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CHEM 729Surface Analysis

Units
0.50
Level
Graduate
Faculty
Science
Subject
Chemistry

CHEM 729 as listed in the Spring 2025 Graduate Calendar. The main page has the current version, when it runs, and seats.

Modern surface analysis: description and importance of surfaces. Surface area determinations. High surface area solids, supports. Scanning electron microscopy: principles and applications. Auger electron spectroscopy. Applications in metallurgy and materials science. Depth profiling. ESCA: elemental compositions and studies of catalyst surfaces. SIMS. Infrared spectroscopy. Studies of supported metal and metal oxides. Acid surface sites and their role in catalysis. Scanning tunnelling microscopy; theory and applications. Single crystal surfaces. LEED. Studies of chemisorption.

Prerequisites

None listed.

Antirequisites

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Leads to

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In 42 terms, Fall 2006 to Winter 2024