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Course Name	Turkish	Bor Teknolojisi
	English	BORON TECHNOLOGY
Course Code	KMM 466	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	8	3	3	-	-
Course Language		Turkish
Course Coordinator		Ahmet Nusret Bulutcu
Course Objectives		1. To provide students with basic knowledge in boron chemistry (1,4) 2. To provide students with information about industrial boron compounds and their uses (1,4) 3. To provide students with information on production principles of boron compounds (1,3,4) 4. To provide students with information about health and enviromental effects of boron compounds (2)
Course Description		Mining and benefication of borate ores. Utilization and economics of boron compounds. Manufacture of boron compounds: Primary products; Borax pentahydrate, Borax decahydrate, Anhydrous borax, Boric acid, Anhydrous boric acid, Sodium perborate. Secondary products; Ammonium pentaborate, sodium octaborate, sodium metaborate, trimethylborate, fluoroborates, zinc borates, boron trifluoride. Organoboron compounds.
Course Outcomes		1. Demonstrate knowledge on boron processes and their industrial applications (1,2,13) 2. Demonstrate knowledge on properties of boron affecting present and future uses. (1. 2. 9) 3. Search the literature to obtain new developments in boron industry (8,9) 4. Demonstrate an ability to analyze boron processes (1,2,8,13)
Pre-requisite(s)		-
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Textbook		Course notes Adams,R.M., (Ed.), Boron,Metallo-Boron Compounds and Boranes, Interscience Publ.,N.Y., 1964 Roskill’s the economics of boron (11th Ed.), Roskill Information Services Ltd., London, 2006
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