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 Introduction to Process Chemistry 1 - CHEN2061
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Contact: Heuts,Johan Pieter Anna
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
Contact Hours per Week: 6
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: CHEM1021 or CHEM1041
 
 
Offered: Session One
 
 
Fee Band: 2
 
  

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Definitions of classical thermodynamics. Pressure-volume -temperature properties of industrially important fluids. Applications of thermochemistry in industry. Conversion of heat into work. Concept of lost work. Heat engines and refrigeration cycles. General properties of solutions. Maximum conversion of reactants in batch and flow reactors. Reactor design and chemical kinetics. Reaction rates in industrial batch and flow reactors. Electrochemical principles in the context of important industrial electrochemical processes. Properties and applications of electrolytes. Industrial electrochemical processes, electrodes and cells. Surface phenomena. An integrated laboratory incorporating experiments designed to demonstrate the principles covered in the lecture material.

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