Description of Individual Course Units
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Offered By |
Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences |
Level of Course Unit |
Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree) |
Course Coordinator |
Offered to |
Chemistry |
Course Objective |
The course deals with chemical and physical phenomena that are important within heterogeneous catalysis. Among these are adsorption on and desorption from solids, the chemical kinetics of surface reactions, and chemical equilibrium. The course is well suited for students with interests directly related to catalysis and Ph.D. candidates working within related areas in physical chemistry and industrial chemistry. |
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit |
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Mode of Delivery |
Face -to- Face |
Prerequisites and Co-requisites |
None |
Recomended Optional Programme Components |
None |
Course Contents |
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Recomended or Required Reading |
1. Atkins, P. W., Heterogeneous Catalysis, Physical chemistry, Oxford University Press, 1986. |
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 |
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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 |
Office Hours |
Wednesdays 5.,6.th hours. |
Work Placement(s) |
None |
Workload Calculation |
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Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes |
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