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KE830: Characterization of Materials (5 ECTS)

STADS: 10012101

Level
Master's level course

Teaching period
The course is offered in the spring semester.

Teacher responsible
Email: dbra@sdu.dk

Additional teachers
ugn@sdu.dk

Timetable
Group Type Day Time Classroom Weeks Comment
Common I Monday 09-11 U8 7-9
Common I Monday 12-14 U153 10-11
Common I Monday 10-12 U156 12
Common I Monday 12-14 U24 15-17
Common I Monday 12-14 U143 18,20
Common I Friday 12-14 U141 10
H1 TL Monday 10-15 *Odense Lokalitet aftales 12 22 Ekskursion
H1 TL Tuesday 14-17 White Lab 9-11
H1 TL Tuesday 14-17 U143 17-18
H1 TL Friday 13-16 U142 20
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Prerequisites:
Bachelor’s degree in chemistry, nanobioscience or chemical engineering; or minor in chemistry.

Academic preconditions:
Students taking the course are expected to:
  • Have knowledge of KE525 (Inorganic chemistry A) + KE801 (Inorganic chemistry B) eller KE827/XC-MSC1 (Basic Solid State Chemistry).
  • Be able to use Windows Office and basic mathematics.
 


Course introduction
The aim of the course is to enable the student to apply several modern experimental techniques for characterization of inorganic and organic materials, and provide insight into how structural information is utilized in material science, which is important in regard to the understanding, research and development of novel materials. 

The course builds on the knowledge acquired in the courses KE525 (Inorganic Chemistry A) and KE801 (Inorganic Chemistry B) or KE827 (Basic Solid State Chemistry), and gives an academic basis for carrying out a master-, research- or PhD-project especially within inorganic or material chemistry.

In relation to the competence profile of the degree it is the explicit focus of the course to:

  • Give the competence to collect and analyse data from a series of modern characterization techniques
  • Give skills to utilize structural information to characterize materials properties
  • Give knowledge and understanding of theoretical and practical aspects of structural characterization and description of materials
 


Expected learning outcome
The learning objective of the course is that the student demonstrates the ability to:
  • describe the processes involved in data collection for the applied characterization techniques
  • Explain the theoretical background for the applied characterization techniques
  • process, interpret and analyze experimental data with the aim of extracting structural information
  • Evaluate and compare the strengths and weaknesses of experimental characterization techniques
  • combine information from different experimental characterization techniques to achieve detailed information about the structure of materials 
 


Subject overview
The following main topics are contained in the course:
  • Crystalline and amorphous materials (How may local and global structure of a material be probed?) 
  • Powder X-ray diffraction (Rietveld refinement – structure refinement and structure determination)
  • Solid state NMR spectroscopy (structure determination, defects, dynamics)
  • Particle size analysis (Rietveld analysis and BET) 
  • Elemental analysis (ICP)
  • Electron microscopy (SEM)  
 


Literature
    Lægges på e-learn.


Website
This course uses e-learn (blackboard).

Prerequisites for participating in the exam
  1. Participation in laboratory exercises is a prerequisite for taking part in examination a. Pass/fail, internal evaluation by teacher. (10012122).
Assessment and marking:
  1. Approval of reports on laboratory work. Pass/fail, internal evaluation by teacher. (1 ECTS). (10012112).
  2. Oral examination. External censorship, Danish 7-mark scale. (4 ECTS). (10012102).
A closer description of the exam rules will be posted under 'Course Information' on Blackboard.
 


Expected working hours
The teaching method is based on three phase model.
Intro phase: 22 hours
Skills training phase: 23 hours, hereof:
 - Laboratory exercises: 18 hours
 - Excursion: 5 hours

Educational activities
  • Writing individual laboratory reports 
  • Preparation for the lectures including literature and assignments
 
Educational form
The theoretical background will be presented in the lectures, whereas the laboratory classes and individual reports facilitate the application and understanding of the acquired knowledge.

Language
This course is taught in Danish or English, depending on the lecturer. However, if international students participate, the teaching language will always be English.

Course enrollment
See deadline of enrolment.

Tuition fees for single courses
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