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METE523 MOLTEN SALT ELECTROLYSIS

Course Code:	5700523
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week):	3(3-0)
ECTS Credit:	8.0
Language of Instruction:	English
Level of Study:	Graduate
Course Coordinator:	Prof.Dr. İSHAK KARAKAYA
Offered Semester:	Fall Semesters.

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Course Content

Physicochemical properties of melts; structure of melts. Thermodynamics of molten salt mixtures; activity models, melts with common ion, complex formation, reciprocal salt systems. Galvanic concentration cells, membrane potential. Electrolysis in molten salts, Faraday's law, metal solubility, current efficiency, electrode kinetics. Industrial applications; Hall-Heroult process, magnesium electrolysis.

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