Undergraduate Course Descriptions :

 

MAT 145 MATHEMATICS I                                                                               303

Functions, Limit, Continuity, Derivative, Applications of Derivative.

MAT 146 MATHEMATICS II                                                                              303

Integration, Methods of Integration, Applications of Integration; Sequences,Series; Determinants.

KİM 135 GENERAL CHEMISTRY I                                                                  425

Properties and Measurement of Matter; Atoms and the Atomic Theory; Chemical Compounds; Chemical Reactions; Reactions in Aqueous Solutions; Gases; Thermochemistry; Electrons in Atoms; The Periodic Table and Some Atomic Properties; Chemical Bonding.

KİM 136 GENERAL CHEMISTRY II                                                                 425

Liquids, Solids and Inter Molecular Forces; Solutions and Their Physical Properties; Chemical Kinetics; Principles of Chemical Equilibrium; Acids and Bases; Acid-Base Equilibria; Solubility and Complex-Ion  Equilibria; Thermodynamics; Electrochemistry.

KİM 210 BIOCHEMISTRY                                                                                  404

Introduction to Biochemistry, Structure and Function of Biomolecules, Amino Acids, Proteins, Enzymes, Carbohydrates, Nucleotides, Lipids and Membranes; Purification of Biomolecules; Metabolism and Bioenergetics, Glycolysis, The Citric Acid Cycle, Electron Transport and Oxidative Phosphorylation, Photosynthesis, Lipid Metabolism, Amino Acid Metabolism, Nucleotide Metabolism, Biological Information Flow, Nucleic Acids, DNA Replication, Protein Synthesis, Recombinant DNA Technology.

KİM 215 INORGANIC CHEMISTRY I                                                              404

Electronic Structure of Atom, Some Periodic Properties of Atoms, Some Properties of Covalent Bonds, Covalent Bond Theory, Hydrogen Bonding, van der Wals Forces, Ionic Bond Formation, Properties of Ionic Compounds.

KİM 216 INORGANIC CHEMISTRY II                                                            404

Metallic Bond, Acid-Base Systems and Anhydroos Solvents, Applications of Electrod Potentials, Coordination Compounds, Crystal Field Theory and its Applications, Ligand Field Theory, Organometallic Chemistry.

KİM 217 ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY I                                                303

Errors in Chemical Analysis, Application of Statistics to Data Treatment and Evaluation, Gravimetric Methods of Analysis, Titrimetric Methods of Analysis, Aqueous-Solution Chemistry, Effects of Electrolytes on Ionic Equilibria, Application of Equilibrium Calculations to Complex Systems.

KİM 218 ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY II                                                          303

Theory of Neutralization Titrations, Titrations Curues for Complex Acid/Base Systems, Applications of Neutralization Titrations, Precipitation Titrations, Complex-Formation Titrations, an Introduction to Electrochemistry, Applications of Standard Electrode Potentials, Applications of Oxidation/Reduction Titrations.

KİM 219 MATHEMATICAL OPERATIONS IN CHEMISTRY                      404

Functions, Limit, Partial Derivative, High Order Differential Equations, Solutions and Applications in Chemistry, Homogeneous Linear Equations with Constant Coefficients, Linear Equations with Varied Coefficients and Applications in Chemistry.

KİM 227 INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL CALCULATIONS                                 202

Gas and Liquid Fuels, Solid Fuels, Secondary Fuels, Sulfur Compounds, Lime, Cement, Alkalies, Mass and Energy Balances in Metallurgical and Ceramic Industries.

KİM 290 GENERAL ECONOMY                                                                        202

Basic Concepts, Market Analysis, Macro Economic Indications, Structure of Turkish Economy.

KİM 303  QUANTUM CHEMISTRY I                                                                202

Coordinate Systems, Matrix and Determinants, Vectors, Operators and Their Properties, Deficiency of Classical Mechanics and Basic Principales of Quantum Mechanics, Schrödinger Equation, Behaviour of Particle in a One-Dimensional and Two-Dimensional Boxes, Harmonic Oscillator, Bohr Atom Model, Schrödinger Equation Treatment on Atomic Structure, Postulates of Quantum Mechanics.

KİM 304  QUANTUM CHEMISTRY II                                                              223

Quantum Mechanics, Treatment of Molecules, Molecular Orbital Theory, Variation and Perturbation Theory, Moleculer Symmetry, Electronic Structure Methods ; Ab initio (3-21, 6-31G, 6-311+G *),  Density-Functional, Semiempirical (AM1, PM3 and MNDO) , Molecular Mechanics and Hückel Methods and their Treatmensts to Organic and Inorganic Molecules.

