Chemical Metallurgy II

Course content

Generalised treatment of thermodynamic and kinetic principles of refining processes. Refining of lead, fire refining of copper, steelmaking. Gases and inclusions in metals, degassing, deoxidation, desulfurization, stirring and injection processes. Special refining processes. Thermodynamic and kinetic principles of electrochemical systems and processes. Reversible electrode potentials, polarization, recovery of metals from aqueous and fused salt solutions. Electrorefining, electroplating, electropolishing processes, anodizing and integral coloring. Melting, remelting and melt preparation.