METE506 KINETICS IN MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
| Course Code: | 5700506 |
| 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. MEHMET KADRİ AYDINOL |
| Offered Semester: | Fall Semesters. |
Course Objectives
Carry out kinetic calculations in solids and fluids.
Describe what the important operating parameters are and explain how these parameters affect the processes involved in metallurgical and materials engineering.
Course Content
Introduction to kinetic processes in materials. Reaction kinetics, reaction order and analysis of kinetic data. Transport in solids, liquids and gases. Diffusion in the solid state, atomistic and continuum approach, multicomponent and multiphase diffusion. Diffusion in ordered and ionic crystals. Diffusion in fluids; boundary later and mass transfer coefficient. Metal-slag reaction, fluid-particle reaction. Dimensionless numbers.
Course Learning Outcomes
Students apply kinetic principles to metallurgical and materials engineering processes.