- Docente: Magda Monari
- Credits: 6
- SSD: CHIM/03
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Chemistry and Materials Chemistry (cod. 8006)
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student has a general vision of the relevance of inorganic chemistry in thetoday's world. In particular, he knows the economic importance, the preparation methods and the environmental impact of the most important inorganic compounds produced on the industrial scale.
Course contents
- Inorganic acids and derived products.
- Industrial production of sulphuric acid and its impact on
the environment.
- Industrial production of phosphoric acid.
- Industrial production of hydrochloric acid (hydrogen
chloride).
- Inorganic bases and derived products.
- Caustic soda and the chlor-alkali industry
- Industrial production of soda (Solvay process)
- Industrial production of lime.
- Silicon compounds and related products
- Zeolites. Industrial importance of zeolites. Structure and
classification of zeolites. Industrial preparation of zeolites.
Properties and uses of zeolites.
- The Cement. Cement manifacturing process. Cement
degradation by atmospheric factors.
- Glass. Glass industry. Properties of glasses. Coloured
glasses.
- Nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium compounds in agriculture.
- Industrial production of ammonia (Bosch-Haber process).
- Industrial production of nitric acid (Ostwald process)
- Industrial production of ammonium nitrate. Explosives.
- Sulfur compounds and paper industry.
- Industrial production of paper (Kraft process) and
comparison with the "sulfite" process.
- Water treatment.
- Hydrolysis of cations in aqueous solutions.
- Water hardness.
- Treatment of solids dissolved in water.
- Treatment for the potability of water. Treatments for
demineralization and softening of waters for industrial
uses.
- Energy production with fuel cells.
- Redox reactions. Galvanic cells. Pourbaix diagrams.
- Comparison among the different types of fuel cells.
- Metal corrosion and protection.
- Bimetallic and single metal corrosion by acids.
- Prevention of corrosion. Cathodic protection. Inhibitors of
corrosion. Protective coating.
- Stainless steels.
- New Technologies: colloid science, materials for electronics,
- magnetic materials and superconductors.
Readings/Bibliography
- Lecture notes
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T. W. Swaddle, Inorganic Chemistry , An Industrial and Environmental Perspective, Academic Press, 1997.
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K. H. Büchel, H-H. Moretto, D. Werner, P. Woditsch, Industrial Inorganic Chemistry, Wiley, 2006.
Teaching methods
Traditional lectures.
Assessment methods
The oral exam consists of a colloquium on a few topics of the course.
Teaching tools
Pc, overhead projector.
Office hours
See the website of Magda Monari