Subject Code: ML4L003 Name: Electrochemical Methods in metallurgy L-T-P:3-0-0 Credit:3
Pre-Requisites: Thermodynamics of materials, Chemical Metallurgy
Overview of electrode processes; nature of electrode-electrolyte interface and electrode double layer theory; cell potential and mixed potential; electrode kinetics; Arrhenius equation and potential energy surfaces; Types of overvoltage; Effect of electrode potential on electrode kinetics; Tafel relation as a special case of Butler-Volmer Equation;
Potential step methods; Chronoamperometry; polarography and pulse voltametry; galvanostatic and controlled current methods; hydrodynamic methods; mass transfer by migration and diffusion; impedance spectroscopy; adsorption and double layer theory; scanning probe methods; couple characterization; case studies.
Texts/Reference Books:
  • Bard, A. J., & Faulkner, L. R., Electrochemical methods: fundamentals and applications, Vol.25, 2nd Edn.,Wiley and Sons, 2013.
  • Pletcher, D., & Walsh, F. C., Industrial electrochemistry, Springer, 1990.