Syllabus 2007/2008 KOO045

Syllabus academic year 2007/2008

MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

KOO045

Higher education credits: 7,5. Grading scale: TH. Level: A (Second level). Language of instruction: The course might be given in English. KOO045 overlap following cours/es: FFFN05. Compulsory for: K4m, N4nm. Optional for: N4. Course coordinator: Jan-Olov Bovin, jan-olov.bovin@polymat.lth.se och Jan-Olle Malm, jan-olle.malm@polymat.lth.se, Materialkemi. Recommended prerequisits: KOO101 Fundamental Chemistry, KOO022 Inorganic Chemistry, KOO052 Materials- and Polymer Technology. Assessment: Written final exam (gives the grade). Passed oral presentation of project report. Passed project report (as Internet web-page). Home page: http://www.materialkemi.lth.se.

Aim
The course should give advanced knowledge in solid state structural chemistry and materials chemistry including relevant methods of characterisation and synthesis. The course should also deepen the knowledge of the relationship between atomic structure and the chemical and physical properties of a material.

Knowledge and understanding
For a passing grade the student must

be able to explain and describe industrially important methods for synthesis of solid materials
be able to understand and describe methods for structural analysis of solid materials.
be able to explain and describe chemical and physical properties in solid materials.

Skills and abilities
For a passing grade the student must

be able to analyse structural relationships between solid materials.
be able to build structural models in three dimensions as well as graphically present the models.
be able to analyse the relationship between atomic structure and properties in solid materials.
be able to analyse and calculate atomic distances in crystalline materials.
be able to interpret and perform calculations from phase diagrams.

Judgement and approach
For a passing grade the student must

be able to summarise and analyse a field of materials in a project presentation using an Internet web-page.
be able to perform an oral presentation for colleagues having the same, or higher level of knowledge.

Contents
The course covers the main areas; atomic structure in inorganic materials, methods for structural characterisation of crystalline materials, synthesis of crystalline materials, the relationship between atomic structure and physical properties. The course also covers description of defects in crystalline materials. The structure of some inorganic materials is studied by means of graphical modelling in three dimensions together with practical model building. The project work comprises a presentation of materials used in a specific field of applications of products. As a tool in the project work an international inorganic structural database and visualisation software is used. The project work is presented as an Internet web-page and as an oral presentation.

Literature
Smart, L and Moore, E: Solid State Chemistry, An Introduction, 2nd or 3rd ed. CRC 2005. ISBN: 0-7487-7516-1.