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Chemistry and Society

Code 8629
Year 1
Semester S2
ECTS Credits 6
Workload TP(60H)
Scientific area Industrial Chemistry
Entry requirements NA
Mode of delivery Face-to-face
Work placements Not applicable
Learning outcomes The main objective of this curricular unit (CU) is to prepare the students for an efficient accomplishment of the main unit operations used in Chemistry.
To this end, it is intended that students acquire the experimental skills to perform these operations effectively and safely, as well as the theoretical knowledge necessary for a correct interpretation of the obtained results.
Thus, at the end of this course, the student should be able to:
- Identify safety rules and procedures in chemistry laboratories;
- Recogn
ize the physical, chemical and toxicity characteristics of reagents and solvents;
- Identify the objectives of the proposed experiments and the experimental methods to carry them out;
- Select glassware and laboratory equipment according to the application;
- Properly handle reagents, material and basic equipment in the laboratory;
- Observe, measure, record and organize experimental data;
- Interpret the observations and experimental results obtained.
Syllabus 1. Introduction to the laboratory:
- Basic Rules of Safety and Conduct in a Chemistry Lab
- Reagents and solvents - physical, chemical and toxicity characteristics
- Current laboratory equipment and supplies
- Waste management in the laboratory
2. Methodology of laboratory work:
- Laboratory notebook
- Work preparation
- Record and observations and data presentation
- Data handling
- Report elaboration and presentation
3. Solutions
- Concentrations
- Calculations and preparation of solutions
- Dilutions
4. Introduction to Volumetry - Acid-Base Titrations
5. Distillation
6. Extraction
7. Recrystallization
8. Chromatography
Main Bibliography - Skoog, West, Holler, Fundamentals of Analytical Chemistry, Saunders College Publishing, EUA, 7ª Ed, 1991.
- J.A. M. Simões, M.A.R.B. Castanho, I.M.S. Lampreia, F.J.V. Santos, C.A.N. Castro, M.F. Norberto, M.T. Pamplona, L. Mira, M.M. Meireles, “Guia do Laboratório de Química e Bioquímica”, 22ª ed., Lidel, Lisboa, 2008.
- J.R. Mohrig, C.N. Hammond, T.C. Morrill, D.C. Nerckers, “Experimental Organic Chemistry” W.H. Freeman and Company”, New York, 1997.
- J.M. Postma, J.L. Roberts Jr., J.L. Hollenberg, “Chemistry in the Laboratory”, 5th ed., W:H: Freeman & Co., New York, 2000.
- R. Chang, “Química”, 8ª ed., McGraw-Hill, Lisboa, 2005.
- A.J.L. Pombeiro, “Técnicas e Operações Unitárias em Química Laboratorial”, 3ª ed., Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisboa, 1998.
- J. Mendham, R.C. Denney, J.D. Barnes, M. Thomas, ”Vogel’s Análise Química Quantitativa”, 6ª ed., LTC Editora, Rio de Janeiro, 2002.
Language Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
Last updated on: 2022-06-14

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