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 Prof. Khaled Habib Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR), Kuwait |
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| Title: NOVEL ELECTROCHEMICAL-EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY OF METALS BY WHITE LIGHT INTERFEROMETRY | |
| Abstract: A white light, i.e., Fabry-Perot, interferometry was unprecedently applied to determine the rate change of the current density (J) of aluminum samples during the anodization processes of the samples in aqueous solutions. The current density(J) values were obtained by Fabry-Perot interferometry rather than the direct current (DC) or alternating current (AC), methods. Therefore, the abrupt rate change of the J was called Electrochemical-emission spectroscopy. The anodization of the aluminum samples was conducted by an external DC source in 0.0,2,4,6,8,10% sulphuric acid (H2SO4) solutions at room temperature. In the meantime, the Fabry-Perot interferometry was used to determine the difference between the J of two subsequent values, dJ, as a function of the elapsed time of the DC experiment for the aluminum samples in 0.0,2,4,6,8,10% H2SO4 solutions. The Fabry-Perot interferometry was based on a fiber-optic sensor in order to make real time-white light interferometry possible at the aluminum surfaces in the sulphuric acid solutions. As a result, a new spectrometer was developed based on the combination of the Fabry-Perot, i.e., white light, interferometry and DC method for studying in situ the electrochemical behavior of metals in aqueous solutions. | |
| Biography: Dr. Khaled Habib holds a Ph.D in Chemical and Materials Engineering from the Optical Science and Technological Center of University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA, 1988. Mr. Habib was a Post Doctoral Fellow at the Chemical Engineering Dept., and Materials science Dept., of the Technical University of Aachen, Aachen, Germany, 1991-1992. Mr. Habib is a senior research scientist/a full research professor with KISR (Kuwait). He specializes in “Laser optical interferometry as non-destructive testing (NDT) methods of materials evaluation in corrosive media, corrosion, and nano-structures of metallic glasses”. Mr. Habib has in his credit more than 132 articles in international refereed journals in his area of specialization. He is a fellow of the international Society of Photo- electronics and Optics (SPIE) and a senior member of Optics Society of America (OSA). Also, he is an elected international member of the international Corrosion Council (ICC). | |
