Colloid Chemistry

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Department of Nuclear Chemistry

Synopsis:

Dispersion systems, kinetic and optical properties of dispersions, passage through membrane. Properties of phase interfaces, surface energy and wetting, adsorption, electric double layer, electrokinetic phenomena. Lyophobic sols and suspensions, aerosols, emulsions and foams, lyophilic colloidal solutions, gels.

Requirements:

The lecture will be understood by students who master basic knowledge of physics, chemistry and mathematics at the undergraduate level.

Syllabus of lectures:

1.Dispersion systems, basic properties of coarse and colloidal dispersions.

2.Kinetic properties of dispersion systems.

3.Dialysis and ultrafiltration.

4.Optical properties of dispersion systems.

5.Surface energy and wetting.

6.Adsorption from solutions on mobile interfaces.

7.Adsorption of gases on solids.

8.Surface charge, electrokinetic phenomena.

9.Lyophobic sols and suspensions.

10.Aerosols.

11.Emulsions and foams.

12.Lyophilic high molecular weight colloids.

13.Associative colloids,gels.

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Study Objective:

Aim of the course is to give students basic knowledge of physical chemistry of colloidal systems and physicochemical phenomena and processes on surfaces.

Study materials:

1.Key reference: E.D.Shchukin et al.: Colloid and Surface Chemistry, Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam 2001.

2.Recommended references: K.S.Birdi: Surface and Colloid Chemistry: Principles and Applications, CRC Prass, 2009.

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Further information:

No time-table has been prepared for this course

The course is a part of the following study plans: