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TKP4115

Surface and Colloid Chemistry

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Credits 7.5
Level Third-year courses, level III
Course start Spring 2025
Duration 1 semester
Language of instruction English
Location Trondheim
Examination arrangement School exam

About

About the course

Course content

The course consists of lectures and guided exercises. In the lectures, a survey of various colloidal systems (suspensions, emulsions, self-assembly systems) is given. An introduction into interfacial phenomena (surface tension, wetting, adsorption and the electrical double layer) and intermolecular (van der Waals) forces of significance for colloidal stability is given. Fundamental principles for experimental methods for measuring the phenomena are presented. Examples of the practical significance of colloidal systems in everyday life and industrial processes are provided, and a simple computer program is created. The guided exercises consists of computational and theoretical exercises related to principles and theories presented in the lectures.

Learning outcome

At the end of the course the studens should be able to: - Describe colloidal systems and interfacial phenomena. - Describe fundamental principles and theories for stabilisation/destabilisation of colloidal systems. - Analysis and quantitative determination of the interfacial phenomena and behaviour of colloidal systems, using fundamental principles and theories, as well as basic knowledge within chemistry, physics and mathematics. - Identify problems in industrial processes with origin in surface and colloid chemistry.

Learning methods and activities

Lectures and guided exercises, of which 5 of 9 are compulsory.

Compulsory assignments

  • Exercises

Further on evaluation

If there is a re-sit examination, the examination may change from written to oral.

Course materials

"Introduction to Applied Colloid and Surface Chemistry" G.M.Kontogeorgis, S.Kiil. Handouts.

Credit reductions

Course code Reduction From
SIK2020 7.5 sp
KP8905 7.5 sp Autumn 2013
This course has academic overlap with the courses in the table above. If you take overlapping courses, you will receive a credit reduction in the course where you have the lowest grade. If the grades are the same, the reduction will be applied to the course completed most recently.

Subject areas

  • Technological subjects

Contact information

Course coordinator

Lecturers

Department with academic responsibility

Department of Chemical Engineering