General- and Electrochemistry

• demonstrate a detailed chemical and physical understanding of the entire curriculum.
• explain the theory using derivations and figures and calculate relevant quantities.
• understand the basic structure of an atom, electron energy levels related to the periodic system, bonding types and basic crystallography.
• understand basic electrophysical concepts and quantities like work, heat, energy, enthalpy, Gibbs free energy and chemical potential.
• understand radioactivity and basic nuclear reactions.
• understand the processes in selected electrochemical cells.
• understand the division into half cells and measurements of electrode potentials using reference electrodes.
• understand how to measure ion-concentrations and pH.

Atomic nucleus, nuclear reactions, radioactive decay, fission, fusion.
Electron cloud, electron energy levels, transition between energy levels, atomic line spectrum, the Aufbau principle (Pauli and Hunds rules), electron orbital shapes.
Covalent bondings, how electron orbitals combines to molecular orbitals, hybridization, classical examples from inorganic and organic molecules, sigma- and pi-bondings.
Ionic bondings, coordination figures and related structures, hydrogen bondings, van der Waals bonding.
Basic crystallography, crystal systems, Bravais lattice, Miller indices, atomic density, symmetry operations, metal structures.
Basic physical chemistry, energy, heat, work, enthalpy, entropy, Gibbs free energy, chemical potential, equilibrium, equilibrium constant, solubility product, le Chatelier’s principle, heat of reaction, heat capacity, ideal- and non-ideal solutions, concentration, molarity, partial pressure, activity coefficients, phase diagrams.
Nuclear transformations, nuclear binding energy and radioactivity, fusion and fission processes.
Electrochemistry, the Daniel cell, how the different ions move inside the cell and inside a salt bridge during charging and discharging, concentration gradients, cell potential relative to the loss in Gibbs free energy, Nernst equation, dividing into half cells, calculation and measurement of potentials for half cells, combining half cells, concentration dependence of the cell potential.

• 28 – 30

62773, 62773 Electrophysics 1 (not a mandatory prerequisite, you can easily take the course without having had Electrophysics 1)

Mornings:
The course has attendance classes every morning. The students perform small written tests without aids. Then small lectures and small tasks.
Afternoons:
Preparation of tests and oral exams as well as completion of assignments can be done in the afternoon, either independently at home or in small groups on campus.
The exam is conducted on campus.
It is expected that there will be approx. 135 hours of work all inclusive during the 3 weeks.

Section of Energy Technology and Computer Science
Elective course: Electrical Energy Technology (pre-approved as an elective course)
Elective course: Electrical technology (requires permission from the head of study)
Elective course: Health technology (pre-approved as an elective course, together with 62773 Electrophysics 1 and 62774 Electrophysics 2 gives course 62748 General and Electrochemistry access to the master degree study in Medicine and Technology at DTU – Lyngby)
The course is held in Danish.

The course provides a scientific understanding of the principles used in other (subsequent) courses within medical equipment and analysis as well as (subsequent) courses within storage of electrical energy.
The course can be taken together with 62773 Electrophysics 1 and 62774 Electrophysics 2. It is entirely possible to take the course before the courses in electrophysics.

Minimum: 10, Maximum: 40.

Please be aware that this course has a minimum requirement for the number of participants needed, in order for it to be held. If these requirements are not met, then the course will not be held. Furthermore, there is a limited number of seats available. If there are too many applicants, a pool will be created for the remainder of the qualified applicants, and they will be selected at random. You will be informed 8 days before the start of the course, whether you have been allocated a spot.