1997 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

SC753 Thin Films and Foams
7.5 credit points 4 hours per week for 5 weeks
Hawthorn Prerequisites: SC716 Basic Colloid Science,
SC717 Basic Ssurface Science (SC744 Chemistry of Surfacants
and SC751 Emulsion Technology are advised)
This is a subject of the Graduate Diploma of Applied
Science (Applied Colloid Science)
Content
The properties, stability and rupture of foams. Disjoining
pressure, calculation of electrostatics, VOW and steric
components of disjoining pressure. Instability and rupture
of thin films (advanced).
Evidence pertaining to short range hydration and
hydrophobic forces, based on experimental studies and
statistical mechanical treatments of fluids at interfaces.
Application of flotation emulsions and the stability of froths
and foams.
SC754 Light Scattering and Concentrated
Dispersions
7. 5 credit points 4 hours per week for 5 weeks Hawthorn
Prerequisites: SC716 Basic Colloid Science and SC717 Basic
Surface Science (SC718 Surface Characterisation and SC719
Chemistry of Inorganic Colloids are advised)
This is a subject of the Graduate Diploma of Applied
Science (Applied Colloid Science)
Content
Radial distribution function (g(r)) - relationship between
g(r) and S(Q) (Q is the scattering vector) -potential of
mean force and its link to g(r). Measurement of g(r) through
the scattering of radiation and its angular variation -
determination of S(Q) using theoretical models, link
between S(Q) and osmotic compressibility.
Photon correlation spectroscopy, small angle neutron
scattering and low angle X-ray diffraction. Concept of the
scattering density parameter, particle form factor P(Q) and
the structure factor S(Q). Application to microemulsions,
latices and pigment dispersions.
SC755 Surface Chemistry of Clays and Coal
7.5 credit points 4 hours per week for 5 weeks Hawthorn
Prerequisites: 92716 Basic Colloid Science and SC717 Basic
E Surface Science (SC718 Surface Charactwisation and SC719
8 Chemistry of Inorganic Colloids are advised)
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. Science (Applied Colloid Science)
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Content
Application of colloid and surface science to clays and coal.
Origin of charge including isomorphous substitution in the
case of clays. Clay structure -swelling and non-swelling
clays. Behaviour of clays in aqueous and non-aqueous media.
Use of clays (eg. as fillers) and its colloidal implications in
use. Importance of colloid chemistry in determining the
properties of soils containing clay.
Origin of charge in coal and determination of rank.
Differences between brown and black coal. Coal flotation,
agglomeration and briquetting. Hydrophobicity and
swelling behaviour of coal. Economic importance to
Victoria.
SC756 Mineral Processing
7.5 credit points 4 hours per week for 5 weeks Hawthorn
Prerequisites: SC716 Basic Colloid Science and SC717 Basic
Surface Science (SC718 Su?j4ace Characterisation and SC719
Chemistry of Inorganic Colloids are advised
This is a subject of the Graduate Diploma of Applied
Science (Applied Colloid Science)
Content
Minerals analysis - XRD, XRF, electron microprobe.
Particle liberation (crushing, grinding, classifying). Mineral
flotation, wetting, hydrophoblcity, activators, frothers,
collectors and de~ressants. Flotation of sul~hides.
semiconductor properties of the mineral. Action of
collectors and metal ions. Flotation of silicates and oxides.
Selective flocculation, fine particle recovery. Solution
properties, behaviour.
SC757 Research Project
50 credit points 4 hours per week throughout second and
third year Hawthorn
This is a subject of the Graduate Diploma of Applied
Science (Applied Colloid Science)
Content
A research project carried either at the students place of
work or at Swinburne (or a combination) and involving a
supervised project of the student's choice. The aim of the
project is to provide research skills to the student and to
allow the student to study, in detail and at an advanced level,
one or more of the principles learned during coursework.
Selection and details of the project are a joint venture
between the student and staff, and may involve several
students working on one major project.
SC760 Biochemistry
12.5 credit points 5 hours per week Hawthorn
Instruction: lectures
This is a subject of the Graduate Diploma of Applied
Science (Industrial Biochemistry)
Content
Students study subjects in human, clinical and pathological
chemistry. They also study techniques of extraction of
biological molecules, methods of analysis of the structure of
peptides and proteins and recombinant DNA technology.
SC808 Scientific Communication
2 credit points 1 hour per week Hawthorn
This is a fourth year subject of the Bachelor of Applied
Science (Chemistry) and (Biochemistry)
Content
Literature search and written report on current
developments in organic chemistry.
Obtaining and analysing experimental data.