CHEM3308 Industrial Chemistry [UG]

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Credit: 6 points Availability: Semester 2 (See Timetable) Old unit code: 510.308

Content: Topics include chemical potential, partial molar quantities, thermodynamics of mixing and the properties of solutions; application of thermodynamics to industrial processes; Gibbs phase rule; interpretation of phase diagrams for two and three component systems; Ellingham diagrams; predominance diagrams; pyrometallurgy, extraction processes, calcination, roasting; hydrometallurgy, leaching; electrowinning; thermodynamics and kinetics in aqueous solutions; Pourbaix diagrams; heterogenous reaction kinetics; physical principles of industrial chemistry with special emphasis on chemical processing in Western Australia; hydrocarbon refining; Bayer process for the production of alumina; production of synthetic rutile from mineral sands; and production of iron and steel, HBI, Hismelt.

Assessment: This consists of an examination (60 per cent), mid-semester assessment (20 per cent) and laboratory work (20 per cent).

Supplementary assessment is not available in this unit except in the case of a bachelor's pass degree student who has obtained a mark of 45 to 49 and is currently enrolled in this unit, and it is the only remaining unit that the student must pass in order to complete their course.

Unit Co-ordinator(s): Associate Professor Dylan Jayatilaka

Location: UWA (Crawley)

Mode: on-campus

Unit Rules:

Prerequisites: CHEM2210 Structure Determination and Physical Chemistry and CHEM2220 Analytical and Physical Chemistry

Contact hours—lectures: 2 hrs per week; labs: 50 hrs

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