| Competences |
| Type A | Code | Competences Specific |
| Common | ||
| Professional | ||
| Research | ||
| Type B | Code | Competences Transversal |
| Common | ||
| Type C | Code | Competences Nuclear |
| Common | ||
| Learning aims |
| Objectives | Competences | ||
| To achieve the ability to use current instrumental and bibliographic tools for the characterization of materials and surfaces. | |||
| Contents |
| Topic | Sub-topic |
| 1. | Mechanics characterization of materials: Standards for mechanical tests. |
| 2. | Characteristic of the equipment. Main tests: Tensile, bending, impact , superficial hardness. |
| 3. | Non-destructive testing. |
| 4. | Inspection by ultrasounds. |
| 5. | Applications to plastics, wood boards and metals. |
| 6. | Applications of X-Ray difractometry and Electronic microscopy to material Science. |
| 7. | Phase Studies and crystalline structure. Particle size determination. X-Ray Fluorescence. |
| 8. | X-Ray Spectroscopy. |
| 9. | Applications of electronic microscopy to the study of sorbent and membranes. |
| 10. | Change of the structure of calcic sorbents during the cleaning of gases to high temperature. |
| 11. | Effect of the pyrolysis of different biomasses on the physical and mechanical properties from combustible briquets. |
| 12. | Study of the conditions of steam explosion on the structural characteristics of a biomass. |
| 13. | Effect of the conditions of pyrolysis and activated charcoal activation. |
| 14. | Membrane characterization of different nature. |
| 15. | Nuclear Magnetic Resonance applied to Solids. |
| Planning |
| Methodologies :: Tests | |||||||||
| Competences | (*) Class hours | Hours outside the classroom | (**) Total hours | ||||||
| Introductory activities |
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1 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Lecture |
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14 | 14 | 28 | |||||
| Problem solving, classroom exercises |
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15 | 22.5 | 37.5 | |||||
| Personal tuition |
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1 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Practical tests |
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1.5 | 6 | 7.5 | |||||
| (*) On e-learning, hours of virtual attendance of the teacher. (**) The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students. | |||||||||
| Methodologies |
| Description | |
| Introductory activities | Presentació de l’assignatura. |
| Lecture | Exposició teòrica dels continguts de l’assignatura. |
| Problem solving, classroom exercises | Realització de problemes en grups. |
| Personalized attention |
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| Assessment |
| Description | Weight | ||
| Problem solving, classroom exercises | Lliurament d'exercicis realitzats en grups. | 25% | |
| Practical tests |
Parcial: Prova individual (25%). Final: Presentació individual d’un tema de catàlisi aplicada (50%). |
75% | |
| Other comments and second exam session | |||
| Sources of information |
| Basic |
I.M. Campbell, Catalysis at Surfaces, Chapman and Hall, 1988.
UNE,ASTM Standards G.C. Bond, Heterogeneous Catalysis, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1987.
M. Bowker, The Basis and Applications of Heterogeneous Catalysis, Oxford University Press, Oxford , 1998. |
| Complementary | |
| Recommendations |