C7780 Inorganic Materials Chemistry

Faculty of Science
Autumn 2001
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. RNDr. Jiří Pinkas, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Jiří Pinkas, Ph.D.
Chemistry Section – Faculty of Science
Prerequisites
Thorough knowledge of principles and facts covered by the courses of General, Inorganic, Organic, and Physical Chemistry is required.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
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Course objectives
This course covers the basic principles of Materials Chemistry with the emphasis on inorganic materials. The lecture focuses on the relation between structure and propertis of materials. Synthetic methods are grouped according to the physical state of reactants: solid, liquid, and gaseous. Manufacture of different shapes is also covered.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction, Materials Science, Materials Chemistry, Chemical Synthesis of Materials.

    2. Physicochemical Methods of Materials Characterization.

    3. Basic Inorganic Structure Types. Metals, Ionic, and Covalent Compounds. Defects.

    4. Electronic Structure of Solids, Chemical Bonding, Band Theory.

    5. Electrical, Mechanical, Thermal, Optical, Magnetic Properties of Materials.

    6. Direct Reaction of Solids, Synthesis of Spinel, Kirkendall Ratio.

    7. Carbothermal Reduction, Self-Sustaining Reactions, Combustion Reactions, Polymer Pyrolysis, Mechanochemical Synthesis, Microwave-Assisted Synthesis.

    8. Dry High-Pressure Methods, Detonation Reactions, Diamond Synthesis, Hard Materials.

    9. Vapor Phase Transport, Aerosol Routes, Flame Hydrolysis.

    10. Precursor Methods, Flux or Molten Salt Method, Ionic Liquids, Sonochemical Synthesis.

    11. Sol-gel Methods, Hydrothermal Synthesis.

    12. Zeolites, Mesoporous Materials, Layered Materials, Intercalation.

    13. Growth of Single Crystals.

    14. Synthesis of Thin Films, Chemical Vapor Deposition, Self-Assembled Monolayers.

    15. Nanostructured Materials.
Literature
  • WELLER, Mark. Inorganic Materials Chemistry. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 1994. ISBN 0-19-855799-X. info
  • MÜLLER, Ulrich. Inorganic Structural Chemistry. 2nd ed. John Wiley & Sons., 1993. ISBN 0-471-93717-7. info
  • CALLISTER, William D., Jr. Materials Science and Engineering, An Introduction. 4th ed. John Wiley and Sons, 1997. ISBN 0-471-13459-7. info
  • SMART, Lesley and Elaine MOORE. Solid state chemistry : an introduction. 2nd ed. London: Chapman & Hall, 1995, xiv, 379 s. ISBN 0-412-62220-3. info
  • SEGAL, David. Chemical Synthesis of Advanced Ceramic Materials. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1989. ISBN 0-521-35436-6. info
  • INTERRANTE, L. V. and M. J. HAMPDEN-SMITH. Chemistry of Advanced Materials, An Overview. New York: Wiley-VCH, 1998. ISBN 0-471-18590-6. info
  • BRUCE, D. W. and D. O'HARE. Inorganic Materials. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, 1997. ISBN 0-471-96036-5. info
  • YANAGIDA, H., K. KUNIHITO, M. MIYAYAMA and H. YAMADA. The Chemistry of Ceramics. John wiley & Sons, 1996. ISBN 0-471-96733-5. info
  • HOFFMANN, Roald. Solids and Surfaces. New York: VCH Publishers, 1988. ISBN 0-89573-709-4. info
  • KODAS, T. and M. HAMPDEN-SMITH. The Chemistry of Metal CVD. Weinheim: VCH Weinheim, 1994. ISBN 3-527-29071-0. info
  • KRATOCHVÍL, Bohumil. Chemie a fyzika pevných látek 1. Praha: Vysoká škola chemicko-technologická, 1994, 233 s. ISBN 80-7080-196-4. info
  • KRATOCHVÍL, Bohumil. Základy fyziky a chemie pevných látek II. Praha: Vysoká škola chemicko-technologická, 1990, 160 s. ISBN 80-7080-055-0. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Lectures, 3 graded homeworks, 1 short presentation, written final exam
Language of instruction
English
Follow-Up Courses
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2007 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Autumn 1999, Autumn 2010 - only for the accreditation, Autumn 2000, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011 - acreditation, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
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