710614 VO Phase transitions

summer semester 2021 | Last update: 15.06.2021 | Place course on memo list

Department:

Department of Physical Chemistry

Instructor:

assoz. Prof. Dr. Thomas Lörting, +43 512 507 58019

Course number:

710614

Title:

VO Phase transitions

Type/hours:

VO 1

ECTS credits:

1,5

Period:

Block

Mode of repetition:

annually

Language of instruction:

German

Learning Outcome:

Students will acquire in-depth knowledge in areas relevant to the application of physical chemistry, particularly in the surface and nano science and heterogeneous catalysis. The students understand key processes in Atmospherical and Environmental Chemistry and acquire detailed knowledge in the field of phase transitions with practical applications in materials science.

Contents:

Thermodynamic description and classification of phase transitions, Landau theory of phase transitions, the order parameter and critical phenomena, nucleation and surface melting, glass transition, experimental methods of observation of phase transitions