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CHE-4104: Process Materials

Description: Basics of materials science as it relates to the interest of the chemical engineer. The course emphasizes the three fundamental areas of material science being polymer materials, metallics, and ceramic/inorganic glasses. The general molecular structure property - application behavior of each area will be presented but with a focus when possible on topics related to the field of chemical engineering.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: CHE-2164 and (CHEM-2535 or CHEM-2565)

Required By: MACR-5015, MACR-5016

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 20

Average GPA: 3.00 (B+)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 17.69%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.72%

Erdogan Kiran202122.7%41.5%32.6%1.7%0.6%0.8%2.849
Padmavathy Rajagopalan202348.1%46.0%5.5%0.5%0.0%0.0%3.392
Abby R Whittington202227.3%54.4%15.5%1.7%0.4%0.8%3.089

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