COURSE UNIT TITLE

: BORON AND SILICON CHEMISTRY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KIM 6008 BORON AND SILICON CHEMISTRY 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

Offered to

Chemistry
Chemistry
Chemistry

Course Objective

In this course, physical, chemical properties of boron and silicon elements, their important compounds in industrial applications and the technologies of these elements will be investigated and taught in details.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   to be able to explain the physical and chemical properties of boron and silicon elements
2   to be able to learn the importance of boron and its derivatives
3   to be able to know silicon chemistry, Siilcon compounds (Silicon-Oxygen) (Silicon-Hydrogen) (Silicon-Halogen)
4   to be able to know the preparation of boron compounds and their usages in industry
5   to be able to learn the silicon compounds and their usages

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction
2 Boron and its compounds Elementel boron, Inorganic borates, Boron Compounds, Boric acid, borax, sodium perborate,
3 refracter boron compounds, boron-nitrogen compounds, boron-halides, boron-alkyl compounds, boron-aryl compounds, boron-oxygen derivatives
4 Silicon Chemistry
5 Basic properties, elementel silicon, production, Silicon compounds: Silicon-Oxygen compounds, quartz, silicate acids ve silicates
6 Silicon-Hydrogen Compounds
7 Characterization of new boron compounds
8 Silicon- Halogen Compounds
9 Water glass
10 Silisures; Metal-Silicon compounds Silicon polymers; Silicate cements; Magnesium silicates; Glass; Silicate bricks; Silisium carbide;
11 Ultramasin; Perlite; Bentonite; Silicon nitride; clays and clay minerals
12 Properties and preparation of sols (Amorph silica gel, thin silis powders); Silicate acid; Soluble silicates; Crystalline alkali and metal silicates
13 General Evaluation and Make-up and discussions on recent articles in boron and silicon chemistry
14 Homework discussions and presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Sulin Taşçıoğlu, Bor ve Silisyum Kimyası, M.Ü. Fen -Ed.Fak. Yayın no:27, Istanbul, 1992.
2. Susan E. Thomas, Organic Synthesis: The Roles of Boron and Silicon (Oxford Chemistry Primers), (1992), London, UK, ISBN-10: 0198556624.
3. M. Davidson, A.K. Hughes, T.B. Marder, K. Wade, Contemporary Boron Chemistry (Special Publication), Royal Society of Chemistry; 1thedition (2000), ISBN-10: 0854048359.
4. Gary L. Perkins, Boron: Compounds, Production and Application (Materials Science and Technoligies), Nova Science Publishers, Inc. (2011), ISBN-10: 1617617601.
5. Peter Jutzi, Ulrich Schubert, Silicon Chemistry, Wiley-VCH, (2003), ISBN-10: 3527306471.

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 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Midterm(%40)+ Final exam(%60)

Language of Instruction

Turkish

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 Natural and Applied Sciences at http://www.fbe.deu.edu.tr/.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. Mürüvvet Yurdakoç
Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry
Phone: (232) 3018697
E-mail: m.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
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 25 25
Preparation for final exam 1 40 40
Preparing assignments 1 25 25
Preparing presentations 1 25 25
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 197

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.133
LO.233
LO.344
LO.444
LO.544