KJM9911 – Laboratory Exercises in Radiochemistry
Course description
Course content
KJM5911 is aimed at students who will work with radioactivity or radiochemical methods in their research. The course is an introduction to practical work with radiocativity in the laboratory. The students will become familiar with secure and standardized practice for work with open radioactive sources at the same time as they learn central methods for nuclear analysis and separation. The students are expected to take the course KJM5901 Radichemical methods simultaneously with KJM5911. KJM5901 and KJM5911 are compulsory for students doing a master in nucelar chemistry. The course is also suitable for students who will work with radiochemistry in other fields.
Learning outcome
When you complete this course:
- you have extensive practical experience from laboratory work with radioactive substances.
- you can use common techniques of detection to measure and analyze (qualitatively and quantitatively) radiation from alpha, beta, and gamma sources.
- you have practical experience with neutron activation analysis and isotope dilution analysis.
- you understand how tracers can be used to investigat reaction mechanisms.
- you can use common radiochemical separation methods, and also construct a radionuclide generator
- you are familiar with how radioactivity is made, both by the use of particle beams (from the syclotron) and by neutron activation.
- you have practical experience from working with strong radioactive sources (Work in type B laboratories)
- you have command of radiochemical laboratory techniques that are relevant to your own research
Admission
PhD candidates from the University of Oslo should apply for classes and register for examinations through Studentweb.
If a course has limited intake capacity, priority will be given to PhD candidates who follow an individual education plan where this particular course is included. Some national researchers’ schools may have specific rules for ranking applicants for courses with limited intake capacity.
PhD candidates who have been admitted to another higher education institution must apply for a position as a visiting student within a given deadline.
Prerequisites
Formal prerequisite knowledge
The student is required to complete the HSE course User course for work with open radioactive sources. The course is offered as a module in KJM-MENA4010 – Experimental methods (discontinued), and is compulsory for master students in nuclear chemistry.
Recommended previous knowledge
The course expects the students to have general knowledge about radioactivity and ionizing radiation equivalent to what is taught in KJM3900 – Radioactivity. KJM9911 – Laboratory Exercises in Radiochemistry (discontinued) is taught in parallell with KJM9901 – Radiochemical Methods (discontinued). The student are expected to learn the curriculum inKJM9901 – Radiochemical Methods (discontinued) during the semester, as this provides the theoretical foundation for the laboratory exercises.
Overlapping courses
- 3 credits overlap with KJM5910 – Radiochemical methods (discontinued)
- 10 credits overlap with KJM5911 – Laboratorie?velser i radiokjemi (discontinued)
Teaching
The course consists of 8 laboratory experiments, giving a total of 56 hours of laboratory practice. In addition, you will do an experimental miniproject on a topic related to your own research. The journals and reports for the laboratory exercises and the mini prosjects have to be approved for you to pass the course.
All laboratory practice is mandatory. If you have valid absence from the first day of laboratory practice, you have to contact The department of Chemsitry by phone:. 22 85 54 46 or e-mail to ekspedisjonen@kjemi.uio.no before the lab starts to avoid losing your place on the course.
As the teaching involves laboratory and/or field work, you should consider taking out a separate travel and personal risk insurance. Read about your insurance cover as a student.
Examination
You have to write a detailed laboratory journal during the course. Laboratory reports for each exercise as well as the mini project are mandatory and have to be approved by your supervisor. Journal and reports should be written in Norwegian or English (Swedish or Danish can be accepted if the supervisor agrees). You pass the course if all journals and laboratory reports are approved. There is no final exam.
Examination support material
No examination support material is allowed.
Language of examination
You may submit your response in Norwegian, Swedish, Danish or English. If you would prefer to have the exam text in English, you may apply to the course administrators.
Grading scale
Grades are awarded on a pass/fail scale. Read more about the grading system.
Explanations and appeals
Resit an examination
This course offers both postponed and resit of examination. Read more:
Withdrawal from an examination
It is possible to take the exam up to 3 times. If you withdraw from the exam after the deadline or during the exam, this will be counted as an examination attempt.
Special examination arrangements
Application form, deadline and requirements for special examination arrangements.
Evaluation
The course is subject to continuous evaluation. At regular intervals we also ask students to participate in a more comprehensive evaluation.
Other
Students on the course must comply with the requirements set by law for persons working with ionizing radiation. Pregnant women have to contact the radiation safety koordinator or the person responsible for the for additional safety measurements aimed at minimizing radiation for the foetus.