Code |
Course Name |
Language |
Type |
KIM 472 |
Electrochemistry |
Turkish |
Elective |
Local Credits |
ECTS |
Theoretical |
Tutorial |
Laboratory |
3 |
5 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
Course Prerequisites and Class Restriction |
Prerequisites |
None |
Class Restriction |
4.Class |
Course Description |
Introduction to Electrochemistry, history, conductivity; weak and strong electrolytes, Kohlraus, Onsager, Arrhenius, Oswald Law, Debye Huckel Law; activity, activity coefficient, ionic strength, Junction potential, half-cell potential, Electrode types, Cell diagrams, Galvanic Cells; E0, spontaneity, undesired Galvanic cell; corrosion Nernst equation, thermodynamic functions, electrochemical techniques applications; potentiometry; i)-EMF measurements; the difference between the Galvanic and electrolytic cells, Keq(equilibrium constant), Ksp(the solubility product constant), pH of a solution, activity coefficient, obtaining enthalpy and entropy of a cell from temperature coefficient of a cell, ii)Potentiometric titration, electrolytic cell, Faraday laws, transfer numbers, overpotential, industrial applications(electroplating, chloro-alkali prosess, metal refining), other electrochemical techniques; conductometric titration, chronopotentiometry, chronoamperometry, chronocoulometry voltammetry (lineer, cyclic, square wave, pulse) prop techniques, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), electrochemical synthesis and characterization of electroactive polymers, electrochemical characterization of devices; capacitor, battery, fuel cell, solar cell, electrochromic device, organic light devices (OLED), electrochemical sensors and applications, corrosion; types, measurements, protection methods. |
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