Area: | WASM Minerals Engineering and Extractive Metallurgy Teaching Area |
Credits: | 25.0 |
Contact Hours: | 5.0 |
Lecture: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
Tutorial: | 1 x 1.5 Hours Weekly |
Practical: | 1 x 1.5 Hours Weekly |
Prerequisite(s): | 11555 (v.2) WASM Thermofluids 251 or any previous version
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303095 (v.1) WASM Chemistry 151 or any previous version
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Syllabus: | Physical Chemistry - Ionic equilibria, Hydrolysis of salts, buffers, polyprotic acids, titration curves. Phase equilibria and phase diagrams. Lewis structures, hybridisation and resonance, valence shell electronic pair repulsion (VSEPR) theory. Solutions, Ideal and non ideal, Raoult's Law. Chemistry of block elements, electronic structure of transition metals and properties, introduction to coordination chemistry. Analytical methods, electro analytical methods, spectrophotometry, emission and adsorption spectroscopy. |
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Unit Outcomes: | On successful completion of this unit, students will have- Identified the components of analytical instruments including spectrometers, x-ray defractometers and the scanning electron microscopes. Selected the appropriate analytical techniques for mineralanalysis and through theoretical knowledge transpose raw data into an analytical report. described the basics of chemical theory related to metal extraction, through the concepts given in the syllabus. |
Texts and references listed below are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Some units taught offshore are modified at selected locations. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information and approved offshore variations to unit information before finalising study and textbook purchases. |
Unit References: | bassett,J., (1978), Vogel's Textbook of Quantitative Inorganic Analysis. (4th Ed), Longmans. Skoog, D.A. and West D.M., Principles of Instrumental Analysis, Holt-Sanders. |
Unit Texts: | Atkins, P.W. (1994). Physical Chemistry. 5th edition. Oxford University Press, Melbourne. |
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Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Assignments 25%, Final Examination 25%, Laboratory 25%, Middle Semester Examination 25%. This is by grade/mark assessment. |
Field of Education: | 10500 Chemical Sciences (Narrow Grouping) | HECS Band (if applicable): | 2 |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information: | Not Online | Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
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Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | Y | | |
Area
External | refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research. |
Central
External | refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area |
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