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.
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | No | Yes | ||
| 1 | can reach the general and specific knowledge/information, can analyze, crystalize and implement these in conducting scientific research in the field. | ✔ | |||
| 2 | have compressive knowledge on the up-to-date engineering practices and methods and their limitations. | ✔ | |||
| 3 | are equipped with the analytical characterization knowledge required in realizing observational/experimental work-based research activities in the field. | ✔ | |||
| 4 | can clearly define and formulate problems related to the field, and develop exceptional and novel procedures to solve such problems. | ✔ | |||
| 5 | develop new and/or original ideas and methods; design complex systems or processes and invent novel/alternative solutions in his designs. | ✔ | |||
| 6 | can work effectively as a member of a team in his own field or interdisciplinary groups, he can be the leader in such formations and offer solutions in intricate cases; can also work independently and take responsibility. | ✔ | |||
| 7 | can communicate well in spoken and written English effectively. | ✔ | |||