CHEMISTRY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

Paola SCARFATO CHEMISTRY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

0612500065
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
EQF6
CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
2024/2025

OBBLIGATORIO
YEAR OF COURSE 1
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2022
AUTUMN SEMESTER
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
660LESSONS
Objectives
EXPECTED LEARNING RESULTS AND COMPETENCE TO BE ACQUIRED:
STUDY, UNDERSTANDING AND RATIONALIZATION OF CHEMICAL PHENOMENA, STRUCTURING OF MATTER AND ITS PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL TRANSFORMATIONS. THE LEARNING OUTCOMES INCLUDE DEVELOPING AN ATOMISTIC VISION OF SUBSTANCES AND ACQUIRING SKILLS TO CONNECT MACROSCOPIC OBSERVATIONS WITH THE ATOMISTIC VISION OF REACTIONS.
KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING CAPACITIES:
KNOWLEDGE OF DESCRIPTIVE TERMINOLOGY AND OF THE METHODOLOGICAL-APPLICATIVE ASPECTS OF CHEMICAL PHENOMENA AND MATTER'S STRUCTURE AND TRANSFORMATIONS.
ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING CAPACITIES:
ABILITY TO APPLY THE THEORETICAL KNOWLEDGE AND CALCULATION METHODOLOGIES ACQUIRED TO THE SOLUTION OF BASIC OR ROUTINE PROBLEMS OF BASIC CHEMISTRY.
AUTONOMY OF JUDGMENT:
KNOWING HOW TO APPROPRIATELY DESCRIBE MACROSCOPIC CHEMICAL PHENOMENA IN ATOMISTIC TERMS AND KNOWING HOW TO IDENTIFY THE APPROPRIATE CALCULATION METHODOLOGIES FOR NUMERICALLY BASIC PROBLEMS OF BASIC CHEMISTRY.
COMMUNICATION SKILLS:
KNOWING HOW TO PRESENT ORALLY, ALSO USING GRAPHIC SCHEMES AND CALCULATION EXAMPLES WHERE APPROPRIATE, THE KNOWLEDGE RELATED TO THE TOPICS COVERED.
ABILITY TO LEARN:
KNOWING HOW TO APPLY THE ACQUIRED KNOWLEDGE AND KNOWING HOW TO UPDATE IT INDEPENDENTLY.
Prerequisites
PREREQUISITES: FUNDAMENTALS OF MATHEMATICS AND PHYSICS WHICH CAN BE ACQUIRED AT SECONDARY SCHOOL LEVEL.
PROPEDEUTICITY: NONE.
Contents
MATTER AND ENERGY. ATOMIC STRUCTURE. THE PERIODIC SYSTEM. (5 HOURS THEORY + 2 HOURS EXERCISES)
THE CHEMICAL BOND: ENERGIES AND BONDING FORCES. THE STRONG CHEMICAL BONDS. STRONG BOND THEORIES: LEWIS, VALENCE BOND, MOLECULAR ORBITALS. (6 HOURS THEORY + 2 HOURS EXERCISES)
HYBRIDIZATION OF ATOMIC ORBITALS. RESONANCE. MOLECULAR GEOMETRIES. WEAK INTERACTIONS BETWEEN MOLECULES: DIPOLE DIPOLE, HYDROGEN, VAN DER WAALS. (5 HOURS THEORY + 2 HOURS EXERCISES)
THE MOL CONCEPT. MINIMAL AND MOLECULAR FORMULAS. MASS PERCENT OF ELEMENTS IN COMPOUNDS. (6 HOURS EXERCISES)
OXIDATION STATES. REDOX REACTIONS IN IONIC ENVIRONMENT. STOICHIOMETRIC CALCULATIONS: LIMITING REAGENT. (2 HOURS THEORY + 7 HOURS EXERCISES)
STATES OF MATTER: SOLID; GAS; LIQUIDS. (5 HOURS THEORY)
PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS. (3 HOURS THEORY)
SOLUTIONS AND THEIR PROPERTIES. COLLIGATIVE PROPERTIES. GASEOUS HOMOGENEOUS CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIA. IONIC EQUILIBRIA IN AQUEOUS SOLUTION: ACIDS AND BASES AND SOLUBILITY EQUILIBRIUM. (5 HOURS THEORY + 5 HOURS EXERCISES)
