DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY



DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY CCNY [pic]

Chem B7200 Spring 2010

COLLOIDS AND SURFACE CHEMISTRY

COURSE SYLLABUS

LECTURES

INSTRUCTOR: Professor Teresa J. Bandosz

office : J-1316; [pic]Telephone: (212) 650-6017; E-mail: tbandosz@ccny.cuny.edu

CONSULTING HOURS: Tuesday 5-6:30 pm or by appointment.

TIME: 5 credit hours. On selected Tuesdays or Thursdays 6:00-8:05 pm

This course is a combination of a classical lecture component and a research/ application assignment. We will meet on selected Tuesdays or Thursdays ( see the syllabus) for the lecture component. The lecture notes are included in the Course Documents. Besides attending the lecture will be required to prepare a term paper addressing the specific method of colloid/surface characterization and its applications to real system. You will present your individual research as a Power Point talk at the end of the semester. One cumulative exam is planned.

Wherever you have access to the Internet, you can get to CUNY portal at and then log-in using your username and password (as a registered student you should have one). If you do not have username and password you have to register following the instructions.

You can also get an access to your site following the link to the Blackboard at CCNY portal and Colloids and Surface Science course (CHEM B7200) for Spring 2010.

Please send me the E-mail address which you would like to be used for correspondence if it differs from that used in BB.

TEXT BOOK: Principles of Colloid and Surface Chemistry; Paul C. Himenez.Marcel Dekker…. ( please look at this book at )

WEBSITE:

Blackboard site access via:

GENERAL OBJECTIVE: Colloid and Surface Chemistry is intended to broaden the students understanding of chemical processes taking place in colloidal systems and on the surfaces of solids.. This course draws upon physical chemistry and chemical theromdynamics experience. The knowledge of calculus is also required

CONCEPTUAL THINKING OBJECTIVES:

Reading: cause-effect logic, hypothesis testing, summarizing logic

Writing: cause-effect links, objective designing, experiment planing

Data analysis: relevant data sources, data treatment, qualitative and quantitative evaluation, data consistency, error analysis

Models: cause-effect, correlation, trends

LEARNING ACTIVITIES/ ASSESMENT TOOLS:

Text reading[pic]

exam

Class-time (lecture/discussion) [pic]

Group discussion

Problem solving (individual)

Student-instructor consulting

Writing

Scientific presentation

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HOME ASSIGNMENT: The course requires extensive reading and understanding of each chapter covered during the lecture. Students are encouraged to solve the problems after each chapter to better understand the application of theory they learn

ATTENDANCE: Students are required to attend all lectures.

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TERM PAPER: In addition to lectures students are required to prepare a term paper dealing addressing the colloid/surface characterization of real systems (at least 3500 words). This assignment is based on extended literature study and analysis of the published data. At the end of the term each student is supposed to give a short PRESENTATION summarizing his/her environmental research. Each student can chose a topic according to his/her interests. A deadline to submit the title and short abstract is Feb 11. Term paper is expected to be computer generated. It should consist of Introduction, Results (if applied), Discussion, Conclusion and References Cited according to the scientific format. The paper will be graded by the instructor

GRADING: [pic]

No INCOMPLETE Grade

Final 50%

Term paper 30%

Presentation 20%

To arrange a make up of an exam a note from a doctor,

etc. HAS TO be shown.

HONESTY:

In this course, students are encouraged to discuss the problems on term papers with one another, however the submission of identical work is plagiarism. Also a direct copying from the scientific literature is considered as a plagiarism.

READING LIST (suggestions):

Scientific Journals:

• Colloids and surfaces

• Surface science

• Journal of Colloid and Interface science

• Applied Surface Science

• Journal of Physical Chemistry

• Langmuir

and other relevant WEB resources

Relationship of course to program outcomes:

After completing this course students should:

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|Know the basic processes in which colloids and surfaces are involved. |A, b, c |

|Know the thermodynamics of colloid phenomena in solutions | |

|Be able to describe in chemistry/thermodynamic terms the processes occurring on the surfaces. |a, b, c |

|Be aware how various colloid/surface parameters are linked and used to understand surface phenomena | |

|Be able to evaluate the importance of colloid and surface chemistry for modern industry and real life | |

|applications |a, e |

|Work as part of a team presenting the details of the characterization methods and studies on real systems. | |

|Be able to search data bases to extract the needed information and present it in a concise form |a, e |

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Relationship of course to program outcomes:

The outcome of this course contribute to the following departmental educational outcomes:

Course objective

Numbers

|demonstrate an understanding of the fundamental principles of chemistry, including atomic and molecular |1-4 |

|structure, quantum chemistry, chemical bonding, stoichiometry, kinetics and mechanism, equilibrium, | |

|thermochemistry and thermodynamics, molecular structure and function, electrochemistry, and the periodic chemical| |

|properties of the elements. | |

|apply the fundamental principles of chemistry to life sciences, the environment, materials, engineering, and | |

|emerging technological fields of chemistry, as well as to everyday situations. | |

|apply mathematical concepts to chemical problems | |

|work as part of a problem-solving team |4, 5 |

|convey facts, theories and results about chemistry in written form | |

|use oral presentation to convey facts, theories and results about chemistry | |

|access and utilize chemical information technology | |

|design and execute scientific research |2, 6, 7 |

|apply ethical responsibilities and professional conduct |6 |

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SCHEDULE OF LECTURES [pic]

DATE TOPIC

Jan. 28 1. Colloid and Surface Chemistry: The scope

Feb.2 Research on methods and real systems

Feb.4 Research on methods and real systems

Feb. 9 2. Sedimentation and Diffusion and Their Equilibrium

Feb. 11 3.Solution Thermodynamics: osmotic equilibria

Feb. 16 Research on methods and real systems

Feb. 23 Research on methods and real systems

Feb. 25 4. The viscosity of dilute dispersions

March 2 Research on methods and real systems

March 4 5. Light scattering

March 9 Research on methods and real systems

March 11 6. Surface tension and contact angle

March 16 Research on methods and real systems

March 18 7.Adsoprtion from Solution

March 23 Research on methods and real systems

March 25 8. Colloidal Structures in Surfactant solutions

April 6 Research on methods and real systems

April 8 9. Physical adsorption at the gas-solid interface

April 13 Research on methods and real systems

April 15 10. Van der Waals attractions and flocculations

April 20 Research on methods and real systems

April 22 11. Electrophoresis and other electrokinetic phenomena

April 27 Research on methods and real systems

April 29. EXAM

March 4 Presentations-I/discussion

May 6: Presentations-II/discussion

May 11: Presentations –III/discussion

May 13 Presentation-IV/discussion/ term paper submission

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