Note that we are using the new third
edition of the textbook Handbook of
Chemical Technology and Pollution Control by Dr Martin Hocking. The
book published by Academic Press/Elsevier copyright 2005
Chemistry
302: Fall of 2006
Note that this is a course in industrial chemistry that also deals with some ways of decreasing and treating emissions. This is not a course in the environmental effects of pollutants per se.
It is currently not clear when this course will be offered next.
The following links have been deactivated.
NOTE: Here is a link to some
practice stoichiometry problems and their solutions.
Here is a link to some
Electrochemistry problems with solutions or partial solutions (Part 1).
Here is a link to some
Electrochemistry problems with solutions or partial solutions (Part 2).
Industrial Chemistry with Special Reference to Air Pollution
Fall 2006
Section Instructor
Room No.
S01 Dr.
Sandy Briggs Elliott 313;
721-7163; briggsag@uvic.ca *
*Please do not use e-mail to ask me chemistry questions.
These are much better dealt with in class, after class, or by coming to the
office to see me. The e-mail is for administrative questions and making appointments.
Thanks!
Note also that e-mail is inefficient for sorting out some
administrative issues, such as things for which there is a near deadline.
Unless you are a very frequent e-mail user you should phone or drop by the
office to make such arrangements. My office hours are also posted on my office
door.
Chemistry 102 is the prerequisite for this
course. This course relies heavily on an ability to do such calculations as stoichiometry, yield, limiting reactant, gas laws,
electrochemistry, etc, all of which will reviewed by examples in lectures.
SYLLABUS
A.
Overview and Introduction: Chapter 1 of text
Special characteristics of the chemical industry
Information, the patent system
Economy of scale, descriptive processing
technology
Reactor types and control systems
Quantity and property measurement and control
Costs of operation, quantitative aspects:
conversion, selectivity, and yield
B. Industrial
Bases, Salt, and Chlorine: Chapter 7; Sections 6.1; Chapter 8
Flow sheets, chemical sodium hydroxide
Sodium chloride production
Electrolytic chlorine and sodium hydroxide and
related compounds
Environmental mercury problem, mercury emission
control
C. Air
Quality Concerns: Chapters 2 and 3
Pollutants: origins and classification, analysis, effects,
Canadian Standards and objectives
Indoor air pollution
Origins of classical and photochemical smogs, reduction and preventive measures
Acid rain, upper tropospheric
effects, ozone depletion, climatic effects
Pollutant inventories, automotive emission
abatement and alternatives
Industrial hydrocarbon emission control
Pollutant weighting and dispersal, limitations of
procedures
Precombustion emission control strategies
Post-combustion containment measures,
particles/gases
D. Other
Primary Inorganic Chemicals: Chapters 9, 10, 11; Section 6.2
Sulfur: recovery of natural sulfur; from natural
gas
Sulfuric acid: contact and chamber processes,
recycling
Phosphoric acid via the Dorr process;
“furnace acid”;
Nitrogen industries: ammonia, nitric acid, and
related salts
Fertilizers: functions, Canadian potash industry,
formulation
Course Text
M.B. Hocking, Handbook of Chemical Technology and
Pollution Control (Third Edition)
Academic Press/ Elsevier,
Course Web Site
I will try to keep course information up to date
at:
<
http://web.uvic.ca/~chem302/chem302.htm>
Additional Chemistry Information
About Processes:
Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia
of Chemical Technology, 3rd (1984) & 4th (1991)
editions, TP9 E68.*
McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and
Technology, 1992 and 1997, Q212 M3.*
Riegel's Handbook of Industrial Chemistry, J.A. Kent, editor,
* In
Reference Section, McPherson Library
About Environmental Chemistry
Chemistry in Context: Applying Chemistry to
Society, 5th edition, American Chemical Society, 2006
N.J. Bunce,
Environmental Chemistry,
Understanding our Environment: An Introduction to
Environmental Chemistry and Pollution,
edited by R.M. Harrison, 2nd edition,
L.H. Keith, Environmental Sampling and Analysis: a
practical guide.
S.E. Manahan, Environmental Chemistry, 6th
edition,
L.J.
Thibodeaux, Environmental Chemodynamics: Movement of
Chemicals in Air, Water, and Soil, 2nd edition, Wiley,
IMPORTANT NOTES ABOUT
CHEMISTRY 302:
1. Credit will not be given for both Chem 302 and
(Chem 306 or Chem 478).
This course is designed primarily for students who are not majoring in
Chemistry
2. Evaluation: To be a composite of
25% Mid-term exam
15% Assignments
(4 or 5)
60% Final
examination
3. The mark for any test or exam
which is not written, and for which no official medical excuse is provided will
be zero. The excuse must be dated within the
week of the test or exam and must be handed in within two weeks of the test or
exam date. The medical excuse must provide sufficient information to
establish that the student was not able to write the test or exam due to
his/her medical condition on the date of the test or exam in question.
The student will also be required to give written consent for information about
her/his medical condition to be disclosed to the instructor. Any such
information obtained is treated as confidential. Certain other types of
personal or family circumstances may be considered as equivalent to a medical
excuse if accompanied by appropriate documentation.
4. The final letter grade will be
determined from the composite mark approximately according to the following
scheme.
A+ 90 -
100 B+ 75
-
79 C+ 60
- 64
A 85 -
89 B 70
-
74 C 55
- 59
A- 80 -
84 B- 65
-
69 D 50
- 54
5. It has been departmental practice to post a listing of course
marks and mid-term test marks by student number. If you desire that your grade
and student
number NOT be posted,
notify your instructor.
6. Important Note: The date of the final exam is set by the
Records Office, not by your instructor. The exam date is usually not published
until mid-October,
when a preliminary
exam timetable is posted in various locations around the campus. DO NOT make
travel plans for December until your exam dates are
known. Requests for early exams will not be considered. Requests
for deferred exams (usually written in mid-January) are granted for medical
reasons, not because of your travel plans.
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