Electrochemical Processing of Materials

Calendar

LEC #	TOPICS	KEY DATES
Unit 1: Equilibrium Electrochemistry or “Ions in Solution”
1	Thermodynamic and transport properties of electrolytes – aqueous and molten	Problem Set 1 out
2	Solution models: Debye-Hückel (aqueous), Temkin (molten salts)
3	Electrode potentials (the underlying physics, i.e., electron excess or electron deficiency on the electrode)	Problem Set 1 due
4	Emf series (aqueous and molten salts)	Problem Set 2 out
5	Reference 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
7	Electrode-electrolyte interface, nature of the double layer	Problem Set 3 out
8	Kinetics 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
10	Laboratory 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 circuit	Problem Set 4 out
11	(cont.)
12	Phasors and impedance plots in the complex plane – data interpretation for process optimization, on-line control	Problem Set 4 due
13	Stationary and rotating electrodes	Problem Set 5 out
14	Test 1
Unit 3: Electrochemical Processing
15	Winning, refining, plating, synthesis	Problem Set 5 due
16	Current efficiency, voltage efficiency, power efficiency, energy balances	Problem Set 6 out
17	Materials issues and environmental issues
18	Case studies on Hall cell electrolysis to produce aluminum and electrolytic production of magnesium by both the Dow process and the I.G. Farben process	Problem Set 6 due
19	Contemporary industrial practice – includes consideration of environmental issues	Problem Set 7 out
Omissions
20	Batteries & fuel cells.
21	(cont.)	Problem Set 7 due
22	Test 2