• 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

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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.
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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
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Knowledge control

Final exam 100%.

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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

 

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Additional information

Administrative contact(s): Master Secretariat

master-chimie @ umontpellier.fr @

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