Chemical Basis of Engineering

Chemical basis of engineering (222 - 13972)
Study: Bachelor in Electrical Power Engineering
Semester 2/Spring Semester
1st Year Course/Lower Division

Please note: this course is cross-listed under the majority of engineering departments. Students should select the course from the department that best fits their area of study.

Compentences and Skills that will be Acquired and Learning Results:

To understand the basic principles of Chemistry: structure and properties of matter, thermochemistry and chemical equilibrium.
To understand the basic principles of Chemical Engineering: mass balances, chemical equilibrium and reaction rates.
To introduce the main inorganic and organic products and their production processes.
To explain the reactivity of the main inorganic and organic functional groups as well as their application in industrial synthesis.
To enable students to operate simple analytical equipment, to analyse and interpret their results
General skills encouraged during the duration of the course:
-Ability to solve complex problems
-Ability to search for, understand and use relevant information in a decision-making process
-Ability to apply multidisciplinary knowledge for resolving a specific problem
-Ability to work in a group and distribute the workload in order to solve complex problems
General skills acquired by the student:
- Ability to obtain the necessary information, knowledge or understanding in order to develop solutions for specific applications

Description of Contents: Course Description

IMPORTANT: the schedule will be adjusted according to the recently approved by Junta de Escuela in April / May 2013

Atoms, Molecules and Ions. Chemical bonding.
Thermochemistry and chemical equilibrium.
Chemical Equilibrium: Acid-Base and solubility equilibriums. Electrochemistry.
Chemical Kinetics
Applied Organic and Inorganic Chemistry
Basic operations in Chemical Engineering

Learning Activities and Methodology:

Theoretic lessons
Lesson dedicated to solving problems and exercises
Individual and collective tutorial sessions.
Material with solved and unsolved problems (but with solutions) with the aim of directing the personal work of the student.
Laboratory practical sessions

Assessment System:

Continuous evaluation (40 %):
- Tests performed in class (30%)
- Attendance to practical sessions and assessed practical work paper (10%),

Final exam (60%).
Laboratory practices are mandatory for being assessed.
For being averaged with the continuos assement, marks higher than 4.0 must be obtained in the final exam.

Basic Bibliography:

K. HEINZ BÜCHNER, HANS-HEINRICH MORETTO, P. WODITSCH,. Industrial Inorganic Chemistry. Wiley-VCH; 2000..
K. WEISSERMEL, HANS-JÜRGEN ARPE,. Industrial Organic Chemistry. 4th Edition, Wiley & Sons; 1997..
M.D. Reboiras. Química: La Ciencia Básica. Thomson-Paraninfo. 2006
M.D. Reboiras. Problemas resueltos de Química. La ciencia básica. Paraninfo. . 2012
P.W. ATKINS, L. JONES.. Chemical Principles. W H Freeman & Co, 2001.
R. CHANG.. Chemistry,. McGraw-Hill Science, 2006..