Kemia ja ympäristötekniikka (4 cr)

Evaluation scale

0-5

Objective

The students master the central concepts and contents of chemistry and environmentally friendly technology, energy production and product design. They are also able to apply them to the problems that arise within the fields of environmental and energy technology.

Content

Constitution and states of matter. Formation of compounds, basic chemical reactions, the central phenomena affecting the chemistry of compounds. Combustion, corrosion, division of materials. Chemical industrial safety, recycling and waste management. Life cycle of a product, Formation of emissions, purification techniques.

Materials

Antila, A-M. , Karppinen, M. , Leskelä, M. , Mölsä, H. , Pohjakallio, M. Tekniikan kemia. Ihalainen, E. Ympäristönsuojelutekniikan perusteet. Lecture handouts.

Completion alternatives

2 intermediate examsIndependent assignments Group assignments

Student workload

Lectures and calculation exercises 58 h Independent work 50 h Total 108 h

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Adequate (1): The student knows the basic content of the course. The student can satisfactorily solve simple problems.

Satisfactory (2): The student masters the basic content of the course but in the application of the essential concepts the skills are still inadequate.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Good (3): The student masters most of the essential content of the course and he is able to solve basic chemistry end environmental problems.

Very good (4): The student masters the essential content of the course and he is able to apply his skills to usual chemistry end environmental problems.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Excellent (5): The student masters the content of the course and can apply the knowledge acquired in a critical and innovative manner in challenging chemistry end environmental applications.

Qualifications

The students can form expressions, equations or functions. The students can handle expressions and solve equations.