Area: | Department of Applied Chemistry |
Credits: | 25.0 |
Contact Hours: | 6.0 |
Lecture: | 2 x 1 Hours Weekly |
Laboratory: | 4 x 1 Hours Weekly |
Prerequisite(s): | 8025 (v.4) Physical Chemistry 201 or any previous version
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8026 (v.4) Physical Chemistry 202 or any previous version
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8029 (v.3) Inorganic Chemistry 201 or any previous version
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8030 (v.4) Inorganic Chemistry 202 or any previous version
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Syllabus: | Interfacial and colloid chemistry, electrical double layer. Electrochemical reactions, kinetics and techniques. Experiment design, hydrodynamics and apparatus. Applications - batteries, corrosion and protection, fuel cells. Analysis of solids by X-ray diffraction and electron microscopy. Theories of nucleation and crystal growth. Polymers - radical, cationic and anionic polymerisation processes, physical and mechanical properties of polymers. |
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Unit Outcomes: | To provide a sound grounding in chemical science relating to the theory and applications of nanotechnology. To gain experience in a range of experimental methods for analysis at the nanoscale. |
Texts and references listed below are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Some units taught offshore are modified at selected locations. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information and approved offshore variations to unit information before finalising study and textbook purchases. |
Unit References: | Shaw, D. J. (1980). Introduction to Colloid and Surface Chemistry. 3rd ed. Butterworths. Crow, D. R. (1994). Principles and Applications of Electrochemistry. 4th Ed. London. Chapman and Hall. Mullin, J.W. (1997). 3rd Ed. Crystallization. Butterworth-Heinemann. Myerson, A.S. (1993). Handbook of Industrial Crystallization. Butterworth-Heinemann. |
Unit Texts: | Online Lecture notes. |
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Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Laboratories and Assignments 30%, End of Semester Examination 70%. This is by grade/mark assessment. |
Field of Education: | 10500 Chemical Sciences (Narrow Grouping) | HECS Band (if applicable): | 2 |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information: | Not Online | Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
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Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | Y | | |
Area
External | refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research. |
Central
External | refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area |
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