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

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