KİM 317 BIOCHEMISTRY LABORATORY                                                     031

Determination of Isoelectric Points of Aminoacids, Aminoacid Analysis with Paper Chromatography, Protein Assays, Determination of Molecular Weights of Proteins by Electrophoresis, Column Chromatography, Peptids, Polypeptides and Protein Sequence Analysis, DNA Degradation and Monitoring with Sepectrophotomery, Protein Purification Techniques; Bioaffinity Chromatography, Metal-Chelate Affinity Chromatography, Dye-Ligand Chromatography, Hydrophobic Chromatography.

KİM 319 INORGANIC CHEMISTRY III                                                           202

Periodic table and elements. Descriptive chemistry and properties of Group IA-VIIA and Group VIII Elements.

KİM 321 INORGANIC CHEMISTRY LABORATORY                                    082

Basic Techniques for Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, Stöichiometric Synthesis of Inorganic Compounds (Salts, Acids, Oxides, Covalent Compounds, Clathrate Compounds, Coordination Compounds), Purity Analysis and Structural Analysis by Spectroscopic, Magnetic and Conductimetric Techniques.

ENG 324 TRANSLATION                                                                                    202

The Aim of This is to Enable The Students to Translate Texts on Various Subjets From English to Turkish and/or from Turkish to English. Since Translating Needs to Know Both Languages and Their Cultures, The Differences and Similarities Between Them, The Students Will Study The Two Languages Comparatively in Terms of Structure, Meaning and Function in This Course.

KİM 327 INSTRUMENTAL ANALYSIS I                                                          303

Principles of Spectroscopic Methods, Molecular Ultraviolet/visible Absorption Spectroscopy, Molecular Fluorescence and Phosphorescence Spectroscopy, Infrared Absorption Spectroscopy, Raman Spectroscopy, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy, Mass Spectrometry.

KİM 328 INSTRUMENTAL ANALYSIS II                                                        303

Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy, Atomic Emission and Fluorescence Spectroscopy, x-ray Spectroscopy, Electron Spectroscopy, Principles of Electrochemical Methods, Potentiometric Methods, Voltammetric Methods, Polarographic Methods, Amperometric and Coulometric Methods, Pirinciples of Chromatography and Chromatographic Methods.

KİM 329 PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY I                                                                  303

Ideal Gases, Real Gases, Compression Factors, Real-Gas Equations of State, Condensation, Cristal Data and Equations of  State, The Law of Corresponding States,  Distribution of Molecular Speeds in an Ideal Gases, Applications of Maxwell Distribution, Collisions With a Wall and Effusion, Molecular Collisions and Mean Free Path, Thermal Conductivity, Viscosity, Diffusion, Electrical Conductivity, Chemical Bonding in Solids, Cohesive Energies of Solids, Theoretical Calculation of Cohesive Energies, Crystal Structures, Defects in Solids, Liquids, The Interphase Region, Curved Interfaces, Surface Tension.

KİM 330 PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY II                                                                303

Classical Mechanics, P-V Work and Heat, The First Law of Thermodynamics, Enthalpy, Heat Capacities, The Joule and Joule-Thomson Experiments, Perfects Gases and the First Law, The Molecular Nature of Integral Energy, Heats of Solutions, The Second Law of Thermodynamics, Heat Engines, Entropy, Calculation of Entropy Changes, Reversibility and Irreversibility, The Thermodynamic Temperature Scale, Thermodynamic Properties of Nonequilibrium Systems, The Gibbs and Helmholtz Functions, Thermodynamic Relations for a System in Equilibrium, Chemical Potentials, Phase Equilibrium, Reaction Equilibrium, Standard Enthalpy of Reaction, Determination of Standard Enthalpies of Formation and Reaction, Temperature Dependence of Reaction Heats, Conventional Entropies and the Third Law of Thermodynamics, Standard Gibbs Energy of Reaction, Estimation of Thermodynamic Properties, The Phase Rule, One-Component Phase Equilibrium, The Clapeyron Equation, Solid-Solid Phase Transitions, Higher-Order Phase Transitions.

