PdF:FC4009 Industrial Chemistry - Course Information
FC4009 Industrial Chemistry
Faculty of EducationSpring 2025
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/1/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- 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
- Lower Secondary School Teacher Training in Chemistry (programme PdF, N-CH2) (6)
- Lower Secondary School Teacher Training in Chemistry (programme PdF, N-ZS) (2)
- 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.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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