Enrollment year
2014/2015
Academic discipline
CHIM/02 (PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF CHEMESTRY
Curriculum
CHIMICA ORGANICA
Period
2nd semester (01/03/2015 - 20/06/2015)
Lesson hours
96 lesson hours
Prerequisites
Elementary Physical Chemistry, Crystallography and Group Theory
Learning outcomes
Aim of the course is to give to the students the main tools for understanding the structures of solids
Course contents
The course is divided into two parts:
the first part deals with the thermodynamics and kinetics involved in phase transformations; The relations between defects and system properties are discussed: defects, conductivity, diffusivity and transport numbers in non- stoichiometric compounds (transition metal oxides, sulfides etc.); nucleation and growth of nuclei, kinetics of solid state transformations; Several models are used to describe the nucleation, growth and decomposition reactions of solids
The second part is a detailed description of the space groups by the International Tables for Crystallography; Special emphasis is given to the group - subgroup relations, symmorphicity, and the procedure for construction of a space group.
Teaching methods
The concepts discussed in the class, for both modules, are illustrated by laboratory experiments.
Reccomended or required readings
International Tables For X-Ray Crystallography;
P. Glazer and A. M. Burns, Space Groups for Solid State Scientists, Elsevier
Assessment methods
Oral Examination
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