KİM 357 ORGANIC CHEMISTRY I                                                                  303

Carbon Compounds and Chemical Bonds; Functional Groups, Intermolecular Forces and (IR) Spectroscopy, Basic Concepts in Organic Chemistry, Organic Reactions, Acids and Bases, Alkenes, Nomencloture, Conformational Analysis, Stereochemistry, Ionic Reactions, Nucleophilic Substitution and Elimination Reactions of Alkly Halides, Alkenes and Alkynes, Addition Reactions, Spectroscopic Methods in Organic Chemistry. Radical Reactions, Alcohols and Ether.

KİM 358 ORGANIC CHEMISTRY II                                                                 303

Alcohols From Carbonyl Compounds, Oxidation-Reduction and Organometallic Compounds, Conjugated Unsaturated Systems, Aromatic Compounds Reactions of Aromatic Compounds, Aldehydes and Ketones I, Nucleophilic Addition to the Carbonyl Group, Aldehydes and Ketones II., Aldol Reactions, Carboxylic Acids and Their Derivatives, Nucleophilic Addition, Elimination at the Acyl Carbon, Syntheses and Reactions of b- Dicarbonyl Compounds, Amines, Phenols and Aryl Halides, Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution.

KİM  362 ORGANİC CHEMISTRY  LABORATORY  I                                   082

Organic Laboratory Techniques,  Chemical and Physical Properties of Functional Groups, Chemical and Spectral Pathways, Structural Analysis, Factors Effected on Structure Reavtivity Relations, Progress of Organic Reactions and Research Pathways.

KİM 401 SEMINAR                                                                                              101

Seminar Presentation of Recent Advances and Popular Subjects in Chemistry by Students.

KİM  403 WATER SOLUBLE AND SVELLABLE POLYMERS                     202

Introduction to Water Soluble Polymers (WSoP), Solubility, Structure of Water, Water-WSoP Interactions, Dimensional Changes, Dynamic and Thermodynamic Aspects of Water-WSoP Systems in the Presence/Absence of Additives (Organic and Inorgnic), Biodegradation of WSoP (steps, mechanisms and determination), Three-Dimensional Network Structures of Water Swellable Polymers (WSwPs) Hdrogels, Effects of Light, Heat, Irradiation and Crosslinking Agent on Crosslinking, Swelling Dynamics and Basic Kinetic Description of Swelling, Applications in the Fields of Medicine, Pharmacy, Biotechnology, Agriculture and Controlled Release of Drugs of WSoP and WSwPs.

KİM  404 INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY                                                              303

Drinking Water  and Waste Water Treatment, Nitrogen Industry, Sulfuric Acid, Chlorine-Alkali Systems, Hydrogen Production and Hydrogen Energy Systems, Nitration, Oxidation, Dyes, Petrochemicals Pharmacentical Industry.

KİM  405 COMPUTATIONAL MODELS AND APPLICATIONS                   202

An Overview of Computational Chemistry. Molecular Mechanics. Electronic Structure Methods. Semiamprical and Abinitio Methods. Density Functional Methods. Applications, Single Point Calculations, Geometry Optimizations, Examining Molecular Orbitals , Predicting Moments and Atomic Charges. Studying Chemical Reactions and Reactivety. Theoretical Approach to Molecular Spectroscopy. IR,UV-Visible.

KİM  406 INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY LABORATORY                                 041

Water Analysis, Chemical Analysis in Cement, Petroleum Distilation and Anilin Point Test, Oil Analysis, Potassium Nitrate Fertilize Production, Coal Analysis (Moister, Ash and Volatile Matter), Enamel Production and Metal Coating, Hexane, Toluene Distilation and Mass-Energy Blance.

KİM  407 BIOSEPARATION                                                                               202

An Overview of Bioseparations, Separation Processes of Biomolecules: Filtration and Microfiltration, Cetrifugation, Cell Disruption, Isolation, Extraction, Adsorption, Bioproduct Purification, Precipitation, Ultrafiltration and Electrophoresis, Polishing, Crystallization, Drying, Ancillary Operations, Elution Biochromatography.

KİM  408 INDUSTRIAL INORGANIC PRODUCTS                                        202

Specialty Inorganic Chemical Products; Sodium Borohydride; Production of Dithionites; Compounds of Phosphours, Lithium, Magnesium and Aluminum; Silicates; Titanium Compounds; Zirconium and tin Compounds; Industrial Chromium Compounds; Molybdenum and Nickel Compounds; Compounds of Rare-Earth Metals; Compounds of Noble Metals and Production in High Purity.

