NAME OF THE COURSE |
New Inorganic Materials |
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Course teacher |
Prof Pero Dabić |
Credits (ECTS) |
5.0 |
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Associate teachers |
Assoc Prof Damir Barbir |
Type of instruction (number of hours) |
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Status of the course |
Elective |
Percentage of application of e-learning |
0 % |
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COURSE DESCRIPTION |
Course objectives |
- Acquiring knowledge of modern inorganic materials with a description of the technology preparation and opportunities to apply - To train students for the preparation and evaluation of properties of individual modern inorganic materials |
Course enrolment requirements and entry competences required for the course |
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Learning outcomes expected at the level of the course (4 to 10 learning outcomes) |
After passing the exam, the student is expected to know: - Define and differentiate types of modern inorganic materials - Introduction of new technology for preparing inorganic materials - Characterized nanostructured materials and their use in the new process technologies - Conclude on the importance of the synthesis of new inorganic materials in modern society - Independent synthesis and evaluation of some new properties of inorganic materials |
Course content broken down in detail by weekly class schedule (syllabus) |
Week 1: Introduction, course content, basic definitions, the importance of research material, sustainable technologies and environmental impact Week 2: Metallic glasses, properties, methods of characterization, methods of preparation, the importance and applications Week 3: Glass-ceramics, properties, methods of characterization, methods of preparation, the importance and applications Week 4: Superconducting materials, historical overview of the discovery, properties and characterization, Meissner effect, Josephson effect Week 5: Superconducting materials, the type I and type II, the application of new technologies based on superconducting materials, application examples Week 6: Based on nanotechnology, historical development and achievements, a review of major nanostructured materials Week 7: Written examination - I Colloquium Week 8: Sol-gel technology, a historical overview of the development, the basic concepts, processes the sol-gel methods, operation sequence to obtain silicate glasses Week 9: Sol-gel technology, processes for forming thin films, getting of powder with application Week 10: Sol-gel technology, obtaining of inorganic membranes with nanopore and active catalytic properties, practical examples applied inorganic membrane Week 11: CVD and PECVD technology preparation of nanostructured materials Week 12: Optical fibers and photosensitive inorganic materials, properties, methods preparation and application Week 13: Bioceramics, basic concepts, types, properties, methods of obtaining and application Week 14: Inorganic polymers, basic concepts, types, properties, methods of obtaining and application Week 15: Written examination - II. colloquium Laboratory exercises: Exercise 1 Preparation of silica sol-gel process Exercise 2 Electrochemical method for preparing colloidal silver Exercise 3 Synthesis of colloidal silver by chemical precipitation Exercise 4 Preparation of stable suspensions of nanoparticles of iron oxide – ferrofluid from aqueous solution Exercise 5 Preparation of photovoltaic cells based on titanium nanocristallic oxide Exercise 6 The synthesis of zeolite A hydrothermally |
Format of instruction: |
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Student responsibilities |
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Screening student work (name the proportion of ECTS credits for eachactivity so that the total number of ECTS credits is equal to the ECTS value of the course): |
Class attendance |
2.5 |
Research |
0.0 |
Practical training |
0.0 |
Experimental work |
1.0 |
Report |
0.2 |
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0.3 |
Essay |
0.0 |
Seminar essay |
0.0 |
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Tests |
1.0 |
Oral exam |
0.0 |
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Written exam |
0.0 |
Project |
0.0 |
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Grading and evaluating student work in class and at the final exam |
Continuous evaluation: The entire test can be laid across two exams during the semester. Pass rate threshold is 60%. Each colloquium in assessing participates with 35%. Laboratory exercises participate in the evaluation of 20%. The presence of lectures in 80-100% amount is 10% of the grade. Final evaluation: Students who have passed one colloquium, it is recognized as part of the exam (35% score). The remaining part shall write in regular examination periods. Written exam if not passed a single colloquium has an interest in the evaluation of 70%, while laboratory exercises have share of 20%. Rating: sufficient (50-61%), good (62-74%), very good (75-87%), excellent (88-100%). |
Required literature (available in the library and via other media) |
Title |
Number of copies in the library |
Availability via other media |
J.K. West, Chemical Processing of Advanced Materials, John Wiley & Sons Inc., New York, 1992. |
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L. Theodore, Nanotechnology-Basic Calculations for Engineers and Scientists, John Wiley & Sons Inc., New York, 2006. |
1 |
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J. D. Wright, N.A.J.M. Sommerdijk, Sol-Gel Materijals, Chemistry and Applications, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 2006. |
1 |
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M. Aparicio, A. Jitianu, L. C. Klein, Sol-Gel Processing for Conventional and Alternative Energy, Springer, New York, 2012. |
1 |
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P. Dabic, Novi anorganski materijali - laboratorijske vježbe, KTF, 2013. |
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WEB KTF-a |
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Optional literature (at the time of submission of study programme proposal) |
R.W. Dull et al., A Teacher`s Guide to Superconductivity for High School Studets, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, WWW-Book, 2001.
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Quality assurance methods that ensure the acquisition of exit competences |
- Methods for Quality assurance will be performed at three levels: (1) University - student survey; (2) Faculty Level by Quality Control Committee of teaching - annual analysis of the performance of examinations; (3) Teacher Level: - Keeping records of class attendance - Monitoring suggestions and reactions of participants during the semester |
Other (as the proposer wishes to add) |
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