Course: Composite Materials

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Course title Composite Materials
Course code TUFMI/TWC4K
Organizational form of instruction no contact
Level of course Doctoral
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 0
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Vilčáková Jarmila, prof. Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
- Colloid and surface chemistry: scope and variables. - Sedimentation and diffusion and their equilibrium. - Solution thermodynamics: osmotic and Donnan equilibria. - Rheology of dispersions. - Static and dynamic light scattering and other radiation scattering. - Surface pension and contact angle. - Adsorption from solution and monolayer formation. - Coloidal structures in surfactant solutions: association colloids. - Adsorption at gas-solid interfaces. - Van der Waals forces. - The electrical double layer and double layer interactions. - Electrophoresis and other electrokinetic phenomena. - Electrostatic and polymer-induced colloid stability.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Methods for working with texts (Textbook, book), Individual work of students
  • Preparation for examination - 50 hours per semester
teaching methods
Knowledge
Individual work of students
Individual work of students
Methods for working with texts (Textbook, book)
Methods for working with texts (Textbook, book)
Skills
Individual work of students
Individual work of students
Practice exercises
Practice exercises
assessment methods
Knowledge
Oral examination
Oral examination
Recommended literature
  • Drelich, J., Laskowski, J.S., Mittal, K.L. Apparent and microscopic contact angles. Utrecht, Boston, Koln, Tokyo, 2000. ISBN 90-6764-321-1.
  • Hiemenz, P.C., Rajagopalan, R. Principles of Colloid and Surface Chemistry. New York : Marcel Dekker, 1997. ISBN 0-8247-9397-8.
  • Kontogeorgis G.M., Kiil S. Introduction to applied colloid and surface chemistry. Hoboken, 2016. ISBN 9781118881187.


Study plans that include the course
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