KİM  413 ORGANIC CHEMISTRY III                                                              404

Determination of Organic Reaction Mechanism, Free Radicals, Carbenes, Molecular Rearrangement, Pericyclic Reactions, Polycylic and Heterocyclic Aromotic Compounds, Photochemistry and Electrochemistry, Organometallic Compounds.

KİM  422 NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY                                                                    202

The Atom and its Nucleus, Radioactive Decay, Nuclear Masses and Nuclear Stability, Nuclear Reactions; Interaction of Nuclear Radiation With Matter, Counters, Radiation Safety Precautions.

KİM 424 ORGANIC SPECTRAL ANALYSIS                                                    202

Physical, Chemical and Spectroscopic Technics and Methods for the Identification of the Structure of the Organic Compounds. Ultraviolet, Infrared, Mass and NMR Technics.

KİM  465 POLYMER I                                                                                          202

Polymerization Reactions (Chain-Reaction Polymerization; Radical Chain, Anionic and Cationic Polymerization, Initiation and Initiators, Polymerization Steps, Rate and Molecular Weight Controlling, Step-Reaction Polymerization; Interfacial and Homogeneous Polycondensation, Ring-Opening and Nonlinear Step-Reaction Polymerization) and Techniques: Suspension, Emulsion and Bulk Polymerizations, Chain Scission and Crosslinking of Polymers, Determination of Crosslink Density and Number-Average Molecular Weight of a Network Structure, Swelling of Crosslinked Polymers, Additives for Polymers, Thermogravimetry, Differential Thermal Analysis and Differential Scanning Calorimeters, Stress-Strain Tests, Toughness and Brittleness of Polymers.

KİM  466 POLYMER II                                                                                        2 0 2

Overview of the Structures of Polymers (Stereochemistry, Isomerisms, Conformation and Configuration), Copolymers, Branched and Crosslinked Polymers, Solubility of Polymers and Polymer Solutions (Volume Change of Mixing, Free Volume Concept, Theta Solvents, Solubility of Polymers in Mixed Solvents, Incompatibility of Polymer Solutions, Basic Thermodynamic Description of Solubility, Three Dimensional Solubility Analysis, Interaction Parameters, Unperturbed Dimensions of Polymers), Determination of Molecular Weight: (Number, Weight, Viscometric and Z-Average Molecular Weights), Franctionation and Characterization of Polymers.

KİM  430 POLYMER  CHEMISTRY LABORATORY                                     031

Homogeneous Polymerization of Styrene, Heterogeneous Polymerization of Styrene, Polymerization of Methyl Methacrylate in Block, Copolymerization of Styrene with Methyl Methacrylate, Determination of Monomer Reactivity Ratio in Co- and Terpolymerization, Determination of Mv by Viscometry, Determination of Head-to-Head Combination of Poly(vinlylalcohol), Determination of Charge-Transfer Complex Formation Constant by UV Spectroscopy, Crosslinking of Epoxy Oligomers, Crosslinking of Unsaturated Polyesters, Esterification of Maleic Anhydride-Styrene Copolymers, Solvent Effect on Swelling Behavior of Hydrogels, Determination of Certain Swelling  Parameters of Hydrogels, Thermal Degradation of Poly(vinylchloride), Vulcanization of Butadiene-Styrene Copolymer, Chemical Analysis of Functional Polymers; Acid, Hydroxyl, Epoxy and Ester Numbers.

KİM  432 HOMOGENEOUS AND HETEROGENEOUS CATALYSIS           202

General Definition of Catalysts, Properties of the Catalyst, Catalytic Support Materials, Mechanism of Hydrocarbon Catalysis,The Chemical Reactions Occur  on the Catalyst Surface, Acid-Base Catalysis, Catalysis by Electron Transfers, Organometalic-Catalysis, Catalytical Properties of the Silica, Silica-Alumina and Zeolites, Catalysis by Metal Clusters, Phase Transfer Catalysts.

KİM 434 PHOTOCHEMISTRY                                                                           202

Quantum Theory, Interaction of Photons by Atoms and Molecules. Electronic Exitation and Nature of Electronic Spectra. Photoluminescence of Unimolecular Systems; Fluorescence-Phosphorescence-Delayed Emissions and Lifetimes. Studying Photochemical Reactions; Types of Reactions and Instrumentation and Methodology. Lasers and Nanosecond-Picosecond Techniques.

