| 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 end-of-semester examination (50 per cent), mid-semester assessment (20 per cent) and laboratory work (30 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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