Course detail

Chemistry

FSI-WCMAcad. year: 2025/2026

The course is focused on basic knowledge of chemistry necessary for area of material engineering. Main focus is on understanding of basic interactions on atomic level and related basic material; properties, connections among structures, bonding and thermodynamics are demonstrated. Lectures give an overview of elementary principles in material science (especially a material selection) and related technical applications.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

6

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. David Salamon, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Materials Science and Engineering (ÚMVI)

Entry knowledge

Elementary knowledge of high school chemistry is expected.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Final exam evaluates theoretical knowledge and its implications for problems in material science, which are related to chemistry. Exam is partially written and oral; student will randomly select questions and the written part is before the final oral part.
Credits will be awarded only if students attends all group trainings and after completion of assigned tasks. In justified cases the compensatory conditions may be given if a student did not enter a group training.

Aims

The aim of the course is to explain similarities and differences, among basic group of materials such as metals, glass, ceramics, and polymers. Theoretical lectures will be supported by short group training, which should help students to answer homework questions. Furthermore, the training will give students good practice in chemistry.
Students will be able to apply gain knowledge during continuing Master program, which is focused on material engineering, as well as during solving of specific industrial problems related to chemistry. The course if focused on terminology and basic relations in chemistry.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

CÍDLOVÁ, Hana, Zuzana MOKRÁ a Barbora VALOVÁ. Obecná chemie. Masarykova univerzita, Brno, 2018, 298 s. (dostupné z: https://is.muni.cz/do/rect/el/estud/pedf/js18/obecna_chemie/web/skripta/Obecna-chemie.pdf) (CS)
KOSTURA, Bruno. Chemie I:(obecná chemie). VŠB-Technická univerzita, 2006, 129 s. ISBN 9788024812014. https://www.studopory.vsb.cz/studijnimaterialy/ChemieI/ChemieI_Obecna_Chemie.pdf (CS)
MIT OpenCourseWare, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, (dostupné z: https://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm) (EN)

Recommended reading

ALLCOCK, Harry R. Introduction to materials chemistry. John Wiley & Sons, 2011, 452 s. ISBN 9781118210987 (EN)
D.Sedmidubský, V. Flemr, J. Svoboda, R. Cibulka, Základy chemie pro bakaláře, vydavatelstvi.vscht, Praha 2011 (CS)
MITCHELL, Brian S. An introduction to materials engineering and science: for chemical and materials engineers. Hoboken: Wiley-Interscience, 2004, 954 s. ISBN 0-471-43623-2. (EN)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme B-ZSI-P Bachelor's

    specialization MTI , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

39 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. David Salamon, Ph.D.

Syllabus

Lectures:

1. Structure of atoms
2. Periodic table of elements, terminology
3. