- Docente: Daniel Sainz Garcia
- Credits: 6
- SSD: CHIM/02
- Language: English
- Moduli: Nuria Lopez Vinent (Modulo 1) Daniel Sainz Garcia (Modulo 2) Maria Eugenia Anta Espada (Modulo 3)
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures (Modulo 1) Traditional lectures (Modulo 2) Traditional lectures (Modulo 3)
- Campus: Bologna
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Corso:
Second cycle degree programme (LM) in
Chemical Innovation and Regulation (cod. 5701)
Also valid for Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Chemical Innovation and Regulation (cod. 5701)
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student will be aware of the outstanding importance of safe production and exploitation of chemical substances. She/he will know the relationship between physico-chemical behaviour of substances and the hazard they pose, in particular when those substances undergo chemical reactions. The student will be aware that issues of safety and risk associated with chemical substances and processes have strongly impaired the social reputation of chemistry. The student will be able to: 1. assess the hazard of chemical laboratories and plants; 2. implement best practice to maintain laboratories and plants in a safe condition; 3. perform the correct communication of the importance of chemistry and promote a correct perception of the risk associated with it.
Course contents
This CU is composed of three modules, having the following contents:
(1) Chemical Reactivity Hazards:
- Introduction to Reactivity
- Chemical Reactivity Hazards
- Managing Chemical Reactivity Hazards
- Inherent safety
- Reactivity safeguards
(2) Health and safety in chemistry
- Understanding the Chemical Hazards
- Classification, Labeling and Packaging (CLP) Regulation (EC) No. 1272/2008
- Chemical reactivity hazards: Hazards of the reactions
- Control of the risk: Laboratory engineering controls.
- Control of the risk: PPE
- Risk assessment: COSHH essentials. Easy steps to control chemicals
- Safety using and handling nanoparticles.
- Emergencies and chemical waste disposal
(3) Safety in the use of Chemicals
The module will give to the student key concepts about:
- Controlling the use of chemicals.
- Control of the illicit use
- Control of misuse of chemicals. Prior Inform Consent, PIC Regulation
- Promoting the safety uses of chemicals: Responsible Care and OPCW Convention.
- Implementing Product Stewardship in a company “Know your client”.
Readings/Bibliography
Slides with a list of suggested references will be available for students.
Teaching methods
The Course Unit is divided in three modules. Each module is organized in theoretical classes where main concepts are explained, as well as tutorial classes with discussion of case-study examples.
Assessment methods
Each module is assessed through a written assignment, or group assignment, or Individual report of a given problem related to the module content, or power point presentation of an assigned topic, including a report on literature research.
The Course Unit grade will be the arithmetic mean of grades from the three modules.
Office hours
See the website of Daniel Sainz Garcia
See the website of Nuria Lopez Vinent
See the website of Maria Eugenia Anta Espada