Materials- and Electro Chemistry, Project Work

Laboratory furnaces, measurement and control of temperature. Vacuum techniques and work in inert atmosphere. Working techniques in electro- and inorganic chemistry. Synthesis of inorganic materials. Demonstration of several measuring- and analysis methods, both theoretical and practical. Thermal analysis, X-ray diffraction, electron microscopy and optical microscopy, microanalysis and FTIR spectroscopy. Voltametry, current step, reference electrodes, potentiostat, impedance analysis and transient methods.

The objective is to give the students a wide introduction to the experimental techniques, relevant both to electro- and materials chemistry.

Exercises, demonstrations and written project work. The students are guided through a number of experimental methods and techniques, essential for the reasearch activites at the department. A 7-weeks assignment will be carried out by the students and presented the end of the semester. Lectures are given in English on demand.