<p>in general not much. i can personally think of two areas where chemistry might be useful
- the more direct method would be if you are doing a chemical function. like building a water treatment plant or something. but that also borders on civil/chemical eng.
- material science applications. the behavior of various substances might be really important. say you work a lot on thermo/fuel cells/batteries. maybe your boss says he wants you to look into a new substances to be used in the battery? what are the behavioral aspects of the various new substances? maybe it preforms better, but will not hold a charge after about a month. how would it work at extremely low temps? these are questions that can be answered/supplemented with a basic understanding of chemistry.</p>
<p>but topics like acids/bases and o. chem, not really… tend more to care about the physical chemistry aspect of chemistry.</p>
<p>edit: found this thread for you
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/engineering-majors/118835-amount-chemistry-mechanical-engineering.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/engineering-majors/118835-amount-chemistry-mechanical-engineering.html</a></p>