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MT8104

Electrolysis of Light Metals

Choose study year

Lessons are not given in the academic year 2017/2018

Credits 7.5
Level Doctoral degree level
Language of instruction English

About

About the course

Course content

The course is given every second year, next time will be Autumn 2018.
The course includes fundamental theory for industrial electrowinning in molten salts, with special emphasis on aluminium.

Topics:
- Phase diagrams.
- Electrolyte structure, thermodynamics.
- Physicochemical properties.
- Electrode reactions.
- Current efficiency.
- Metal solubility.
- Inert electrodes.

Learning outcome

The candiate should have a fundamental theoretical understanding of the principles for the production of aluminium molten salts electrolysis.

Learning methods and activities

Lectures and group discussions depending on the number of students.
Voluntary exercises.

Course materials

Parts of the following books and papers:
J. Thonstad, P. Fellner, G.M. Haarberg, J. Hives, H. Kvande and Å. Sterten: Aluminium Electrolysis.
Fundamentals of the Hall-Heroult Process, 3rd edition, Aluminium Verlag, Dusseldorf, 2001.
J. Thonstad: Aluminium Electrolysis, Electrolyte and Electrochemistry, in Advances in Molten Salt
Chemistry 6. ed. G. Mamantov, Elsevier 1987.

Also other papers or book chapters will be included.

Credit reductions

Course code Reduction From
TMT5102 3.7 sp
TMT5105 3.7 sp
This course has academic overlap with the courses in the table above. If you take overlapping courses, you will receive a credit reduction in the course where you have the lowest grade. If the grades are the same, the reduction will be applied to the course completed most recently.

Subject areas

  • Electrochemistry
  • Materials Science and Engineering
  • Technological subjects

Contact information

Department with academic responsibility

Department of Materials Science and Engineering