FC4009 Industrial Chemistry

Faculty of Education
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Hana Cídlová, Dr. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jana Horská, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Ing. Lubomír Prokeš, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Hana Cídlová, Dr.
Department of Physics, Chemistry and Vocational Education – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jana Jachymiáková
Supplier department: Department of Physics, Chemistry and Vocational Education – Faculty of Education
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
there are 8 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
Course goals: - understand the main part of an English-written chemical text focused production of chemical substances, - describe production of chosen chemical substances, - understand the main advantages and disadvantages of different technological processes and ways of production of chosen chemical substances.
Learning outcomes
In the end of this course the student will be able to: - understand the main part of an English-written chemical text focused production of chemical substances, - describe production of chosen chemical substances, - understand the main advantages and disadvantages of different technological processes and ways of production of chosen chemical substances
Syllabus
  • Week 1: Some uses of electrolysis. Week 2: Making use of air. Air pollution. Week 3: Water: the waterworks, waste water and sewage plants. Water pollution. Week 4: Metals in the earth`s crust. Extracting and recycling metals. Making use of metals. Week 5: Production of aluminium. Week 6: Production of iron. Corrosion. Week 7: Ammonia and nitric acid in industry. Week 8: Fertilisers. Fertiliser Factory. Week 9: Sulphur and sulphur dioxide. Sulphuric acid and sulphates. Week 10: Chlorine, hydrogen chloride, hydrochloric acids, chlorides. Week 11: The fossil fuels. Alternative sources of energy. Week 12: Chemicals from oil. Plastics.
Literature
    required literature
  • GALLAGHER, R. and P. INGRAM. Chemistry made clear. GCSE ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1987, 208 s. ISBN 9780199142675. info
    recommended literature
  • The Essential Chemical Industry [online]. http://www.essentialchemicalindustry.org/the-chemical-industry/the-chemical-industry.html
Teaching methods
seminar, discussion
Assessment methods
Credit.
1) Not more than 3 absences.
2) Correctly solved questions from the textbook Gallagher, Ingram: Chemistry Made Clear. List of the questions is available at the teacher. The answers can be short, but they must be written in English. The answers can be written at home.
3) Oral discussion about the answers.
Language of instruction
English
Study support
https://is.muni.cz/el/ped/jaro2025/FC4009/index.qwarp
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 4 hodiny.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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