Academic Year 2017/2018
- 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 the today'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
Classroom lectures.
Assessment methods
The exam consists of a colloquium on a few subjects of the course.
Teaching tools
Pc, overhead projector.
Office hours
See the website of Magda Monari