Undergraduate Course: Properties and Reactions of Matter Level 11 (CHEM11023)

Course Outline
School	School of Chemistry	College	College of Science and Engineering
Course type	Standard	Availability	Available to all students
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 11 (Year 4 Undergraduate)	Credits	20
Home subject area	Chemistry	Other subject area	None
Course website	None	Taught in Gaelic?	No
Course description	A lecture course covering key areas of advanced physical chemistry, building on previous courses to provide an advanced treatment of the structure and chemistry of solids, surfaces, interfaces and gas-phase atoms, ions and molecules. The course comprises individual lectures on: Electrochemistry, Colloids, Solid State Chemistry, Surface Chemistry and Reaction Dynamics, Ions and Excited States. Either the Level 10 or Level 11 version of this course (as specified in the degree programme tables) is a compulsory requirement for Year 4/5 students on degrees in Chemistry and Chemistry with Materials Chemistry, but can be taken by Year 4/5 students on any Chemistry degree programme.

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites	Students MUST have passed: ( Chemistry 3A (CHEM09005) AND Chemistry 3B (CHEM09006) AND Chemistry 3P Practical and Transferable Skills (CHEM09007)) OR ( CP Symmetry and Structure (CHPH09001) AND CP Kinetics and Catalysis (CHPH09003) AND CP Molecules and Matter (CHPH09002) AND Electromagnetism (PHYS09018) AND Diffraction Physics (PHYS09047) AND Physical Mathematics (PHYS09015) AND Quantum Mechanics (PHYS09017) AND Statistical Mechanics (PHYS09019) AND CP Practical and Transferable Skills (CHPH09004) AND Electronic Methods in the Physical Laboratory (PHYS09023) AND Computational Methods (PHYS09016) AND Applicable Mathematics 3 (Phys Sci) (MATH08015) AND Mathematical Methods 3 (Phys Sci) (MATH08016) AND Foundations of Mathematical Physics (PHYS08024))	Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations	Students MUST NOT also be taking Properties and Reactions of Matter Level 10 (CHEM10021)	Other requirements	(Must include a weighted average of Grade C or higher in all Chemistry 3 courses AND a weighted average of Grade D or higher in Chemistry 3A and Chemistry 3B, at the first attempt and Mathematics qualifications of at least 20 credits to level Applicable Mathematics 1 and Mathematical Methods 1) OR (Must include a weighted average of Grade C or higher in all Chemical Physics 3 courses AND a weighted average of Grade D or higher in all Chemical Physics 3 courses with degree examinations, at the first attempt) OR (with the permission of Head of School.)
Additional Costs	None

Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisites	None
Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus?	Yes

Course Delivery Information

Delivery period: 2011/12 Semester 1, Available to all students (SV1)						WebCT enabled: No		Quota: None
Location	Activity	Description	Weeks	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
King's Buildings	Lecture		1-11					14:00 - 14:50
King's Buildings	Lecture		1-11				14:00 - 14:50
King's Buildings	Lecture		1-11	14:00 - 14:50
First Class	First class information not currently available
Additional information	30 hours lectures + 6 hours tutorials, at times arranged.
Exam Information
Exam Diet	Paper Name		Hours:Minutes
Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May)			3:00

Delivery period: 2011/12 Semester 1, Part-year visiting students only (VV1)						WebCT enabled: Yes		Quota: None
Location	Activity	Description	Weeks	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
King's Buildings	Lecture		1-11		14:00 - 14:50
King's Buildings	Lecture		1-11				14:00 - 14:50
King's Buildings	Lecture		1-11					14:00 - 14:50
First Class	Week 1, Tuesday, 14:00 - 15:50, Zone: King's Buildings. T100
Additional information	30 hours lectures + 6 hours tutorials, at times arranged.
Exam Information
Exam Diet	Paper Name		Hours:Minutes
Main Exam Diet S1 (December)			3:00

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course students will be able to: - understand electrochemical kinetics, and the factors influencing the kinetics of reaction at an electrode - discuss the techniques used to elucidate reaction mechanisms at electrodes - appreciate the different types of colloid systems and the factors that determine their properties, interactions and stability - describe the main experimental techniques used to characterise colloidal systems - describe the principles of formation of point defects in ionic solids - understand the mechanism of conductivity in ionic solids, and the ways in which chemists can design materials with enhanced solid state conductivity, and use them in electrochemical devices - appreciate the physical structure of solid surfaces and the behaviour of gases on adsorption at surfaces - discuss the physical basis and application of key spectroscopic and diffraction techniques in studying surfaces and molecules adsorbed thereon, including XPS, UPS, AES, SPM, EELS and RAIRS - demonstrate how the concept of electronic configuration can be applied to the excited states of atoms and molecules - describe the variety of new phenomena opened up by electronic excitation and ionisation processes Learning outcomes specific to attainment of a pass at Level 11 include: - ability to integrate all, or most, of the main areas of the course - development of original and creative responses to problems and issues within the course - application of critical analysis, evaluation and synthesis to issues at the forefront of the subject area

Assessment Information
One degree exam of 3 hours. (Visiting Student Variant Assessment One degree exam of 3 hours at the end of Semester 1.)

Special Arrangements
None

Additional Information
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Keywords	PROM(L11)

Contacts
Course organiser	Prof John Attfield Tel: (0131 6)51 7229 Email: J.P.Attfield@ed.ac.uk	Course secretary	Ms Sarah Mcneil Tel: (0131 6)50 4707 Email: Sarah.F.McNeil@ed.ac.uk