KİM 440 ELECTROANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY                                            202

An Introduction to Electrochemical Methods; Potentiometriy and Titrations With Polarizable Electrodes, Chranopotentiometriy, Voltametry at Rotating Electrodes, Linear Sweep Voltametry, Pulse Polarograhy, A.C. Polarography, Stripping Voltammetry, Chronoamperometry, Chronocoulometry, Electrochemical Sensors, Spectroelectro-Chemistry, Photoelectrochemistry, Electronic Circuits in Electrochemistry.

KİM 448 ENZYMOLOGY                                                                                     202

The Discovery of Enzymes and Enzyme Terminology; Basic Aspects of Chemical Kinetics; Kinetics of Enzyme-Catalyzed Reactions; Enzyme Inhibition; Enzyme Avtivity; Stability of Enzymes; Immobilization of Enzymes; Advantages and Disadvantages of Enzyme Immobilization; Immobilization Techniques; Binding to Carrier; Cross-Linking Techniques; Entrapment Techniques.

KİM 460 INDUSTRIAL ORGANIC PRODUCTS                                              202

History of Chemical Industry; Sources for Raw Materials; Petrochemical Products; Thermal Cracking; Catalytical Cracking; Reforming; Catalytical Reforming; Oxidations; Acids; Hydrocarbons; Aromatics; Some Specific Reactions; Plastics and Elastomers; Relation Between Structure and Polymer Properties; Mechanisms of Chain, Bulk, Solution and Emulsion Polymerizations.

KİM 461  ORGANIC CHEMISTRY LAB.II                                                       082

Classification of Organic Reactions, Preparative Synthesis, Advanced Synthesis Techniques, Tracing of Organic Reactions by Physical Pathways, Developing and Research Experiments.

KİM 480 POLYMER TECHNOLOGY                                                                202

Polymer  Production Techniques, Bulk Polymerization,  Solution Polymerizations, Suspension Polymerization, Emulsion Polmerization. Industrial  Synthheris of Some Engineering Plastics and Their Utilization (PE,PP,PVC).

KİM 483 PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY III                                                               303 

Physical Transformation of Pure Substances; Phase Diagrams, Phase Stability and Phose Transitions. Simple Mixtures; The Thermodynamic Desciription of Mixtures, Partial Molar Quantities, The Thermodynamics of Mixing, The Chemical Potentials of Liquids, The Properties of Solutions, Colligative Properties, A Ctivities. Phase Diagrams; Two Component Systems, Vapour Pressure Diagrams, Temperature- Composition Diagrams, Liquid-Liquid Phase Diagrams, Liquid- Solid Phase Diagrams. Chemical Equilibrium; Spontaneous Chemical Reactions, The Responce of Equilibria to the Conditions. 

KİM 484 PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY IV                                                               303

Equilibrium Electrochemistry; The Thermodynamic Properties of Ions in Solution, Ion Activites, Electrochemical Cells; Half- Reactions and Electrodes, Standard Potentials, Application of Standard Potentials. The Conductivites of electrolyte Solution, The Mobilities of Ions. The Rates of Chemical Reactions; Emperical Chemical Kinetics, Experimental Techniques, Integrated Rate Laws, Reaction Approaching Equilibrium, The Temperature Dependence of Reaction Rates, Elementary Reactions, Consencutive Elementary Reactions, Enzyme Kinetics, The Kinetic of Complex Reactions. The Kinetics of Complex Reactions; Chain Reactions; Explosions, Photochemical Reactions.

KİM 485 GRADUATION WORK (Annual)                                                         202

The Purpose of This Course is The Application of a Student's Theoretical and Experimental Knowledge to a Scientific Investigation. The Student Outlines the Research Topic Under the Supervision of a Professor, Carries Out a Literature Survey, Plans the Experimental Methods, Evaluates the Experimental Data and Summarizes the Results as a Report.

KİM 491 SEPARATION TECHNIQUES                                                             202

Aim and Classification of The Separation Techniques; Distillation, Solvent Exctraction; Ion Exchange Technique; Ion Exclusion Technique; Precipitation, Coprecipitation, Adsorption, Flotation Techniques; Gas Absorption, Paper, Tin Layer, Liquid-Liquid, Size Exclusion Chromatographic Techniques.

KİM 493 X-RAY DIFFRACTION                                                                        202

X-Rays; Interaction of X-Rays With Matter; Structural Relations, X-Ray Patterns and Interpretation in Powder Techniques; Production and Detection of X-Rays; Problems and Examples.