Course: Introduction into Methods of Material

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Course title Introduction into Methods of Material
Course code KFC/PGSMC
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Doctoral
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 20
Language of instruction Czech, English
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Berka Karel, prof. RNDr. Ph.D.
  • Prucek Robert, doc. RNDr. Ph.D.
Course content
In the course of the lectures the attention will be devoted to thermography, magnetochemistry, crystallographic methods, microscopic methods, Mossbauer spectroscopy, methods of size distribution study, and viscoelastic properties of the substances 1. Optical Microscopy 2. Electron Microscopy 3. AFM - Atomic Force Microscopy 4. Crystals, types of crystallographic structures, examples of stereochemistry of the chosen substances 5. X-Ray analysis - monocrystallic and powder methods 6. Methods of Thermic Analysis 7. Magnetochemistry (theoretical introduction, basic terms and definitions, quantities; paramagnetism, diamagnetism and their chemical interpretations; measurements of magnetic susceptibility) 8. Mossbauer spectroscopy 9. Study of surface energy of solid state substances 10. Methods of size distribution study 11. Excursion - introduction into instrumental techniques

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training)
  • Preparation for the Exam - 0 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The lectures are aimed on the main physical-chemical methods of solid-state substances study.
ability to evaluate particular methods and procedures, explain results obtained by experimental methods used in material chemistry
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam

Recommended literature
  • Boudroux E. A., Mulay L. N. (1976). Theory and applications of molecular paramagnetism. Wiley&Sons N.Y.
  • Ed. C. Giacivazzo. (1992). Fundamentals of Crystallography. Oxford University Press, IUCr, ().
  • Fišer J. (2002). Úvod do molekulové symetrie (Aplikace teorie grup v chemii). Vydavatelství UP Olomouc.
  • Kubínek, R. (1986). Experimentální metody biofyziky-rastrovací elektronová mikroskopie. Učební text UP Olomouc.
  • Kubínek, R.-Mašláň, M.-Vůjtek, M. (2002). Mikroskopie skenující sondou. UP Olomouc.
  • Prosser, V. a kol. (1989). Experimentální metody biofyziky. Academia Praha.
  • Rosický, J. (1989). Termická analýza. Praha, dočasná VŠ učebnice.


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