PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY III, LABORATORY COURSE
Stampa
Enrollment year
2020/2021
Academic year
2020/2021
Regulations
DM270
Academic discipline
CHIM/02 (PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF CHEMESTRY
Course
CHEMISTRY
Curriculum
Chimica dei Materiali
Year of study
Period
2nd semester (01/03/2021 - 18/06/2021)
ECTS
9
Lesson hours
96 lesson hours
Language
Italian
Activity type
ORAL TEST
Teacher
GHIGNA PAOLO (titolare) - 3 ECTS
BINI MARCELLA - 3 ECTS
QUARTARONE ELIANA - 3 ECTS
Prerequisites
Physical chemistry notions
Learning outcomes
Aim of the course is to provide students with the appropriate practical and conceptual tools for developing advanced techiniques for the synthesis and structural characterization of solids.
At the end of the course, the student should be able to plan the preparation of a material of interest and to characterize it from the point of view of long-and short-range order.
Course contents
The course is divided into three parts:
The first part deals with thethermodynamic and kinetic aspects involved in phase transitions, with particular emphasis to solid state reactivity. Laboratory experiments on the synthesis of materials of technological interest complete this part of the course.
In the second part the structural refinement methods on powder X-ray diffraction data will be treated. In particular, the Rietveld method useful to determine the main structural and microstructural parameters as well as to quantify the crystalline and amorphous components will be described. The corresponding laborarory will be devoted to practical exercises dealing with structural issues of material science
In the third part, the principles of some electrochemical techniques will be explained and some example taken from literature will be analyzed
Teaching methods
For all the three modules, the topics treated during the lessons, will be explained also during the laboratory activities
Reccomended or required readings
Educational material given by the teachers
Assessment methods
Oral exam: the student must demonstrate that he / she has understood all the topics covered during the lessons, with particular emphasis on laboratory exercises
Further information
The course provides tools to pursue objectives 7 and 12 of the UN 2030 agenda
Sustainable development goals - Agenda 2030