| Recommended semester: 4th -7th semester |
| Scope and form: Experimental work, group work and lectures. |
Evaluation: Approval of exercises and reports
making out report |
| Examination: Pass/fail |
| Previous course: 21335 |
| Compulsory: 21245 / 56060 / 26300 |
| No credit points with: 21335 |
| Participant limitation: Max. 16 |
| Aim: To provide knowledge of the connection between catalytic activity and the structure of the species involved in catalytic process. To apply spectroscopic and X-ray methods on catalysts, model systems and coordination compounds. Introduction to measurements of catalytic activity. Theoretical background for the applied methods. Industrial use of catalysts. |
| Contents: Synthesis of transfer metal complexes and catalysts. Characterization of the stucture of the complex compounds by X-ray diffraction, computational structure analysis, IR-, Raman-, UV / VIS and ESR (electron spin resonance) spectroscopy. Measurements of catalytic activity. Excursions to other DTU institutes and related industry. |
| Remarks: The course is related to: 26124, 26310, 26312, 26320, 26322, 26500. |
| Contact: Rasmus Fehrmann, building 206, (+45) 4525 2389, rf@kemi.dtu.dk |
| Department: 026 Department of Chemistry |
| Course URL: http://struktur.kemi.dtu.dk/catalysis/26330.html |
| Keywords: catalysts, X-ray diffraction, computational structure analysis, spectroscopy |
| Updated: 27-04-2001 |
