The Electrodeposition Module provides engineers the ability to model and simulate the shape and composition of electrodeposits.

COMSOL, Inc. (Burlington, MA) has announced the release of the Electrodeposition Module, a new add-on expansion module for the company's flagship product COMSOL Multiphysics. The Electrodeposition Module provides engineers the ability to model and simulate the shape and composition of electrodeposits. The Electrodeposition module highlights include:

• Work with real CAD geometry models and leading CAD formats.
• Multiple reactions using full electrode kinetic expressions for the charge transfer for estimating the composition of different metals of the deposit and the extent of hydrogen evolution.
• Electroless deposition: Mixed electrode potential and current density calculations at zero net current.
• Shape and composition calculations of electrodeposits using Faraday's law and material balances for the deposited or dissolved metal at the electrode surfaces.
• Moving boundaries with automatic remeshing for large changes in cathode and anode shape.
• Material balances in the electrolyte, including transport by diffusion, migration, convection, and homogenous electrolyte reactions.
• Surface chemistry of adsorbed species.
• Charge balances using electroneutrality or Poisson's equation.
• Current and potential distribution in the electrolyte, at the electrode surfaces, and in the electrodes in the cell.
• Fluid flow and heat transfer coupled to ion transport, electric conduction in the electrode, and electrode charge transfer reactions.

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