Exercises in Electrodeposition

NAME OF THE COURSE

Code

KTA314

Year of study

Course teacher

Prof Ladislav Vrsalović

Credits (ECTS)

1.0

Associate teachers

Type of instruction (number of hours)

P	S	V	T
0	0	12	3

Status of the course

Elective

Percentage of application of e-learning

0 %

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Course objectives

To familiarize students with the basic principles of electrodeposition.
To present students the practical problems and applications of electrodeposition.
Students will acquire the basic theoretical and practical knowledge important for a work in electroplating facilities.

Course enrolment requirements and entry competences required for the course

Enrolled in or passed the course Electrodeposition

Learning outcomes expected at the level of the course (4 to 10 learning outcomes)

After completion of the training, students are expected to know:
- Distinguish different methods of production metal coatings.
- Select the most suitable metalic coating for the corresponding metal surfaces.
- Independently calculate the required process parameters for conducting the electroplating.
- Determine the thickness of the obtained metallic coatings.

Course content broken down in detail by weekly class schedule (syllabus)

1. Nickel electroplating
2. Copper electroplating
3. Influence of additives on electrodeposition of bright nickel.
4. Determination of mechanisms of coumarin adsorption on Pt-electrode.
5. Electroless formation of metallic coatings.
6. Field work in hot dip galvanizing facility Adriacink d.o.o.

Format of instruction:

Student responsibilities

laboratory exercises, field work, writing reports

Screening student work (name the proportion of ECTS credits for eachactivity so that the total number of ECTS credits is equal to the ECTS value of the course):

Class attendance	0.0	Research	0.0	Practical training	0.5
Experimental work	0.5	Report	0.5
Essay	0.0	Seminar essay	0.0
Tests	0.5	Oral exam	0.0
Written exam	0.0	Project	0.0

Grading and evaluating student work in class and at the final exam

Preliminary exams, writing reports.

Required literature (available in the library and via other media)

Title	Number of copies in the library	Availability via other media
J. Radošević, S. Gudić, Procesi galvanotehnike, upute za vježbe, kemijsko-tehnološki fakultet 1999.	0

Optional literature (at the time of submission of study programme proposal)

J. A. Poyner, Electroplating, Argus Books Ltd., England 1991.;
I. Esih, Osnove površinske zaštite, Fakultet strojarstva i brodogradnje, Zagreb 2003.;
G. O. Mallory, J. B. Hajdu, Electroless plating: fundamentals and applications, Noyes Publications Mnlliam Andrew Publishing, LLC, New York, 1991.

Quality assurance methods that ensure the acquisition of exit competences

Keeping records of student attendance; student survey in order to evaluate teachers, self-evaluation of teachers, feedback from students who have already graduated to relevance of curriculum.

Other (as the proposer wishes to add)