ChemE 455 - Surface and Colloid Science Laboratory

Course Description

Credits: 3.  Laboratory techniques, equipment, and underlying fundamentals in surface and colloid science. Experiments in the measurement of surface tension, adsorption, wetting and spreading, colloid properties, emulsion preparation and stability, electrophoresis, and interfacial hydrodynamics. Offered: Sp.

Designation

Prerequisites

Recommended: CHEM E 326; CHEM E 330; CHEM 461.

Textbook

J. C. Berg, "An Introductions to Surfaces, Colloids and Nanoscience,"  2007.

Course Objectives

To acquaint students with the basic principles of surface and colloid science and the experimental methods used in their study in the industrial and research laboratory.

1. Surface tension and capillary hydrostatics (4)
2. Solid-liquid interaction (3)
   
3. Capillary thermodynamics (4)
   
4. The phenomenology of colloidal systems (3)
   
5. Electrical double layers; flocculation stability of colloids (3)
   
6. Electrokinetics and rheology (1)
   
7. Interfacial hydrodynamics (2)

Tests (4, 15-min. quizzes, oral presentation, 4 laboratory reports)

Laboratory Projects:  (Each student performs one experiment from each group)

1. Measurement of surface and interfacial tension (5 experiments)
2. Adsorption, wetting and spreading at the solid-liquid interface (5 experiments)
3. Properties of colloids and dispersions (5 experiments)
4. Interfacial hydrodynamics (5 experiments)

Lectures TTh (1 hr), Total 20 sessions.
Laboratory: T,W or Th (4 hrs), Total 10 sessions for each student.

(a)   An ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering.

(b) An ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data.

(e)   An ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems.

(k)   An ability to use the techniques, skills and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice.

John Berg , Date:  May 16, 2007