ELECTROCHEMISTRY. THE BATTERIES. NERNST'S EQUATION. CALCULATION OF F.E.M. BATTERY AND DETERMINATION OF THE SPONTANEOUS DIRECTION OF THE REDOX REACTION THAT FEEDS IT. (2 HOURS THEORY + 3 HOURS EXERCISES).
Teaching Methods
TEACHING INCLUDES THEORETICAL LESSONS (33 HOURS = 3,3 CFU) AND CLASSROOM EXERCISES (27 HOURS = 2,7 CFU). DURING THE EXERCISES, STUDENTS ARE ASKED TO SOLVE PROBLEMS RELATED TO STOICHIOMETRY. THE RESOLUTION METHOD CONSISTS OF UNDERSTANDING THE PROBLEM, SCHEDULING THE SOLUTION, AND FINALLY RESOLUTION. THIS LAST PHASE PROMOTES THE ABILITY OF EVALUATING THE REASONABLENESS OF THE RESPONSE AND OF VERIFYING CONSISTENCY WITH THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF CHEMISTRY.
LECTURES ARE PROVIDED IN CLASSES IN THE PRESENCE OF STUDENTS. ATTENDANCE IS MANDATORY. IN ORDER TO TAKE THE FINAL EXAM, THE STUDENT MUST HAVE ATTENDED AT LEAST 70% OF THE TEACHING HOURS.
THE MODE OF VERIFICATION OF PRESENCE IS GENERALLY ELECTRONIC OR MADE BY THE TEACHER AT THE BEGINNING OF THE LESSONS.
Verification of learning
THE EVALUATION OF THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE PREFIXED OBJECTIVES WILL TAKE PLACE THROUGH THE CARRYING OUT OF AN EXAMINATION TEST, AIMED AT ASSESSING THE STUDENT'S ABILITY TO HAVE LEARNED THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF THE STRUCTURE OF THE SUBJECT, HAVING ACQUIRED A DIFFERENT APPEARANCE OF MICROPECIO STUDY OF THE PROPERTIES OF MATTER AND ITS TRANSFORMATIONS.
THE EXAMINATION TEST WILL CONSIST OF A WRITTEN TEST WITH STECHIOMETRY QUESTIONS (REDOX REACTIONS, HOMOGENEOUS EQUILIBRIUM IN GAS PHASE, COLLIGATIVE PROPERTIES, ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIUM, EQUILIBRIUM OF SOLUBILITY, GALVENTAL PROVEBAL CELLS AND TRAVEL VALVES). TO ACCESS THE ORAL EXAM, IT IS NECESSARY TO OBTAIN AN EVALUATION EQUAL TO AT LEAST 15/30. THE ORAL TEST WILL CONSIST OF AN INTERVIEW IN WHICH ANY GAPS FOUND IN THE WRITTEN TEST WILL BE FILLED AND DEEPEN THE THEORY TOPICS. THE FINAL MARK OBTAINED, EXPRESSED IN THIRTIES WITH POSSIBLE PRIZES, WILL DEPEND ON THE MATURITY ACQUIRED ON THE CONTENTS OF THE COURSE AND WILL BE GIVEN BY THE NUMERICAL AVERAGE OF THE SCORES OBTAINED IN THE TWO TESTS. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE PRAISE, THE QUALITY OF THE EXHIBITION WILL BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT, IN TERMS OF USE OF APPROPRIATE SCIENTIFIC LANGUAGE, AND THE PROVEN AUTONOMY OF JUDGMENT.
Texts
1) BRAIN B. LAIRD, CHIMICA GENERALE (MCGRAW-HILL)
2) BERTINI IVANO, MANI FABRIZIO, LUCHINAT CLAUDIO, STECHIOMETRIA, CEA
3) ANY OTHER ACADEMIC TEXT OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY.

THE MATERIAL FOR THE EXERCISES, WHETHER PRESENT IN THE RECOMMENDED TEXTS, WILL BE INTEGRATED DURING THE COURSE BY THE TEACHER.
More Information
POSSIBLE INTRA-COURSE TRIALS WILL BE OPEN ONLY TO 1ST YEAR STUDENTS.

COURSE LANGUAGE: ITALIAN
Lessons Timetable

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