This section provides an overview of chemistry relevant to engineering applications, including material behaviour, chemical reactions and fundamental principles used in design and manufacturing.
Understanding chemical properties is important in areas such as corrosion, material selection, lubrication, energy systems and manufacturing processes.
Engineering chemistry focuses on the application of chemical principles to solve practical engineering problems. This includes understanding how materials react, degrade, and perform under different environmental and operating conditions.
Chemical principles are essential for selecting materials, preventing corrosion, improving durability and understanding chemical processes in manufacturing and energy systems.
Chemistry can be broadly defined as the study of matter and its interactions.
The chemistry webpages also include notes dealing with physical chemistry which is concerned with the
physical principles resulting in the chemical reactions between matter.
The pages on this site only to provide outline information on chemistry
which is useful to mechanical engineers. For more detailed, specific information
users are advised to use the links at the foot of each page..
| Fundamentals | Physical Chemistry | Inorganic Chemistry | Organic Chemistry |
| Metals-Non Metals | Oxidation | Acid Bases | Electronegativity |
| Chemical Bonds | Lewis Dot Structure | Ions - Anions | Chemical Reactions |