Electrometallurgy
- • Introduction of electrometallurgy and its importance in hydrometallurgy
• Fundamentals and industrial operations - principles of electrochemistry
• Principles of thermodynamics and governing equations including Nernst equation
• Aqueous solutions- activity - solubility and standard potential tables
• Faradays Law- conductivity and mobility-molten salts-ion mobility
• Electrochemical cells-chemical and electrical driving force- effect of concentration
on emf
- • Introduction to electrolysis cells
•Numerical examples and solving some practical problems of electrometallurgy
• Introduction to electrolysis cells
•Numerical examples and solving some practical problems of electrometallurgy
• Types of potentials: standard potential - polarization potential and factors affecting it - overpotential
• The effect of different parameters on the electrolysis of metals: temperature-current density-pH-additives
• Electrometallurgical application- examples