AFC/FCHM Physico-Chemical Methods of Study of Substances
Subject title: Physico-Chemical Methods of Study of Substances
Abbreviation: AFC/FCHM
Semester taught: Winter semester
Lecturer: Assoc. Prof. Pavel Štarha, Ph.D.
Requirements on students: At least 60% successfulness in final written exam.
Course objectives: The lecture contains overview of selected physico-chemical methods for investigation of compounds, particularly with focus on inorganic compounds and materials.
Content:
- crystallography (crystal, lattice types, Miller's indexes, crystallographic systems, reciprocal lattice)
- symmetry (symmetry elements and operations, multiplication, stereographic projection)
- group theory (point and space groups, symbols, examples)
- stereochemistry of inorganic molecules (ionic, covalent, metal crystals; disorder of structure, non-stoichiometric compounds; semiconductors)
- thermal analysis (principle, TG, DTA, DSC method, applications)
- magnetochemical measurements (Gouy and Faraday method, applications. NMR, EPR)
- spectral methods (IR, UV/VIS, Raman, AAS, Mössbauer)
- X-ray-basic terms (principle, formation, forms, properties, registration, interaction with matter - ESCA, fluorescence, Auger electrons)
- X-ray diffraction methods (Laue, Debye-Scherrer, powder methods, single crystal methods - Weissenberg, precession; type of diffractometers)
- neutron analysis; complete X-ray analysis of compound
- selected physico-chemical methods (mass spectroscopy, measurements of conductivity, dipole moment, circular dichroism)
- polarography; chromatography - possible usage in inorganic chemistry
Literature:
- J. P. Glusker, M. Lewis, M. Rossi, Crystal Structure Analysis for Chemists and Biologists, VCH Publishers, New York, 1994.
- R. Boča, Theoretical foundations of molecular magnetism, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1999.
- J. Lindon, D. Koppenaal, Encyclopedia of spectroscopy and spectrometry, Academic Press, 2010.
- E. Derome, Modern NMR techniques for chemistry research, Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1997.
- T. Hatakeyama, Z. Liu, Handbook of thermal analysis, Wiley, New York, 1998.
- J. A. Weil, J. R. Bolton, Electron paramagnetic resonance, Wiley, New Jersey, 2007.
