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The student will gain theoretic and applied knowledge in fundamentals of chemistry and electrochemistry. Based on this, the student will be able to precisely and safety perform any common laboratory practices, which are necessary for operation in chemical and electrochemical laboratories.

The subject is conceived as introduction to chemistry for students of electrical engineering, thus it does not requires any prerequisites except the knowledge of chemistry from secondary school and mandatory subjects of Electrotechnique I and II.

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The methods of teaching are dependent on teaching process and are described in article 7 of Study and examination order of BUT.

The student will gain 20 points after performing all laboratory exercises and correct elaboration of all protocols. The final examination from laboratory knowledge will be scored by another 20 points. The minimal extent for elaboration of each laboratory exercise will be set by yearly actualized order of subject garant. Final oral examination will be scored by maximum of 60 points.

Syllabus:
1. Introduction to electrochemistry for electroengineers: the basic characteristics of atoms and molecules, chemical bonds, atomic and molecular weight.
2. Atomic orbitals, hybridization, concept of mol, concentration.
3. Chemical nomenclature, basic reactions, oxidation, reduction.
4. The characteristics of elements and materials for electrotechnique: metals, semiconductors, composites, polymers. Beketovov´s electropotential series.
5. Liquids and gases (fluids) - physical properties and their measurement.
6. Solutions, concentration, activity, ionic strength, pH, conductivity.
7. Chemical equilibration. Reaction rates.
8. Practical instruction for chemical laboratories. Equipment, laboratory facilities, and basic analytic methods.
9. Corrosion, stability of materials, advanced and smart materials. Phase diagrams.
10. Electromagnetic radiation and materials. Photosensitivity, degradation, light and energy.
11. Fundamentals of electrochemistry. Electrodes, galvanic and electrolytic cells.
12. Electrochemical methods, potentiometry and voltammetry.
13. The electronics of alternating current. Alternating electrochemical methods – electrochemical impedance spectroscopy.

Laboratory syllabus:
1. Laboratory equipment. Laboratory rules. Work with flammables, acids, corrosives, toxics and technical gases. The purity of chemicals.
2. Weighting of chemicals. Preparation of solutions, calculation of concentration. Solubility of chemical compounds in water. Measurement of liquids volume, pipette and burette.
3. Measurement of pH and temperature. Acid-base indicators, titration, titration curve and plotting.
4. Electrode potentials, verification of Nernst equation.
5. Conductivity – solid samples and ionic conductivity of electrolytes.
6. Ion selective electrodes (ISE). The study of ISE properties.
7. Electrochemical source of energy.
8. Hydrogen overpotential of metals.
9. Anodic oxidation of aluminium, preparation of thin layers. Characterization in scanning electron microscopy.
10. Passivation of metals in slow voltammetry. Polarization curves.
11. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy.
12. Final examination test.

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The subject is framed to bring basic as well as applied knowledge in chemistry and electrochemistry to students of semestral projects, bachelor and diploma thesis. The experimental courses in electrochemical and electrotechnical laboratories also inhered to the subject. The attention is paid to manipulation with laboratory equipments together with precise, reproducible and safe fundamental analytical practises, such as preparation of solutions, filtration, titration and weighting.

The conditions for successful passing will be set by yearly actualized order of subject garant.

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Jeffrey Gaffney, Nancy Marley: General Chemistry for Engineers (EN)

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