University Catalog 2014-2015

University of Colorado Boulder

MCEN-1024 (4) Chemistry for Energy and Materials Science

Covers the basic physical and chemical fundamentals underlying the disciplines of energy and materials, with a focus on topics relevant to your mechanical engineering education. These fundamentals include atomic structure, stoichiometry, the periodic table, chemical bonding, states of matter, thermochemistry, and chemical reactions. Department enforced prereq., one year of high school chemistry or CHEM 1021 (minimum grade C-). Prerequisites: Restricted to Mechanical Engineering or students with a plan of Mechanical Engineering Concurrent Degree or General Engineering Plus students with a MCEN subplan.