Methods in Material Analytics
Methoden der Materialanalytik
6 CPWinterEN
Prerequisites
Recommended, as written
Basics in instrumental analytics and spectroscopy
Contents
• Introduction: Symmetry of solid state and molecular structures • Introduction: Interactions of electromagnetic radiation with matter • Diffraction (XRD/WAXS/SAXS) • Electron microscopy (SEM, SE, BSE, Auger, EDX/WDX) • Thermal analysis methods (DTA, DSC, TGA, coupling methods) • Mechanical investigations (rheology, tensile strain experiments) • Spectroscopy (NMR, IR, Raman) • Mass spectrometry of surfaces and macromolecules • Light scattering, viscosimetry • Chromatographic methods (GPC/SEC, HPLC)
Learning outcomes
The aim is for students to be able to apply classical methods of inorganic and organic analytical chemistry to materials and to become familiar with other analytical methods that have been developed specifically for the characterization of materials. After completing the module, students will be able to select suitable characterization methods for a specific problem, reproduce and explain the physicochemical principles of the measurement methods, and evaluate and correlate the data obtained from the various methods. In the practical laboratory work, students are familiarized with typical methods of material analysis and learn about sources of error. Practical work includes the evaluation and assessment of the data obtained. This provides students with knowledge and practical skills in the planning, implementation and evaluation of laboratory projects. They are able to plan tasks assigned to them with the help of literature research, implement them using standard laboratory equipment, evaluate, document and present the results. Students have acquired course-related personal skills through communicative discussion in seminars / practical training.
Assessment
Prerequisite: Conducting all scheduled experiments and approved protocol MAP: Written exam, 120 min.
Literature (5)
- Koltzenburg, S.; Maskos, M.; Nuyken, O.: Polymer Chemistry, Springer Spektrum.
- Spectroscopic Techniques for Polymer Characterization (Ed. by Yukihiro Ozaki and Harumi Sato), Wiley-VCH
- K. Tashiro: Structural Science of Crystalline Polymers, Springer
- U.W. Gedde, M.S. Hedenqvist, M. Hakkarainen, F. Nilsson, O. Das, Applied Polymer Science, Springer
- I. Fleming, D. Williams: Spectroscopic Methods in Organic Chemistry, Springer
Remarks
This module combines well with Module 14777 Advanced Organic and Polymer Synthesis
Source: BTU's module description · retrieved 29 Sep 2026Original