Chemistry and Processes 2 (U01501)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 8 ? Acronym : EEL-2-CHCHP

Work visits component: The course involves an introduction to the plants and processes to be visited, a literature search on the process, a site visit that involves a question and answer session with plant engineers and a reporting back session involving oral presentation and a written report.

Chemistry components: The course covers the following topics: quantum theory, infrared and NMR spectroscopy, aromatic chemistry, and industrial organic chemistry.

Entry Requirements

? Pre-requisites : Chemistry 1A (CHE-1-A), Chemistry 1B (CHE-1-B)

? Prohibited combinations : Chemistry 2 (CHE-2-Chem)

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Chemical, (School of Engineering and Electronics, Schedule M)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 2nd year

? Delivery Period : Semester 1 (Blocks 1-2)

? Contact Teaching Time : 6 hour(s) per week for 11 weeks

First Class Information

Date	Start	End	Room	Area	Additional Information
25/09/2006	14:00	17:00

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Monday	12:30	13:30	KB
Laboratory	Monday	14:00	17:00	KB
Lecture	Tuesday	12:30	13:30	KB
Lecture	Thursday	12:30	13:30	KB

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

Students should be able to:
Work visits component
read a process flowsheet, identify plant items and discuss the reasons for particular operating conditions chosen; work together as a group to delegate tasks and prepare oral presentations and written reports; prepare a succinct written report, relying as much as possible on informative diagrams to reduce word count; talk for 10 minutes on an assigned topic

Chemistry component
- Describe and explain the fundamental principles of quantum theory, infrared and NMR spectroscopy, aromatic chemistry, and industrial organic chemistry.
- Account for the stability, structure, and reactivity of benzene, its simple derivatives, and polycyclic analogues.
- Identify and explain the synthetic principles which enable the conversion of simple benzene derivatives into more complex molecules
- Outline the principles of quantum mechanics and their significance to modern experimental and theoretical chemistry.
- Carry out calculations on simple systems, such as a particle in a one-dimensional box.
- Describe the absorption and emission of electromagnetic radiation by atoms and molecules in terms of energy level diagrams and selection rules
- Describe how energy is distributed within molecules and use the Boltzmann distribution to calculate the relative populations of energy levels.
- Describe the electronic states and spectra of hydrogenic atoms.
- Identify the characteristic absorption bands of functional groups in the infrared spectra of organic molecules
- Use spectroscopic data to determine the vibrational frequency, bond strength and bond length of diatomic molecules.
- describe the process whereby electromagnetic radiation interacts with matter.
- explain the key concepts of vibrational spectroscopy and derive structural information from group and skeletal vibrational frequencies.