Undergraduate Course: Chemistry and Processes 2 (CHEE08007)
Course Outline
| School |
School of Engineering |
College |
College of Science and Engineering |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 08 (Year 2 Undergraduate) |
Credits |
20 |
| Home subject area |
Chemical |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
None |
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| Course description |
Work visits component: The course involves an introduction to the plants and processes to be visited, a literature search on the process, a site visit that involves a question and answer session with plant engineers and a reporting back session involving oral presentation and a written report.
Chemistry components: The course covers the following topics: quantum theory, infrared and NMR spectroscopy, aromatic chemistry, and industrial organic chemistry. |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2010/11 Semester 1, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| King's Buildings | Lecture | | 1-11 | | 12:30 - 13:30 | | | | | King's Buildings | Lecture | | 1-11 | | | | 12:30 - 13:30 | | | King's Buildings | Laboratory | | 1-11 | 14:00 - 17:00 | | | | | | King's Buildings | Lecture | | 1-11 | 12:30 - 13:30 | | | | |
| First Class |
Week 1, Monday, 12:30 - 13:30, Zone: King's Buildings. Lecture Theatre 250, Joseph Black Building |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Students should be able to:
Work visits component
read a process flowsheet, identify plant items and discuss the reasons for particular operating conditions chosen; work together as a group to delegate tasks and prepare oral presentations and written reports; prepare a succinct written report, relying as much as possible on informative diagrams to reduce word count; talk for 10 minutes on an assigned topic
Chemistry component
- Describe and explain the fundamental principles of quantum theory, infrared and NMR spectroscopy, aromatic chemistry, and industrial organic chemistry.
- Account for the stability, structure, and reactivity of benzene, its simple derivatives, and polycyclic analogues.
- Identify and explain the synthetic principles which enable the conversion of simple benzene derivatives into more complex molecules
- Outline the principles of quantum mechanics and their significance to modern experimental and theoretical chemistry.
- Carry out calculations on simple systems, such as a particle in a one-dimensional box.
- Describe the absorption and emission of electromagnetic radiation by atoms and molecules in terms of energy level diagrams and selection rules
- Describe how energy is distributed within molecules and use the Boltzmann distribution to calculate the relative populations of energy levels.
- Describe the electronic states and spectra of hydrogenic atoms.
- Identify the characteristic absorption bands of functional groups in the infrared spectra of organic molecules
- Use spectroscopic data to determine the vibrational frequency, bond strength and bond length of diatomic molecules.
- describe the process whereby electromagnetic radiation interacts with matter.
- explain the key concepts of vibrational spectroscopy and derive structural information from group and skeletal vibrational frequencies. |
Assessment Information
| Two-hour degree exam at end of semester (80%) and works visits (20%) |
| Please see Visiting Student Prospectus website for Visiting Student Assessment information |
Special Arrangements
| Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Dr Khellil Sefiane
Tel: (0131 6)50 4873
Email: ksefiane@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Mrs Sharon Potter
Tel: (0131 6)50 5687
Email: Sharon.Potter@ed.ac.uk |
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