Syllabus

LEARNING OUTCOMES

After the course the student will be able to

1. Apply the basic concepts of structural chemistry, such as unit cell, lattice parameters, crystal system, and space group.
2. Search crystal structures of inorganic solid-state compounds from databases, analyze and visualize the crystal structures.
3. Analyze bonding in solid state chemistry: Electronegativity, radii and packing of atoms, ligand field theory, band theory.
4. Describe synthesis methods used in solid state chemistry and read the information given in various phase diagrams.
5. Analyze information from various structure characterization methods and utilize powder X-ray diffraction data for phase identification.
6. Explain basic structure-property correlations of various inorganic materials.

Credits: 5

Schedule: 08.01.2024 - 28.02.2024

Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):

Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Antti Karttunen

Contact information for the course (applies in this implementation):

CEFR level (valid for whole curriculum period):

Language of instruction and studies (applies in this implementation):

Teaching language: English. Languages of study attainment: English

CONTENT, ASSESSMENT AND WORKLOAD

Content

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Structure, bonding, synthesis, and characterization of solid state materials.

  Use of crystal structure databases, visualization of crystal structures, interpretation of phase diagrams, and phase identification with powder X-ray diffraction data.

  Application of the above core concepts to various main group compounds and transition metal compounds.

Assessment Methods and Criteria

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Weekly exercises and independent project work.

Workload

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Lectures, combined with exercises

  Home problem solving

  Independent project work

  Course can be completed remotely.

DETAILS

Substitutes for Courses

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Substitutes for Courses

Prerequisites

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Prerequisites

FURTHER INFORMATION

Further Information

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Teaching Language : English

  Teaching Period : 2022-2023 Spring III - IV
  2023-2024 Spring III - IV

  A course implementation may be cancelled if the number of students enrolled to the course implementation does not meet the required minimum of five students. In the case of cancelled course implementations, the students enrolled to them must be provided with an alternative way of completing the course or be advised to take some other applicable course.

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