solidstate

Solid State Chemistry/Festkörperchemie

(3h lecture + 2h seminar/exercise, 5 ECTS-credits)
- Exercises, space groups and symmetry, X-ray structure analysis

- Lecture notes Deiseroth part1 part2 part3

- Master course (IGS, 2nd Semester, elective, WPI and II)
- HSI: Anorganische Festkörperchemie (nur Vorlesung)
- HSII: Anorganische Chemie IV (nur Vorlesung)

Start: Friday 25th April

Joint lecture by:
Prof. Dr. H.J. Deiseroth, Dr. C. Reiner
Prof. Dr. H. Haeuseler
Prof. Dr. B. Engelen

(Lecture : Friday 8-10, Exercise: Thursday 10-12, room: by arrangement)

Written examinations:

4^th examination: Monday, April, 5^th 2004 14h, AR-F 002

Textbooks:
- Shriver, Atkins: Inorganic Chemistry
- A.R. West: Basic Solid State Chemistry
(both existing in english and german versions)

Contents
Lecture: The lecture covers different aspects of Advanced Solid State Chemistry oriented towards research projects, scientific equipment and preparative problems in diploma and master thesis as well as PhD thesis works in the Inorganic Chemistry division
Part 1
- lattice energy and chemical bonding in solids (De)
- advanced structural chemistry (De)
- layer structures and intercalation (Ha)
- glas and amorphous solids (Ha)

Part 2 (Methods (some with practical demonstrations))
- Vibrational Spectroscopy (Ha)
- space groups and symmetry (En)
- X-ray structure analysis (En)
- Scanning Electron Microscopy (De/Re)
- Impedance Spectroscopy and other methods (De/Mi)

Part 3
- applications of solids: conductivity, ceramics (De)
- Hydrogen bonding in Solids (En)
- Phase diagrams (En)
- chemical preparation (Ha)

Exercise: The exercises will intensify the subjects treated in the lectures.

Written examination
The written examination covers the contents of the lecture and consists of 10 exercises (max. 10 credits each, minimum 50 credists of 100 possible)

(further up-to date informations: see this homepage during lecture time)

Important Links:

1. General informationen (chemistry dictionary etc., german)
http://www.chemie.de

3. Periodic table:
http://www.vs-c.de
http://www.webelements.com
http://www.seilnacht.tuttlingen.com/

4. Experiments:
http://www.cci.ethz.ch/index.html

5. Diffraction
http://www.matter.org.uk/diffraction/