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MT8300

Electrolysis of Light Metals 2

Credits 7.5
Level Doctoral degree level
Course start Spring 2011
Duration 1 semester
Language of instruction English
Examination arrangement Oral examination

About

About the course

Course content

The course is given every year. The subject concerns the practical application of the theory of light metal production, with emphasises the aluminium electrolysis. The main topics are: Energy balance and thermochemistry, bath chemistry, additives and physico-chemical properties of bath, alumina, its properties, solubility in the bath, and alumina feeding, current efficiency and energy consumption, magnetic fields,operation of industrial cells, process control, practical improvements of the process in the past, present and in the future.

Learning methods and activities

Voluntary exercises.

Course materials

Literature: K. Grjotheim and H. Kvande (Editors):
"Introduction to Aluminium Electrolysis - Understanding the Hall-Heroult Process", 2nd Edition, Aluminium Verlag, Düsseldorf, 1993.

Credit reductions

Course code Reduction From
DIK3010 7.5 sp
TMT5100 3.7 sp
TMT5102 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
  • Inorganic Chemistry

Contact information

Department with academic responsibility

Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Examination

Examination

Examination arrangement: Oral examination
Grade: Letters

Ordinary examination - Autumn 2010

Oral examination
Weighting 100/100

Ordinary examination - Spring 2011

Oral examination
Weighting 100/100 Date 2011-05-23

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