APPLIED CHEMISTRY

Sabino DE GISI APPLIED CHEMISTRY

0612200020
DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
EQF6
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
2024/2025

OBBLIGATORIO
YEAR OF COURSE 2
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2016
SPRING SEMESTER
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
550LESSONS
110EXERCISES
Objectives
EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOMES AND COMPETENCE TO ACQUIRE:
KNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTANDING AND RATIONALIZATION OF CHEMICAL PHENOMENA, STRUCTURING OF MATTER AND ITS PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL TRANSFORMATIONS. DEVELOPMENT OF AN ATOMISTIC VIEW OF SUBSTANCES AND ACQUISITION OF SKILLS TO CONNECT MACROSCOPIC OBSERVATIONS WITH THE ATOMISTIC VIEW OF REACTIONS. KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE TECHNOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND USE OF THE MATERIALS USED IN THE FIELD OF BUILDING AND STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING AND ACQUISITION OF TECHNICAL SKILLS FOR THEIR CORRECT CHOICE AND MANAGEMENT. KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING:
KNOWLEDGE OF DESCRIPTIVE TERMINOLOGY AND OF THE METHODOLOGICAL-APPLICATIVE ASPECTS OF CHEMICAL PHENOMENA, OF THE STRUCTURING OF MATTER AND ITS TRANSFORMATIONS. UNDERSTANDING OF THE TERMINOLOGY USED IN THE CONTEXT OF CONVENTIONAL MATERIALS AND THEIR PRODUCTION AND PROCESSING TECHNOLOGIES.
ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING:
KNOWING HOW TO APPLY THE THEORETICAL KNOWLEDGE AND CALCULATION METHODOLOGIES ACQUIRED TO THE SOLUTION OF ELEMENTARY OR ROUTINE PROBLEMS OF BASIC CHEMISTRY. BEING ABLE TO CHOOSE MATERIALS AND TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS APPROPRIATE TO THE SPECIFIC APPLICATION AND TO UNDERSTAND THE INNOVATIONS IN THE FIELD OF BUILDING MATERIALS AND THEIR CORRECT IMPLEMENTATION.
AUTONOMY OF JUDGMENT:
KNOWING HOW TO DESCRIBE MACROSCOPIC CHEMICAL PHENOMENA APPROPRIATELY IN ATOMISTIC TERMS AND BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE APPROPRIATE CALCULATION METHODOLOGIES TO SOLVE NUMERICALLY ELEMENTARY PROBLEMS OF BASIC CHEMISTRY. KNOWING HOW TO CRITICALLY EVALUATE DESIGN CHOICES IN RELATION TO THE MATERIALS USED AND BE ABLE TO PROPOSE SUITABLE SOLUTIONS IN TERMS OF PROPERTIES AND DURABILITY.
COMMUNICATION SKILLS:
KNOWING HOW TO PRESENT ORALLY, ALSO MAKING USE OF GRAPHIC SCHEMES AND CALCULATION EXAMPLES WHERE APPROPRIATE, THE KNOWLEDGE RELATED TO THE TOPICS COVERED. KNOWING HOW TO COMMUNICATE WITH OTHER PROFESSIONALS USING THE CORRECT TECHNICAL TERMINOLOGY, FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY WORKS AND DOCUMENTS. KNOWING HOW TO MOTIVATE THE DESIGN CHOICES MADE IN RELATION TO THE USE OF MATERIALS IN CONSTRUCTION.
ABILITY TO LEARN:
KNOWING HOW TO APPLY THE KNOWLEDGE ACQUIRED TO CONTEXTS OTHER THAN THOSE PRESENTED DURING TEACHING AND KNOWING HOW TO UPDATE THEM INDEPENDENTLY IN RELATION TO THE EVOLUTION AND INNOVATION IN THE FIELD OF BUILDING MATERIALS.
Prerequisites
PREREQUISITES: CHEMISTRY.
Contents
1) WATER FOR INDUSTRIAL USE (THEORY 5H, EX. 4H).
WATER ANALYSIS. WATER HARDNESS: DEFINITION AND CALCULATION. WATER TREATMENTS.

