METE501 THERMODYNAMICS IN MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
| Course Code: | 5700501 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | Metallurgical and Materials Engineering |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Prof.Dr. İSHAK KARAKAYA |
| Offered Semester: | Fall Semesters. |
Course Objectives
Explain terminologies, concepts and relationships governing the laws of thermodynamics;
Calculate energy exchanges of important processes in the field of metallurgical and materials engineering,
Do applications involving changes of extensive properties,
Use spontaneity and equilibrium criteria;
Calculate solution thermodynamic properties,
Use relationships between solution thermodynamic properties and phase equilibria,
Use thermodynamics to discuss topics in materials phenomena.
Course Content
Thermodynamic properties of inorganic materials. Laws of thermodynamics and their application to the chemical behavior of materials systems. Multicomponent systems, phase and chemical reaction equilibria. Thermodynamics of phase transformations. Thermodynamics of surfaces, interfaces and defects.
Course Learning Outcomes
An ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science and engineering;
An ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data;
An ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic
constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and
safety,manufacturability, and sustainability;
An ability to identify, to formulate, and solve engineering problems;
The broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in global
and societal context;
A knowledge of the scientific and engineering principles underlying the four major elements
of the field; structure, properties, processing and performance related to material systems;
An ability to apply and integrate knowledge from each of the four major elements of the field
to solve materials and/or process selection and design problems.