710617 VU Materials under Kryo-circumstances

summer semester 2022 | Last update: 06.12.2021 | Place course on memo list

Department:

Department of Physical Chemistry

Instructor:

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

Course number:

710617

Title:

VU Materials under Kryo-circumstances

Type/hours:

VU 1

ECTS credits:

1,5

Period:

Block

Mode of repetition:

annually

Language of instruction:

German

Learning Outcome:

Students acquire knowledge about the behavior of materials under cryogenic conditions and experimental control of material properties

Contents:

Basics of cryo-chemistry, in particular of aqueous solutions or volatile components; Freezing and melting behaviour; Freeze concentration; Glazing, cold crystallization; Applications in Astronomy (formation of planets, stars, galaxies of interstellar dust; chemistry of comets), atmospheric chemistry (ice clouds), biology (cryomicroscopy) and medicine (cryonics) and technology (defrosting, artificial snow) and food industry (freeze-drying)

Start:

to be agreed on

Time, location:

nach Vereinbarung, nach Vereinbarung

allocated to study field

Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy

Master's Programme Chemistry according to the curriculum 2008 (120 ECTS-Credits, 4 semesters)

Elective Modules (15 ECTS-Credits)

Elective Module 22: Advanced Study of Physical Chemistry B (2.5 ECTS-Credits, 2 h)

Master's Programme Materials Sciences and Nanosciences according to the curriculum 2008 (120 ECTS-Credits, 4 semesters)

Elective Modules in Advanced Specialisation (20 ECTS-Credits)

Elective Module 17: Cryo-Physical Chemistry (2.5 ECTS-Credits, 2 h)