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COURSE DESCRIPTION

MICROMERITICS/FTE-3020

Course Title:	MICROMERITICS
Credits	3	ECTS	7
Semester	1	Compulsory/Elective	Elective

COURSE INFO

-- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION

Turkish

-- NAME OF LECTURER(S)

Prof.Dr. Sevgi Takka, Prof.Dr. Füsun Acartürk, Assoc.Prof. Fatmanur Tuğcu Demiröz

-- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)

http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/takka, http://www.websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/fatmanur, http://www.websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/acarturk

-- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)

takka@gazi.edu.tr, acartürk@gazi.edu.tr, fatmanur@gazi.edu.tr

-- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT

Learning and understanding of the fundamentals and basic concepts of micromeritics,
Learning importance of particle size and distribution in pharmaceutical technology.
Learning of the particle size distribution calculations.

-- MODE OF DELIVERY

The mode of delivery of this course is face to face

-- PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES

There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.

-- RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTS

There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.

--COURSE CONTENT
1. Week	The importance of the particle size and distribution in Pharmaceutical Technology
2. Week	Descriptions and the methods of sampling
3. Week	The crystal characteristics of the particles
4. Week	Evaluation the crystal characteristics of the powder using x-ray diffraction method
5. Week	Analysis of particle size and distribution
6. Week	The analysis method of particle size measurement (Sieving, microscopy)
7. Week	The analysis method of particle size measurement (sedimentation, coulter counter)
8. Week	Diffraction methods
9. Week	Mie thory, Rayleigh, Rayleigh-Gans-Debye ve Fraunhofer
10. Week	Zeta sizers, electro akustic analysis
11. Week	Gas permeability and gas adsorption methods, adsorption isotherms
12. Week	The dynamic properties of the powders, compressibility
13. Week	Bulk density, granule density, true density
14. Week	The evaluation of the particle size and distribution
15. Week
16. Week

-- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING

- Remington: The Science and Practice of Pharmacy, Ed: AR Gennaro, 20th Ed., Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2002. - Encyclopedia of Pharmaceutic

-- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS

Lecture, Question & Answer

-- WORK PLACEMENT(S)

-- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA

	Quantity	Percentage
Mid-terms	1	50
Assignment	1	10
Exercises	0	0
Projects	0	0
Practice	0	0
Quiz	0	0
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade		60
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade		40

-- WORKLOAD

Efficiency	Total Week Count	Weekly Duration (in hour)	Total Workload in Semester
Theoretical Study Hours of Course Per Week	14	3	42
Practising Hours of Course Per Week			0
Reading	12	3	36
Searching in Internet and Library	12	2	24
Designing and Applying Materials			0
Preparing Reports	9	2	18
Preparing Presentation	7	3	21
Presentation	1	1	1
Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term	5	3	15
Final and Studying for Final	6	3	18
Other			0
TOTAL WORKLOAD:			175
TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25:			7
ECTS:			7

-- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

NO	PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES	1	2	3	4	5
1						X
2						X
3						X
4						X
5						X
6						X
7						X
8						X
9					X
10						X

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