|
ME 481
THERMODYNAMICS OF SOLIDS
Course Description
Thermodynamics of solutions and phase equilibrium. Phase diagrams and invariant reactions. Order and disorder in solutions. Applications to advanced materials development.
Topics
Learning Outcomes
The student, upon completion of this course, will be able to:
- Apply the thermodynamics if single component solutions as function of temperature to problems of defect concentrations.
- Apply thermodynamics to phase changes such as solidification and allotropies in one-component systems.
- Readily describe the components of ideal, regular and non-regular solutions.
- Apply solutions models to qualifiedly predict phase diagrams and distinguish between different types of phase diagrams.
- Describe, qualitatively, the influence of chemistry, atomic size, and electronic structure of phase formation and phase diagrams.
- Read alloy compositions from ternary phase diagrams.
|
