Course detail

Laboratory Experiments on Chemistry

FSI-TCHAcad. year: 2011/2012

Laboratory code and safety measures, legislation. Laboratory notes, laboratory equipment. Basic laboratory work - weighing, work with glass, measuring volumes of liquids, preparation and dilution of the solutions. Heating, annealing, cooling, dehydrating, crystallization, filtration, decantation, extraction. Determination of variables - refracting index, melting point, density, pH. Simple tasks - mixture division, substratum cleaning.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

3

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

RNDr. Ivana Pilátová, CSc.

Department

Institute of Physical Engineering (ÚFI)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Obtaining skills and a practical knowledge of basic operations that are used in the chemical laboratory.

Prerequisites

Knowledge of secondary school chemistry and basic mathematics.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

The laboratory notebook (control of preparation), report sheets, course-unit credit test.

Course curriculum

Not applicable.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The goal is to provide students with an overview of basic safety rules work in the chemical laboratory, to acquaint students with basic tasks, teach students to work independently in a chemical laboratory with hazardous substances.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

The presence of students at practice is obligatory and is monitored by a tutor. The way how to compensate missed practice lessons will be decided by a tutor depending on the range and content of the missed lessons.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Kábelová, B. a kol.: Laboratorní technika II, 1999 -

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme B3901-3 Bachelor's

    branch B-FIN , 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional