COURSE UNIT TITLE

: THERMAL METHODS OF ANALYSIS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KIM 5029 THERMAL METHODS OF ANALYSIS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR MEHMET KADIR YURDAKOÇ

Offered to

Chemistry
Chemistry

Course Objective

Instrumental techniques form an essential part of a good curriculum in the field of quality control and research & development department of various industries. This course has been designed specially for the industrial chemists to make them familiar with theoretical and practical analytical aspects of thermal methods of analysis at an advanced level.The methods of thermal analysis are almost universally applied to a large number of analytical problems in the fields of metallurgy, paint and ink science, ceramics, mineralogy, food thecnology, inorganic and organic chemistry, polymer chemistry, geochemistry and others. In this course, TG, DTG, DTA, DSC, TMA, TPO and TPR will be given in the view of intersting examples.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   At the end of this course, the student will be able to; have information on thermal events and reactions
2   dominates thermal analysis and effect of heat on materials
3   learn thermal analysis techniques (TG/DTG, DTA, DSC, TMA, DTMA, TPR/TPO and EVG...etc...)
4   use thermal analyser
5   Interpret the results of thermal analysis data

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to thermal methods
2 Thermogravimetry (TG), Derivative Termogravimetry (DTG): Thermobalances and Accessory Equipment, Furnace and Temperature Programmer, Data recording unit, Temperature Calibration, sample, Atmosphere, Heating rate,
3 Applications of Thermogravimetry, TG Reports
4 Differential Thermal Analysis (DTA) and Differential Scanning Calorimetry(DSC): Instrumentation, Temperature Measurement, Enthalpy Measurement, Polymer Melting(Initial Crystallinity)
5 Reaction Rate Kinetics, Glass Transition of Polymers, Applications of Differential Thermal Analysis (DTA) and Differential Scanning Calorimetry(DSC)
6 Kinetic models; Applications of the models to calculate the activation energy, rate constant and A value.
7 Midterm
8 Thermomechanical, dynamic mechanical and associated methods (TMA, DTMA)
9 Evolved Gas Detection and Evolved Gas Analysis
10 Temperature Programmed Reduction and Oxidation (TPR/TPO)
11 Dilatometry, Interferometry and thermometric titration and related techniques
12 Problem solving and applications of thermal methods, Appendix: Solutions to Problems
13 General Evaluation and Make-up and discussions on recent articles in thermal methods of analysis
14 Homework discussions and presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

1. P. J. Haines, M. Reading, Thermal Methods of Analysis-Principles, Applications and Problems, Jon Wiley&Sons, ISBN: 0471986623, p.349, 1995.
2. Wesley William Wendlandt, Thermal Analysis,3rd Edition, Springer Verlag, ISBN: 0387982620, p. 832, 1986.
3. J.W. Dodd, K.H. Tonge, Thermal Methods, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd (1987).
4. P. Gobbott, Principles and Applications of Thermal Analysis, Blackwell Publishing (2008).

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Fourteen, three-hour lectures backed up with one midterm examination and one workshop and interactive presentations. All the didactic material is preliminary available to the student both in paper and electronic form. The books used to prepare the lectures are available at the Library of the University. Further data and/or information may be obtained consulting the Library of the University also using the new wireless network.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 PRS PRESENTATION
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE* 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + PRS * 0.10 + FIN * 0.40
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE* 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + PRS * 0.10 + RST * 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Lecture, Discussion, Question & Answer, Field Trip, Team/Group Work, Demonstration, Experiment, Drill - Practise, Case Study, Brain Storming

Assessment Criteria

Midterm(%30)+ Homework(%20)+Presentation(%10)+Final exam(%40)

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

Students will attend 14 lectures and 2 tutorials and 1 workshop on the material covered in this course. Attendance is compulsory at both till %70, but the rules for the attendence up to the students and can be obtained from the web site of Graduate School of Sciences at http://www.fbe.deu.edu.tr/.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. Mehmet Kadir Yurdakoç
Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry
Phone: (232) 3018695
E-mail: k.yurdakoc@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesdays 5.,6.th hours.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Tutorials 2 3 6
Preparing presentations 1 20 20
Preparation for midterm exam 1 25 25
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Preparing assignments 2 15 30
Final 1 4 4
Midterm 1 4 4
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 200

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.43
LO.533

CONTACT INFORMATION
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Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

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