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KBT171 - Chemistry of Lanthanides, Actinides and Super-heavy Elements, KBT171

1. Lectures: Difficulty

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Genomsnitt: 2.33

- I think the lectures were fairly easy to follow with a content that was thought through and clearly explained. But it wasn"t so easy that I would get bored and lose interest in listening. » (2)

2. Lectures: Interesting

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Genomsnitt: 3.66

- It was nice to have some historical facts included in the lectures.» (4)
- The lectures covered just the part that is missing in the text book, which is relating the topic to the real world. So I would say that the lectures made the whole course more interesting to follow. » (4)

3. Lectures: Relevance

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Genomsnitt: 3.83

4. Lectures: Handouts

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Genomsnitt: 3.83

- Some of the handouts are most likely new, but some seem to be reprocessed from some previous course. This makes the content difficult to follow, at times, since what I believe are the latest handouts are carefully made so that one can learn from them later, but some handouts have been more difficult to follow a month later (I believe uranium handouts were one of such)» (3)

5. Lectures: Time for questions

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Genomsnitt: 4.66

- Dte var lite svårt att få hjälp i början av kursen när de flesta var bortresta. Detta berörda labprojektet» (4)

6. Lectures: Number of lectures

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Genomsnitt: 2

- Snarare färre lektioner med nuvarande innehåll. Borde dock göra kursen mycket större än den var i nuläget» (No)
- I think the number of lectures was sufficient. But maybe extending the lecturing time a little bit would do good. » (No)

7. Course content: Increase

- The part of the course concerning lanthanides and the SHE part could be increased quite a lot. Since different crystal structures and allotropic forms of solid state actinides are mentioned in the course it might be a good idea to explain them in more detail, since students usually don"t know what they look like. (This might be one way to increase the contents of the course) I think it would have been nice to have some calculations in the course. For instance detailed calculations using models for nuclear stability and models for electronic structure of actinides and SHE could be included in the course.»

8. Course content: Decrease

- Possibly only different reprocessing methods (BUTEX, PUREX etc.) that already have been covered in previous courses.»

9. Laboratory project: understanding

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Genomsnitt: 2.83

- Initial misunderstanding of the project and failure to procure any meaningful results mainly responsible for lack of understanding.» (1)
- The instructions in the beginning could have been somewhat clearer. As it was now there was some confusion about how the experimental work was to be performed. This made the literature search more difficult. Clearer instructions would probably have made it easier for me to increase my understanding of the chemistry of lanthanides and actinides.» (2)
- I salute you on the choice of lab-work design, aka forcing me myself to do research on the theoretical background and essentially designing my own lab exercise. This, I believe, made sure I learned a lot about the topic. » (5)

10. Laboratory project: relevance

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Genomsnitt: 3.66

- Projektet blev ganska misslyckat. Dels var det fick vi olika svar från olika handledare vilket gjorde att vi i slutändan var tvungen att göra om allt arbete 2 gånger. Det slutade med tat vi stressade igenom hela projektet i slutet och det hela kändes ganska meningslöst. Dock kunde vi nog ansträngt oss enn snäpp till i informationssökning, men det var svårt eftersom vi inte visste hur/vad vi skulle söka efter» (2)
- The practical work was very relevant.» (4)
- The exercise helps one to be personally involved in a topic which so often is discussed only theoretically. So to give people an opportunity to learn from working with actual actinides/lanthanides is from my perspective priceless.» (5)

11. Laboratory project: work form

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Several laboratory exercises»		1		16%
A larger project»		5		83%

Genomsnitt: 1.83

- Vi saknade den kunskap som behövdes för att kunna genomdriva ett större projekt.» (Several laboratory exercises)
- Ett större projekt verkar ganska soligt och spännande. Men kf:are har aldrig gjort någonting liknande innan och vi är väl inte kända för att vara bra på laborationer. Detta gjorde det svårt för oss att lägga upp arbetet.» (A larger project)
- It is good to try both work forms. Since we have had several laboratory exercises in the previous courses I think it is good to have a larger project in this course. In addition to the experimental work, a larger project also gives the possibility for students to improve their skills in planning of experiments and searching for relevant literature. » (A larger project)
- Planning and performing laboratory project independently was interesting.» (A larger project)
- One big project allows one to focus better and will result in less time-consuming and really not that relevant aspects of team-work and lab-work. » (A larger project)

12. Laboratory project: Supervisor

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Genomsnitt: 4

- Good and clear instructions during the work in the laboratory.» (3)

13. Laboratory project: Supervisor

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Genomsnitt: 4

14. General: Workload

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Genomsnitt: 2.16

- The course could be extended quite a lot.» (1)
- I think the workload was manageable, even for someone who is not necessarily a chemist. » (3)

15. General: Textbook

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Genomsnitt: 3.16

- I would say the textbook quality varies from one chapter to the other significantly, and thus results in something that is a textbook in the beginning, develops into a handbook in the middle and makes me lose focus as it progresses. Third edition or not, it is still full of grammatical and typographical errors, not to mention the fact that the author clearly has not made an effort in making some chapters count. And so he leaves a reader lost with statements such as "sulfides are very important", but will not explain why or what for. In areas such as coordination chemistry, this book fails. » (2)
- Den är ganska trevlig och lättläst, men det står mycket onödigt i den. Väldigt mycket utantillkunskaper som inte tas upp i kursen.» (3)
- The book is quite easy to read and covers all topics that are relevant to the course, but it does not give very much more information than the lecture slides.» (3)
- Didn"t really read it much at all, but what I did read seemed quite good.» (3)

16. General: Administration

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Genomsnitt: 4.16

- A bit more information about the lab project would have been good.» (4)

17. General: Information

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Genomsnitt: 4.16

- Visste väll inte så himla mycket om kursen innan den började, men det är alltid väldigt lätt att komma upp till Gunnar om man har några frågor.» (3)

18. Exam

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Genomsnitt: 4.5

- Tentan var bra med tanke på hur kursen såg ut. Dock behöver kursen utökas MYCKET och göras mer omfattande/svårare. Hade även vart roligt med olika räkneuppgifter» (4)
- Only one question regarding SHE"s.» (4)
- I can say that whatever was a mystery for me during the exam was obviously due to my own lack of commitment to studying, not because I was asked to do something I had not been previously warned about. » (5)