KJM5120 – Defect Chemistry and Reactions
Course description
Schedule, syllabus and examination date
Course content
The course provides an introduction to defects and transport in crystalline materials, central to those taking a degree or planning research or work within solid-state electrochemistry. It can also provide a useful supplement in other areas of materials science, such as inorganic materials chemistry, structural physics, and semiconductor physics.
Learning outcome
After completing this course, you:
- are familiar with different defect types and transport mechanisms in crystalline materials.
- can, in simple cases, deduce how defect concentrations and transport parameters vary as a function of the surrounding atmosphere, temperature, and doping.
- understand the role of defect-related transport in important applications and processes, and can deduce this mathematically in simple cases.
Admission to the course
Students admitted at UiO must?apply for courses?in Studentweb. Students enrolled in other Master's Degree Programmes can, on application, be admitted to the course if this is cleared by their own study programme.
Nordic citizens and applicants residing in the Nordic countries may?apply to take this course as a single course student.
If you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about?admission requirements and procedures for international applicants.
Recommended previous knowledge
MENA1001 – Materials, Energy and Nanotechnology, KJM1121 – Inorganic Chemistry, KJM3300 – Physical Chemistry II (discontinued), KJM5110 – Inorganic Structural Chemistry (continued) and MAT1100 – Calculus or similar courses.
Overlapping courses
- 10 credits overlap with KJM9120 – Defect Chemistry and Reactions.
- 9 credits overlap with KJ-MV417.
Teaching
The teaching period is one semester, and the course comprises of
- 30 hours of lectures
- 15 hours of exercises.
It is mandatory to attend the first lecture (including students on the waiting list). If you are unable to attend the first lecture, you must notify the Department of Chemistry before the start of the lecture, otherwise your course registration will be cancelled.
Examination
- Final oral exam which counts 100% towards?the final grade.
It will also be counted as one of the three attempts to sit the exam for this course, if you sit the exam for one of the following courses: KJM9120 – Defect Chemistry and Reactions.
Examination support material
No examination support material is allowed.
Grading scale
Grades are awarded on a scale from A to F, where A is the best grade and F is a fail. Read more about the grading system.
Resit an examination
Students who can document a valid reason for absence from the regular examination are offered a?postponed exam?at the beginning of the next semester.
New examinations?are offered at the beginning of the next semester for students who do not successfully complete the exam during the previous semester.
We do not offer a re-scheduled exam for students who withdraw during the exam.
More about examinations at UiO
- Use of sources and citations
- Special exam arrangements due to individual needs
- Withdrawal from an exam
- Illness at exams / postponed exams
- Explanation of grades and appeals
- Resitting an exam
- Cheating/attempted cheating
You will find further guides and resources at the web page on examinations at UiO.