course:

Electrochemical And Chemical Aspects of Materials – An Experimental Approach

type:

lecture + exercises

lecturer:

Wing Fong Chu

semester:

WS

hours per week:

3

ECTS credits:

4

content:

1. Some general aspects General features of bond formation, important definitions and laws,
2. Thermochemistry,
3. Homogeneous chemical equilibria,
4. Heterogeneous equilibria and chemical kinetics,
5. Equilibria involving ions,
6. Ions in solution,
7. Electromotive force,
8. Chemical energy and electrical energy: electrochemistry,
9. The corrosion system: Material / corroding media,
10.Principles of corrosion,
11.Investigation of the corrosion resistance and corrosion protection,

literature:

P.W. Atkins, The Elements of Physical Chemistry
J.C. Anderson, K.D. Leaver, R.D. Rawlings and J.M. Alexander, Materials Science
Walter J. Moore, Physikalische Chemie
Gustav Kortüm, Lehrbuch der Elektrochemie
Gerd Wedler, Lehrbuch der Physikalischen Chemie
 

requirements:

B. Sc. Master Students of 1. Semester
No further requirements, only that students should have taken courses in Chemistry and Physical Chemistry in their B. Sc. study

examination: