| Responsible Department | Department of Basic Science and Environment
80 % DTU Environment (Mette Broholm and Rasmus Jakobsen) 20 % | ||||||||||||||
| Research School | Environmental Chemistry, Microbiology and Toxicology (RECETO) | ||||||||||||||
| External Assisting Partner | Mette Broholm og Rasmus Jakobsen, both assoc. profs. at DTU Environment, have many years of experience with reactivity and geochemistry of mixed-valence Fe compounds and hence has much to offer in the course. DTU Environment (Mette Broholm and Rasmus Jakobsen) | ||||||||||||||
| Course Dates | 8 seminars March - May | ||||||||||||||
| Course Abstract | This course comprise two parts, and it is possible to take either one or both parts. Part A provides insight on structures, synthesis, transformations and reactivity of layered double hydroxides (LDH) with main focus on Fe(II)-Fe(III) hydroxides (green rusts, GR). Part B comprise an experimental part. The course participants are evaluated based on a short written report, theoretical calculations or a poster (part A), and a report on the experimental work (part B). | ||||||||||||||
| Course Registration | The Ph.D. course will be announced through relevant web pages. Course is applied for through contact to the course responsible teacher (haha@life.ku.dk) | ||||||||||||||
| Deadline for Registration | Mid February 2011 | ||||||||||||||
| Credits | 5 (ECTS) 5 points are given for part B, and 5 points for part B | ||||||||||||||
| Level of Course | PhD course | ||||||||||||||
| Organisation of Teaching | Teaching comprise a number of seminars focused around a number of key topics. Each of the particating Ph.D. students will present and interpret journal papers and textbook material. In addtion exercises will be performed. Short lectures included | ||||||||||||||
| Language of Instruction | English | ||||||||||||||
| Restrictions | 10 | ||||||||||||||
| Course Content | |||||||||||||||
| The course will focus on the following topics for the 8 seminars: Seminar 1: LDH structures Seminar 2: LDH synthesis Seminar 3: Investigations of LDH properties and post synthesis modifications Seminar 4: Reactivity of Fe-containing LDHs I Seminar 5: Reactivity of Fe-containing LDHs II Seminar 6: Reductive dehalogenation in relation to Fe-containing LDH's Seminar 7: Photochemistry and Photo-Fenton chemistry of Fe hydroxides Seminar 8: Application of LDH's | |||||||||||||||
| Teaching and learning Methods | |||||||||||||||
| Teaching comprise: 1) Lectures 2) Presentations by Ph.D. students (journal club format) 3) Theoretical exercises, e.g. with relation to structures, stoichiometry, kinetics, analytical chemistry 4) Lab studies (part B); supervised training in the laboratory | |||||||||||||||
| Learning Outcome | |||||||||||||||
| Aims of the course are: 1) Obtain knowledge on LDH structures and synthesis 2) To comprehend LDH properties and how they can be engineered/modified 3) Specifically to understand the reactivity of Fe-containing LDH in relation to environmentally relevant reduction of pollutants 4) To get an introduction to photochemistry of Fe-containing LDHs and similar compounds | |||||||||||||||
| Course Literature | |||||||||||||||
| E.g. Cavani, F., Trifiro, F., Vaccari, A. (1991) Hydrotalcite-type anionic clays: preparation, properties and applications. Catalysis today, 11 (2), 173-301. Hansen, H.C.B. (2001) Chapter 13 Environmental chemistry of iron(II)-iron(III) LDHs (green rusts) (from Rives, V., Layered double hydroxides, present and future, nova science publishers, Huntington, N.Y., 2001). Koch, C.B., Hansen, H.C.B. (1997) Reduction of nitrate to ammonium by sulphate green rust (results section) Adv. GeoEcol, 30, 373-393. | |||||||||||||||
| Course Material | |||||||||||||||
| The course material comprise: - selected textbook chapters - up to 25 journal papers A complete list of the course material is made in advance of the course, but the list can to some extent depend on the interests of the course participants. | |||||||||||||||
| Course Coordinator | |||||||||||||||
| Hans Chr. Bruun Hansen, haha@life.ku.dk, Department of Basic Sciences and Environment/Environmental Chemistry and Physics, Phone: 353-32418 Christian Bender Koch, cbk@life.ku.dk, Department of Basic Sciences and Environment/Environmental Chemistry and Physics, Phone: 353-32421 | |||||||||||||||
| Other Lecturers | |||||||||||||||
| Mette Broholm and Rasmus Jakobsen, DTU Environment | |||||||||||||||
| Course Fee | |||||||||||||||
| None | |||||||||||||||
| Course Costs | |||||||||||||||
| Very small | |||||||||||||||
| Type of Evaluation | |||||||||||||||
| For part A, the course participants will hand in a short report (max 15 pages), a poster or theoretical calculations based on an agreed theoretical problem. For part B the course participants will hand in a report on the lab work performed (max. 15 pages). | |||||||||||||||
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| Other Remarks | |||||||||||||||
| In the time schedule the full score of 10 ects is only given to Ph.D. students who joins both part A and part B of the course. For those students who do not follow the lab. training part (part B) the course has an extent of 5 ects. | |||||||||||||||