Undergraduate Course: Properties and Reactions of Matter Level 10 (CHEM10021)
Course Outline
| School | School of Chemistry |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | A lecture course covering key areas of advanced physical chemistry, building on previous courses to provide an advanced treatment of the structure and chemistry of solids, surfaces, interfaces and gas-phase atoms, ions and molecules. The course comprises individual lectures on: Electrochemistry, Colloids, Solid State Chemistry, Surface Chemistry and Reaction Dynamics, Ions and Excited States. Either the Level 10 or Level 11 version of this course (as specified in the degree programme tables) is a compulsory requirement for Year 4/5 students on degrees in Chemistry and Chemistry with Materials Chemistry, but can be taken by Year 4/5 students on any Chemistry degree programme. |
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Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- - understand electrochemical kinetics, and the factors influencing the kinetics of reaction at an electrode
- - appreciate the different types of colloid systems and the factors that determine their properties, interactions and stability
- - understand the mechanism of conductivity in ionic solids, and the ways in which chemists can design materials with enhanced solid state conductivity, and use them in electrochemical devices
- - discuss the physical basis and application of key spectroscopic and diffraction techniques in studying surfaces and molecules adsorbed thereon, including XPS, UPS, AES, SPM, EELS and RAIRS
- - demonstrate how the concept of electronic configuration can be applied to the excited states of atoms and molecules
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Reading List
Basic:
Inorganic Materials Chemistry, M. T. Weller, Oxford.
Solid State Chemistry, L. Smart and E. Moore, Chapman and Hall.
Basic Solid State Chemistry, A.R. West, Wiley.
More detailed:
Solid State Chemistry and Its Applications, A.R. West, Wiley.
New Directions in Solid State Chemistry, C.N.R. Rao and J. Gopalakrishnan, Cambridge.
Solid State Chemistry: Techniques, Eds. A.K.Cheetham and P. Day, Clarendon.
Solid State Chemistry: Compounds, Eds. A.K.Cheetham and P. Day, Clarendon.
Molecular Crystals, J. D. Wright, Cambridge.
Reference:
Structural Inorganic Chemistry, A.F. Wells, Oxford.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Note-taking skills
Numerical data interpretation and analysis
Unseen problem solving skills |
| Additional Class Delivery Information |
30 hours lectures + 6 hours tutorials, at times arranged. |
| Keywords | PROM(L10) |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof John Attfield
Tel: (0131 6)51 7229
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Course secretary | Mr Craig Smith
Tel: (0131 6)50 4710
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