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Instructors: Univ-Prof. Dr. Michael Block; Univ-Prof. Dr. Christoph Düllmann; Univ.-Prof. Dr. Tobias Reich; Jun. Prof. Dr. Dieter Ries
Event type:
Work placement
Displayed in timetable as:
Kernchem. P. I
Hours per week:
6
Language of instruction:
German
Min. | Max. participants:
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Requirements / organisational issues:
The schedule is subject to change!
Course 1: KW 36-37
Course 2: KW 37-38
The course takes place during the lecture-free period on ten consecutive working days. It gives a practical insight into the basics of nuclear chemistry. The participants should have already acquired basic knowledge of nuclear chemistry before the start of the practical course and have worked through the practical course script.
The practical course begins daily at 8:30 a.m. with an introductory seminar in which the experiments of the respective day are explained and related to the lecture "Introduction to Nuclear Chemistry". The seminar is not a substitute for attending the lecture. Attendance is compulsory throughout the course. Each day ends with a final discussion.
After the internship an oral exam will be taken by one of the assistants.
The - hopefully not necessary - first repeat exam is also taken by one assistant, the second by the supervising professor.
A lab coat will be provided by the Institute of Nuclear Chemistry for the duration of the course, safety glasses must be brought along. Furthermore, a pocket calculator and writing utensils are needed, drawing paper is provided. In order to simplify the evaluation, a private notebook can be brought along and used. However, you should already know how to use the corresponding evaluation software before the internship.
Meeting point at the beginning of a course: Monday at 8:30 am in the seminar room of the Institute of Nuclear Chemistry.
Prerequisite for participation:
Admission to the internship requires the successful completion of the module "Introduction to Nuclear Chemistry" as part of the Bachelor's program. If the internship is chosen as an advanced module in the Master's programme, the corresponding basic module "Introduction to Nuclear Chemistry" or "Modern Methods of Nuclear and Radiochemistry" must first be successfully completed in order to be admitted to the internship.
Registration:
Registration is exclusively via JOGU-StINe. In addition to the registration it is mandatory to hand in a fully completed and handwritten declaration form for the verification of reliability (and an additional copy of the ID card on both sides) as early as possible, but at least 8 weeks before the start of the internship at the gate of the Institute of Nuclear Chemistry in order to be granted access to the institute building during the internship. The corresponding form can be downloaded here.
About one to two weeks before the beginning of the first course there will be a preliminary discussion for the KC1 internship. Among other things, the courses will be divided and important information about the internship will be given. Please bring a valid photo ID with you for the preliminary discussion.
In any case, personal attendance at the preliminary meeting is required.
If there are not enough registrations for both courses, only one of the two courses will take place.
Criteria for admission of students:
(according to §2 of the "Guideline on Access to Restricted Courses")
(1) If parallel courses cannot provide an adequate range of courses, access to the restricted courses shall be granted in the following order:
1. students who are in arrears with their studies through no fault of their own (e.g. due to non-admission in the previous semester, illness, pregnancy) shall be given priority when admitting them to the restricted course.
2. After taking into account the students in accordance with No. 1, students who have taken part in the course up to two times and in the required performance tests regularly but without success are to be admitted if repeated participation in the course is absolutely necessary for the repeat test. Not more than 40% of the available places are to be allocated to this group.
3. Further selection shall be made according to the necessity of attending the course for the students' progress in their studies.
4. Students who have already been admitted to the course at an earlier date but who have not attended the course, or have not fully attended it, including all performance assessments, without sufficient excuse shall be admitted as subordinated students.
(2) In the case of applicants of equal rank, the decision shall be made by lot.
Please address further questions to:
Janina Stietz (E-Mail: jastietz@uni-mainz.de, Tel.: 39 - 2 53 17)
Markus Breckheimer (E-Mail: mbreckhe@uni-mainz.de, Tel.: 39 - 2 85 06).
Contents:
The practical course is based on a course "practical radiochemistry" which Otto Hahn held at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute in Berlin-Dahlem to familiarize his staff with the handling of radioactive substances. This course was established at the Institute of Nuclear Chemistry after the foundation of the University of Mainz.
The Nuclear Chemistry Internship I is primarily aimed at students of chemistry and physics from the 7th semester onwards. It teaches the basics of nuclear chemistry and nuclear physics, which are necessary for dealing with radioactivity.
In addition to radiochemical work, the measurement technology for radioactive radiation is intensively dealt with.
The internship is organized as a course internship. Each internship day has its own topic:
- Production and measurement of radioactive preparations
- Decay and replica, mother-daughter equilibria
- The Alpha Decay
- Biological radiation effects and radiation protection
- Gamma radiation experiments
- Beta decay, application of semiconductor detectors
- Nuclear reactions with neutrons
- Nuclear fission
- Use of radioisotopes
- Transuranium - The Chemistry of Neptunium (Element 93)
The script for the internship can be downloaded here:
KC1 Practical Course Script 15th Edition
Slides of the seminar presentations:
Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 5, Day 6, Day 7, Day 8, Day 9, Day 10
Recommended reading list:
In addition to the script for the internship (see link above) and the seminar slides, the following literature can be used for further consolidation:
- K. H. Lieser: Introduction to Nuclear Chemistry, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim.
- C. Keller: Fundamentals of Radiochemistry, Salle, Frankfurt.
- G. Friedlander, J. W. Kennedy, E. S. Macias, J. M. Miller: Nuclear and Radiochemistry, Wiley, Hoboken, New Jersey.
Additional information:
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Digital teaching:
LMS: https://lms.uni-mainz.de/moodle/course/view.php?id=24494
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