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LEC #TOPICSKEY DATES
Unit 1: Equilibrium Electrochemistry or "Ions in Solution"
1Thermodynamic and transport properties of electrolytes -- aqueous and moltenProblem Set 1 out
2Solution models: Debye-Hückel (aqueous), Temkin (molten salts)
3Electrode potentials (the underlying physics, i.e., electron excess or electron deficiency on the electrode)Problem Set 1 due
4Emf series (aqueous and molten salts)Problem Set 2 out
5Reference electrodes (thermodynamics [establishing the voltage value] and kinetics [their iE characteristic])
6(cont.)Problem Set 2 due
Unit 2: Electrochemical Kinetics or Rate of Processs in Electrochemistry
7Electrode-electrolyte interface, nature of the double layerProblem Set 3 out
8Kinetics of electrode processes, competition between processes involving mass transport and interfacial processes such as charge transfer at the electrode/electrolyte interface
9(cont.)Problem Set 3 due
10Laboratory techniques to determine rate and mechanism: controlled E, controlled i, a.c. methods, i.e., a.c. voltammetry and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, including underlying electrical engineering -- construction of the equivalent circuitProblem Set 4 out
11(cont.)
12Phasors and impedance plots in the complex plane -- data interpretation for process optimization, on-line controlProblem Set 4 due
13Stationary and rotating electrodesProblem Set 5 out
14Test 1
Unit 3: Electrochemical Processing
15Winning, refining, plating, synthesisProblem Set 5 due
16Current efficiency, voltage efficiency, power efficiency, energy balances
Problem Set 6 out
17Materials issues and environmental issues
18Case studies on Hall cell electrolysis to produce aluminum and electrolytic production of magnesium by both the Dow process and the I.G. Farben processProblem Set 6 due
19Contemporary industrial practice -- includes consideration of environmental issuesProblem Set 7 out
Omissions
20Batteries & fuel cells.
21(cont.)Problem Set 7 due
22Test 2

 








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