COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ADSORPTION SURFACE AREA AND POROSITY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KIM 5031 ADSORPTION SURFACE AREA AND POROSITY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Chemistry
Chemistry
Chemistry

Course Objective

In this course, The main parameters in adsorption, surface area and related topics will be disscussed and explained in detail.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   At the end of this course, the student will be able to; describe the Introduction to Physical Adsorption, Historical, Adsorption isoterms
2   describe the adsorption forces, Thermodynamics of Adsorption
3   describe the adsorbents; porous and non porous solids of high surface area (meaning of pore and porosity)
4   describe the classification of Pore Sizes (the Micropores, Mesopores and Macropores, Surface Area); pore size distrubition
5   know the physical Adsorption of gases by nonporous solids; explain the Type II isotherm, BET model, Mathematical Nature of the BET equation
6   know type of isotherms and their classifications
7   know adsorption from aqueous solution
8   learn experimentel methods in adsorption; know evaluation of the adsorption data and usage of the isotherms

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction; Historical; Solids of High Surface Area; External and Internal Surface; Classification of Pore Sizes
2 The Adsorptin Isotherms (The Application of Adsorption Methods; Particle Size: Particle Size Distribution
3 Physical Adsorption of Gases by Non-Porous Solids: The BET Equation; Application of the BET Equation to Type II Isotherms
4 Point B; Calculation of the Specific Surface from the Monolayer Capacity; Determination of Specific Surface from Type II Isotherms
5 The Physical Adsorption of Gases by Porous Solids: The Interpretation of Type IV Isotherms; Estimation of Specific Surface from Type IV Isotherms; Some Special Cases of Pore Systems;
6 Kelvin Equation; Estimation of Pore Size Distribution by the Mercury Porosimeter; The Type V Isotherm; Examples of isotherms and their properties.
7 Midterm
8 Physical Adsorption of Gases by Microporous Solids; Type I Isotherms; Determination of the Specific Surface of Microporous Adsorbents; The Methods of Dubinin (for Pore Volume) and of Kaganer (for specific Surface)
9 Methods Based on the Gibbs Adsorption Isotherm:The Gibbs Adsorption Equation
10 Chemisorption
11 Adsorption from Solution: Adsorption from the liquid phase; The Heat of Immersion; Adsorption isotherms in solutions
12 Some Experimental Methods in Adsorption: Outgassing; Adsorption Isotherms-Volumetric Methods; Adsorption Isotherms-Gravimetric Methods; Adsorption Isotherms-Dynamic Methods; Adsorption from solution
13 General Evaluation and Make-up and discussions on recent articles in adsorption
14 Homework discussions and presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

1. S. J. Gregg, K. S. W. Sing, Adsorption, Surface Area and Porosity, Academic Press, London, N.Y., 2nd edition, 1982.
2. J. M. Thomas, W. J. Thomas, Introduction of the Principles of Heteroegeneous Catalysis, Academic Press, London, N.Y., 1967.

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


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

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 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 3 1 3
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 25 25
Preparing assignments 1 15 15
Preparing presentations 1 20 20
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 165

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.132243
LO.223
LO.3325
LO.433
LO.533
LO.6333
LO.74
LO.853

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

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