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NANO 148Thermodynamics of Materials

4 units · NANO · UC San Diego

Fundamental laws of thermodynamics for simple substances; application to flow processes and to nonreacting mixtures; statistical thermodynamics of ideal gases and crystalline solids; chemical and materials thermodynamics; multiphase and multicomponent equilibria in reacting systems; electrochemistry.

Before you enroll

Prerequisites

From the catalog: “upper-division standing.”

Where it fits

Where it sits in degree plans

Suggested plans most often put it in Year 4 · Fall (1 program).

One of the options in (2)

  • Mechanical Engineering with a Specialization in Materials Science and Engineering (B.S.)
  • Mechanical Engineering with a Specialization in Mechanics of Materials (B.S.)
What it opens up

Courses that list NANO 148 as a prerequisite (1)

  • NANO 158 Phase Transformations and Kinetics