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MBSE 212: Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Phase Transformation


Units: 4

Reviews the fundamentals of thermodynamics and kinetics. Equilibrium in single and multicomponent systems. Thermodynamic description of phase transformations. Kinetic description of phase transformations; rates of transformation and evolution of microstructure. Transport of matter, energy and charge in solids, liquids and gases. Phase diagrams, Ellingham diagrams, Pourbaix diagrams and transformation diagrams. Thermodynamics and kinetics of materials deformation; motion of dislocations and grain boundaries under stress.

Course Details
Anticipated term(s) course will be offered:
  • Fall

Repeatable for Credit: No
Discussion included
Normal Letter Grade only

Requisites and Restrictions
Open only to following major/minor(s):
  • Applied Mathematics (Graduate) - AMAT
  • Bioengineering (Graduate) - BIOE
  • Chemistry and Chemical Biology (Graduate) - CCB
  • IGP Bio Eng & Sm Scale Tech (Graduate) - IGBT
  • Materials & Biomaterials Science & Engineering (Graduate) - MBSE
  • Mechanical Engineering (Graduate) - MECE
  • Physics (Graduate) - PHYI
  • Quantitative & Systems Biology (Graduate) - QSB

Instructor Permission Required: No
Students should have taken upper division thermodynamics and kinetic courses


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