UN1001 Reactor Chemistry and Corrosion
(2009 version)

Announcements

• The current session of this course runs from October 31 to December 13, 2009.
• Location: Durham College, Skills Training Centre, Room 1-2 (1610 Champlain Avenue, Whitby, ON).
• Time: 9am start.
• How to get to the Durham Skills training Centre location: Map of the Durham College/UOIT campus.
• It is highly recommended that you review the refresher / prerequisite material for this course to ensure you are ready for UN1001.

Course Description:

Corrosion and its costs, corrosion measurement, general materials and environment affects. Types of corrosion: uniform, galvanic, crevice, pitting, intergranular, selective leaching, erosion-corrosion, stress-corrosion, hydrogen effects. Corrosion testing: materials selection. Electrochemical principles: thermodynamics, electrode kinetics, mixed potentials, practical applications. High temperature corrosion. Nuclear plant corrosion, fossil plant corrosion, other industrial environments.

Prerequisite: Registration in the UNENE Joint M. Eng. Program
Lecturer: Derek Lister, contact information
Assistant Lecturer: Willy Cook, contact information

Course Schedule

• Oct 31 / Nov 1
• November 14/15
• November 28/29
• December 12/13

Course Notes

To come. In the meantime, you can refer to the 2006 version for pre-course study purposes.