Level of study
BAC +4
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Description
The HAC720C module deals, in 5 main parts, with "advanced inorganic materials". The1st part is dedicated to the generalities of inorganic materials and approaches the structure-properties relations; a particular attention is brought to the chemical bond, the real crystal, and the polycrystalline solid; the various classes of inorganic materials are described. The 2nd part deals with ceramic materials (definitions and properties) and their synthesis (raw materials including clays, shaping, drying and debinding, sintering); a distinction is made between traditional ceramics and technical ceramics (synthesis routes for oxide and non-oxide ceramics). The3rd part concerns glasses (classification and synthesis routes) and glass-ceramics (devitrification and soft chemistry); their properties and applications are also discussed. The4th part is dedicated to metals: properties of metals and metallic alloys; metallic nanoparticles; and, catalytic materials. The 5th part is dedicated to inorganic materials developed for energy; ceramics (oxides and non-oxides; nanostructured) and metal hydrides are described (properties and syntheses) through several examples and in the context of their applications (accumulators, hydrogen storage and carbon dioxide capture)
Hourly volumes* :
CM : 13h
TD : 7h
Objectives
- To give basic notions on traditional and advanced inorganic materials through their synthesis and structure-properties relationships.
- Illustrate the technological importance of traditional and advanced inorganic materials through application examples.
Necessary pre-requisites
general chemistry, thermodynamics, optics, electromagnetism taught in :
- Bachelor of Chemistry
- Bachelor's degree in Chemistry and Physics
- Bachelor of Science in Physics
- Or equivalent level.
- Basic knowledge of materials science
Knowledge control
Final exam 100%.
Syllabus
- Classification of inorganic materials
- Relationships between properties and structures
- Traditional and advanced synthesis methods: ceramurgy, mechanosynthesis, sol-gel, hydrothermal, pre-ceramic polymer, 3D printing, ALD...
- Oxide ceramics, non-oxide ceramics (carbides, nitrides), Clays, Zeolites, Glass, Glass ceramics, Metals, Metal alloys, Hydrides
Additional information
Administrative contact(s): Master Secretariat