INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY
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- Academic year
- 2022/2023
- Teacher
- PIER PAOLO GIOVANNINI
- Credits
- 6
- Didactic period
- Primo Semestre
- SSD
- CHIM/04
Training objectives
- The Industrial Chemistry is an important branch of industry that includes a large number of finished organic/ inorganic products and intermediates. The student will get information on the most important industrial productions with respect to the world market, including economic and ecological considerations.
The main acquired knowledge will be:
-the fundamental concepts and basics of reactivity
-major sources of starting raw materials
-the important differences between industrial chemistry and laboratory chemistry scale
- Attention to Green and Sustainable Chemistry with respect to reducing the environmental impact of chemicals and fuels by developing alternative and sustainable technologies
The basic acquired abilities (that are the capacity of applying the acquired knowledge) will be:
-the value chain of the raw materials
To identify the intermediate produced from the main raw material and their use.
-major concerns involving an industrial process and strategy for the solving.
-impacts on environment Prerequisites
- Elementary knowledge of Inorganic and Organic chemistry
Course programme
- Size of chemical industry. Chemicals from natural gas and petroleum. Distillation, refining reactions. Steam cracking, catalytic reforming. Alkylation. Octane number, MTBE. Chemicals from methane, syn gas. Methanol. Formaldehyde, acetic acid. Alkenes: Ethylene. Polymerization. Propylene. Vinyl chloride. PVC. Major polymers from CH2=CHX monomers. Acrylic acid and derivatives. Cumene hydroperoxide. Synthesis of acetone and phenol. Hydrogen industrial chemistry. Hydrogen peroxide and inorganic peroxo-compounds. Nitrogen and derivatives. NH3, Haber-Bosch process. Sodium bicarbonate. Solvay process. Halogens and halo derivatives. Na Cl, Na2CO3. Sulfur and sulfur compounds. Industrial preparation and applications of sulfuric acid. Organo-silicon compounds. Rubbers, natural and synthetic. Natural polymers. Fats oils and industrial uses. Industrial chemistry of carbohydrates.
Didactic methods
- Theoretical lessons
Learning assessment procedures
- The exam will be coduced in an oral form. The student will be asked to present a topic of their choice. Folllowing, other 3 or 4 questions aimed at verifying the student's ability to connect the concepts about products and processes exposed in the course will be asked. Equal importance will be given to the part concerning the production and use of organic and inorganic chemicals. The test will be passed if at least 3 detailed and complete answers are provided.
Reference texts
- Fabrizio Cavani, Gabriele Centi, Martino Di Serio, Ilenia Rossetti, Antonella Salvini, Giorgio Strukul. Fondamenti di chimica industriale. 2022
Zanichelli editore S.p.A.Wittcoff, Reuben, Plotkin, Industrial Organic Chemicals, Wiley, 2004
Buchel, Moretto, Woditsch, Industrial Inorganic Chemistry, Wiley VCH, 2000
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