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ME 7226: Interface and Surface Properties
Offered Fall, Odd Years
| Credit Hours: |
3-0-3 |
| Prerequisites: |
ME 6242 and PHYS 4222 |
| Catalog Description: |
Physical phenomena associated with surfaces and interfaces. Gas-solid, liquid-solid and solid-solid interactions associated with physics, chemistry and engineering. |
| Textbooks: |
Principles of Colloid and Surface Chemistry, Hiemeuz and Rajapopalan; Marcel and Dekker Publishers, ISBN 0-8247-9397-8, latest edition (required)
Intermolecular and Surface Forces, Isruelachvili; Academic Press ISBN 0-123-751810, latest edition. |
| Instructors: |
Steve Danyluk (Fall 2003), Jonathan Colton (Fall 2003), Jefforey Streator (Fall 2003) |
| Prerequisites by topics: |
- Thermodynamics
- Modern and solid state physics
- Chemical reactions and rates
- Mathematical methods
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| Goals: |
This course will introduce the student to physical phenomena associated with gas-solid, liquid-solid, and solid-solid interactions frequently encountered in physics, chemistry, and engineering. |
| Topics: |
- Review:
- Thermodynamics
- Statistical mechanics
- Surfaces
- Thermodynamics
- Structures and characterization
- Grain boundary properties and interactions
- Adsorption
- Capillarity
- Surface tension
- Wetting
- Surfactants
- Intermolecular forces and double layers
- Steric stabilization
- Applications:
- Friction and wear
- Lubrication (rheology of interfaces/ thin films)
- Machining/ polishing
- Composites (interfacial strength)
- Biological applications
- Adhesion between surfaces
- Polymer surfaces and interfaces, structure and adhesion
- Nanotechniques for surface force measurements
- Pastes
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| Delivery mode (%): |
Lecture |
80 |
Independent Study |
20 |
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| Grading scheme (%): |
Homework |
10 |
Individual Projects |
20 |
Exams |
70 |
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