Thermodynamics in Materials Engineering
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Prereq: CHEM 1780; MATE 2150 or MATE 2730 or MATE 3920; and credit or enrollment in MATE 2160 and 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)