Course code:
176H2		 Course name:
Noble Metals Chemistry

Academic year:

2023/2024.

Attendance requirements:

There are no requirements.

ECTS:

10

Study level:

doctoral academic studies

Study programs:

Chemistry: 1. year, winter semester, elective (E71H2) course

Chemistry: 1. year, winter semester, elective (E72H2) course

Chemistry: 2. year, winter semester, elective (E74H2) course

Chemistry: 2. year, winter semester, elective (E73H2) course

Teachers:

Tibor J. Sabo, Ph.D.

Jelena M. Poljareviĉ, Ph.D.
assistant professor, Faculty of Chemistry, Studentski trg 12-16, Beograd

Assistants:

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Hours of instruction:

Weekly: five hours of lectures + three hours of study research work

Goals:

Students are introduced to an important group of transition metals, properties, reactivity, compounds and their application.

Outcome:

Ability to design new compounds of these elements of desired properties using optimal synthesis.

Teaching methods:

Lectures and seminar papers.

Extracurricular activities:

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Coursebooks:

Main coursebooks:

  • S. A. Cotton: Chemistry of precious metals, Blackie Academic and Professionals.

Supplementary coursebooks:

  • Current works, review papers and monographs.

Additional material:

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  Course activities and grading method

Lectures:

0 points (5 hours a week)

Syllabus:

  1. Ruthenium and osmium: finding, properties, binary compounds, complex compounds.
  2. Rhodium and iridium: finding, properties, binary compounds, complex compounds.
  3. Palladium and platinum: finding, properties, binary compounds, complex compounds.
  4. Silver and Gold: Finding, Properties, Binary Compounds, Complex Compounds.

Semester papers:

30 points

Oral exam:

70 points

Study research work:

0 points (3 hours a week)