Thermodynamics in Materials Science

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Credits 3. 3 Lecture Hours. Use of thermodynamic methods to predict behavior of materials; codification of thermodynamic properties into simplified models; principles, methods, and models to generate accurate equilibrium maps through computational thermodynamics software; applications to bulk metallic, polymeric and ceramic materials, defects, thin films, electrochemistry, magnetism. Prerequisites: MEEN 222/MSEN 222 or equivalent; graduate classification.