2) COMBUSTIBLE MATERIALS (THEORY 12H, EX. 4H).
UPPER AND LOWER CALORIFIC VALUES OF GASEOUS, LIQUID AND SOLID FUELS: DEFINITION AND CALCULATION. CALCULATION OF THEORETICAL AIR AND THEORETICAL COMBUSTION TEMPERATURE.
SOLID FUELS, LIQUID FUELS, GASEOUS FUELS: PROPERTIES AND PRODUCTION FACILITIES.

3) CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS (THEORY 4 H).
IONIC, MOLECULAR, COVALENT CRYSTALS. CRYSTALLINE DEFECTS.

4) STATE DIAGRAMS (THEORY 5H, EX. 2H).
STATE DIAGRAMS OF LIQUID-GAS EQUILIBRIUM, IDEAL AND NON-IDEAL SYSTEMS. SOLID-LIQUID EQUILIBRIUM STATE DIAGRAMS. FORMATION OF A CONGRUENT AND/OR INCONGRUENT MELTING INTERMEDIATE COMPOUND.

5) METALLIC MATERIALS (THEORY 12 H)
IRON METALLURGY. REDUCTION REACTIONS OF IRON ORES. BLAST FURNACE: PLANT LAYOUT AND CAST IRON PRODUCTION PROCESS. REFINING OF PIG IRON. STEELS. THE IRON-CEMENTITE STATE DIAGRAM. MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF STEELS. HEAT TREATMENTS OF STEELS.

6) CERAMIC AND REFRACTORY MATERIALS (THEORY 8 H)
STRUCTURE OF SILICATES. THE LATHIERS. SILICEOUS REFRACTORIES AND SILICO-ALUMINOUS REFRACTORIES: RAW MATERIALS, PRODUCTION PROCESSES AND CHEMICAL-PHYSICAL PROPERTIES. MAGNESIAN REFRACTORIES AND DOLOMITIC REFRACTORIES: RAW MATERIALS, PRODUCTION PROCESSES AND CHEMICAL-PHYSICAL PROPERTIES. GLASS.

7) POLYMERIC MATERIALS (THEORY 4 H)
MECHANISMS OF STEP AND CHAIN POLYMERIZATION REACTIONS. COMMONLY USED THERMOPLASTIC AND THERMOSETTING POLYMERS.

TOTAL HOURS: THEORY 50 H , EX. 10 H
Teaching Methods
THE COURSE COMPRISES THEORETICAL LECTURES (50 HOURS) AND CLASSROOM EXERCISES (10 HOURS) FOR A TOTAL OF 60 HOURS (6 CFU). THE EXERCISES ENABLE THE STUDENT TO ACQUIRE THE METHODS FOR CALCULATING THE DIFFERENT MATERIAL PROPERTIES DEFINED IN THE THEORETICAL LECTURES.
Verification of learning
ASSESSMENT OF THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE SET OBJECTIVES WILL TAKE PLACE BY MEANS OF AN ORAL EXAMINATION. THE ORAL TEST CONSISTS OF AN INTERVIEW WITH QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION ON THE THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL CONTENT OF THE TOPICS OF THE TEACHING PROGRAMME AND IS AIMED AT ASCERTAINING THE STUDENT'S LOGICAL-DEDUCTIVE AND SYNTHESIS SKILLS, AS WELL AS HIS OR HER ABILITY TO DISCUSS THE VARIOUS TOPICS PROPOSED USING THE APPROPRIATE TERMINOLOGY. THE ORAL EXAMINATION IS CONSIDERED TO HAVE BEEN PASSED WITH THE MINIMUM THRESHOLD IF THE STUDENT HAS COMPLETELY ANSWERED HALF OF THE QUESTIONS ASKED OR, ALTERNATIVELY, IF THE STUDENT HAS SET AND ANSWERED JUST SUFFICIENTLY THE ENTIRE EXAMINATION PAPER. THE ORAL EXAMINATION IS CONSIDERED TO HAVE BEEN PASSED WITH EXCELLENCE IF THE STUDENT HAS COMPREHENSIVELY DISCUSSED ALL THE QUESTIONS ASKED, HIGHLIGHTING THE OBJECTIVES AND FULLY DESCRIBING THE METHODOLOGIES.
Texts
C. BRISI, “CHIMICA APPLICATA”, EDITORE: LEVROTTO & BELLA, TORINO.

RECOMMENDED BOOK:
W. SMITH, “SCIENZA E TECNOLOGIA DEI MATERIALI”, EDITORE: MC GRAW HILL
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