IDENTIFYING DATA 2019_20
Subject (*) INDUSTRIAL INORGANIC CHEMISTRY Code 13204215
Study programme
Bachelor's Degree in Chemistry (2009)
 Cycle 1st
Descriptors Credits Type Year Period
3 Optional 1Q
Language
Anglès
Department Physical and Inorganic Chemistry
Coordinator
CESTEROS FERNÁNDEZ, YOLANDA
 E-mail yolanda.cesteros@urv.cat
Lecturers
CESTEROS FERNÁNDEZ, YOLANDA
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General description and relevant information The main objective of this course is to know the main industrial processes related to the obtention and transformation of inorganic compounds and materials together with the consideration of economical and environmental aspects in the industrial processes studied

Competences
Type A Code Competences Specific
 CE5 Appreciate the importance of Chemistry in areas of life such as industry, environment, pharmacy, health, food and agriculture, etc.
Type B Code Competences Transversal
Type C Code Competences Nuclear

Learning outcomes
Type A Code Learning outcomes
 CE5 Conèixer els principals processos industrials d'obtenció i transformació de compostos i materials inorgànics.
Prendre consciència dels aspectes econòmics i d'impacte ambiental dels processos industrials estudiats
Type B Code Learning outcomes
Type C Code Learning outcomes

Contents
Topic Sub-topic
1. General aspects of the Industrial Inorganic Chemistry.
2. Industrial gases.
3. Industry of nitrogen and its compounds. Production of ammonia and nitric acid.
4. Industry of phosphorus and its compounds. Production of phosphoric acid.
5. Fertilizers
6. Industry of sulfur and its compounds. Production of sulfuric acid.
7. Industry of halogens and their derivatives. The chloro-alkali industry. Production of hydrochloric acid.
8. Silicon and aluminum compounds. Fabrication of silicones. Organo-silicon compounds. Aluminum oxide. Zeolites.
9. Inorganic fibers.
10. Pigments inorgànics.

Planning
Methodologies  ::  Tests
  Competences (*) Class hours
 Hours outside the classroom
 (**) Total hours
Introductory activities
1 0 1
Lecture
CE5
 13.5 13.5 27
Problem solving, exercises in the classroom
CE5
 6 24 30
Personal attention
1 0 1
Presentations / oral communications
CE5
 6 9 15
 
Multiple-choice objective tests
CE5
 0.5 0.5 1
 
(*) On e-learning, hours of virtual attendance of the teacher.
(**) The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies
Methodologies
  Description
Introductory activities Introduction to the course
Lecture Presentation of the contents of the course
Problem solving, exercises in the classroom 3 questionnaires about the contents of the course will be elaborated by the students, inside and outside the classroom, with the help of the bibliography. These questionnaires will be done during the first 6 weeks of the course. Each questionnaire will be send to the teacher each 2 weeks.
Personal attention Time devoted by each teacher to attend and solve the doubts of the students.
Presentations / oral communications Presentation of the main contents of the questionnaires the class after finishing the elaboration of the questionnaire.

Personalized attention
Description
Time devoted by each teacher to attend and solve the doubts of the students.

Assessment
Methodologies Competences Description Weight        
Problem solving, exercises in the classroom
CE5
 Solving 3 questionnaires inside and outside the classroom with the help of the bibliography. Each 2 weeks the students will send one questionnaire during the first 6 weeks of the course. 36 %
Presentations / oral communications
CE5
 Presentation of the main contents of the questionnaires the class after finishing the elaboration of the questionnaire. 30 %
Multiple-choice objective tests
CE5
 Auto-assessment Multiple Choice test at Moodle the last week of class. 34 %
Others  
 
Other comments and second exam session

For the second call, only a multiple-choice test with a value of 34 % will be done since it will be taken into account the mark obtained in the rest of activities performed during the course.

During the exams, any mobile telephone, tablet or other device that has not been expressly authorized for the exam must be switched off and out of view.

Any attempt to pass any exam of any subject by fraudulent means (be this physical or electronic) will result in the student being awarded a fail for the exam in question. In addition to this, the gravity of the offence may lead the faculty/school to propose that the student be subjected to disciplinary proceedings, which will be initiated by a resolution from the rector.


Sources of information

Basic W. Büchner, R. Schliebs, G. Winter, K. H. Büchel, Industrial Inorganic Chemistry, VCH Weinheim, 2000
T. W. Swaddle, Inorganic Chemistry. An industrial and, Academic Press, San Diego, 1997
edited by Gunter Buxbaum, Industrial inorganic pigments, VCH, Weinheim, 1998
Alan Heaton (ed), An Introduction to industrial chemistry, Blackie Academic & Professional, London, 1996

Complementary B. Elvers (eds), Ullmann's encyclopedia of industrial chemistry , VCH, Weinheim, 1996
Fabrizio Cavani (Editor), Gabriele Centi (Editor), Siglinda Perathoner (Editor), Ferruccio Trifirò (, Sustainable industrial chemistry, VCH, Weinheim, 2009
T.W. Swaddle, Inorganic chemistry : an industrial and environmental perspective, Academic Press, 1997

Recommendations

Subjects that continue the syllabus
MATERIALS SCIENCE/13204119


Subjects that it is recommended to have taken before
INORGANIC CHEMISTRY I/13204109
INORGANIC CHEMISTRY II/13204110
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