Description:

General chemistry from the point of view of mechanical and process engineering. Physical chemistry forms 2/3 of the course (structure and properties of matter, thermodynamics, phase equilibrium, chemical reactions, reaction engineering), the remaining 1/3 is devoted to organic chemistry (hydrocarbons, polymers) and biochemistry. Laboratory practice is oriented upon the material properties measurement.

Contents:

1. Scope and classification of chemistry
2. Matter, properties, units. Structure of matter (periodical table, notation) and bonding.
3. Mass balancing, stochiometry of chemical reactions.
4. State variables p,v,T, state equations (ideal gas, Van der Waals, Redlich Kwong).
5. Heat and energies, internal and total energy, enthalpy of phase and chemical changes.
6. First and second law of thermodynamics, entropy, Gibbs energy. Examples of industrial processes energy balancing (feasibility of chemical reactions)
7. Phase equilibrium in one-component systems - phase diagrams.
8. Equilibrium in multicomponent systems (Raoult's law, Henry's law, phase diagrams).
9. Chemical reactions classification. Rate of chemical reactions (reaction mechanisms, reaction order, Arrhenius equation, catalysis). Equilibrium of chemical reactions.
10. Reaction engineering, batch and continuous reactors, residence time distribution, conversion in segregated and maximum mixedness flows.
11. Organic chemistry (hydrocarbons, functional groups)
12. Polymers, properties of plasts
13. Biochemistry (proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, nucleotides).
14. Bio-reactions, bio and food engineering.

Seminar contents:

1. Laboratory experiments: concentration
2. Laboratory experiments pH
3. State equations (Excel)
4. Laboratory experiments (phase changes, p-T measurement)
5. Reaction enthalpy
6. Feasibility of chemical reactions
7. Excursion

Recommended literature:

Žitný, R., Krýsa, J.: Chemistry, Introductory Course. CTU Publishing House, Prague 1998, http://www.fsid.cvut.cz/cz/u218/pedagog/predmety/1rocnik/chemaj/bookchem.htm

Keywords:

structure of matter, periodic table of elements, bonding, thermodynamics, state equations, enthalpy, entropy, Gibbs energy, phase changes, chemical reactions, organic chemistry, biochemistry

Abbreviations used:

Semester:

• W ... winter semester (usually October - February)
• S ... spring semester (usually March - June)
• W,S ... both semesters

Mode of completion of the course:

• A ... Assessment (no grade is given to this course but credits are awarded. You will receive only P (Passed) of F (Failed) and number of credits)
• GA ... Graded Assessment (a grade is awarded for this course)
• EX ... Examination (a grade is awarded for this course)
• A, EX ... Examination (the award of Assessment is a precondition for taking the Examination in the given subject, a grade is awarded for this course)

Weekly load (hours per week):

• P ... lecture
• C ... seminar
• L ... laboratory
• R ... proseminar
• S ... seminar