Area: |
WASM Minerals Engineering and Extractive Metallurgy Teaching Area |
Credits: |
25.0 |
Contact Hours: |
5.0 |
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| ** 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. ** |
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Lecture: |
1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
Tutorial: |
1 x 1.5 Hours Weekly |
Practical: |
1 x 1.5 Hours Weekly |
Prerequisite(s): |
305694 (v.1) WASM Metallurgical Chemistry 252 or any previous version
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Syllabus: |
Reaction kinetics, activation energy, collision and transition state theories. Surface tension, Gibbs adsorption equations, Langmuir, Freundlich and BET adsorption isotherms, adsorption at solid surfaces. Conductance of electrolytes, activity and activity coefficients of electrolytes, transport numbers, the Debye-Huckel theory, electrochemical cells, the Nernst equation, reference electrodes and standard reduction potentials. Electrical double layer and metal corrosion. |
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| ** 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. ** |
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Field of Education: |
30303 Mining Engineering |
HECS Band (if applicable): |
2 |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis
utilises online information: |
Informational |
Result Type: |
Grade/Mark |
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Availability |
| Year |
Location |
Period |
Internal |
Area External |
Central External |
| 2004 |
Kalgoorlie Campus |
Semester 1 |
Y |
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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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