312491 (v.1) Materials Chemistry 231

Area:	Department of Applied Chemistry
Credits:	25.0
Contact Hours:	6.0
The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline.
Lecture:	2 x 1 Hours Weekly
Tutorial:	1 x 1 Hours Fortnightly
Laboratory:	1 x 4 Hours Weekly
Syllabus:	Solid State Chemistry: Packing of ions in solids; Typical AX, AX2 and selected crystal structures; Lattice defects; Non- stoichiometric compounds; Thermodynamics; Substitutional; interstitial, and subtractional and non-stoichiometric phases; Fundamentalsof Corrosion Chemistry : Electrochemistry background, conductivity, cells; Standard and non- standard potentials - the Nernst equation; Electrochemical Kinetics, current voltage relationships; Metals, alloys and corrosion; Localised Corrosion and Electrochemical Heterogeneity; Passivity and Corrosion Control; Introduction to Minerals Processing; Overview of local hydrometallurgical processes; Dissolution of minerals; Leaching methods; Electrochemistry of leaching - mixed potentials etc; Electrowinning, electrodeposition;
To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement.
Field of Education:	010500 Chemical Sciences (Narrow Grouping)
SOLT (Online) Definitions*:	Not Online *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type:	Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2010	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	Y

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External