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Learning Objectives
Knowledge of some of the main industrial processes and show the criteria followed to solve scientific, technical, economic and environmental problems connected with the illustrated processes.
Competence on some industrial processes by a point of view of their realizzability, economicity and environmental impact.
Skills to evaluate a chemical process following scientific, economic and environmental criteria.
Prerequisites
Courses required: none
Courses recommended:
Organic Chemistry I and Organic chemistry laboratory I
Teaching Methods
Contact hours for: Lectures (hours): 48
Type of Assessment
final oral test.
Course program
Separation and purification of raw materiale reaction products in industrial chemistry Industrial processes in Inorganic chemistry: Production of N2 and O2 from air. Production of H2. Syntheses of NH3 and HNO3. Production of H2SO4. Production of Na2CO3 and NaOH., Petroleum refinery: Estraction, evalutation, refinery: fuels, lubricating oils, fuel oils. Petroleum as raw material for chemical industry. Petrochemistry. Synthesis of aliphatic hydrocarbons: alkanes, alkenes and alkynes. Diolefin .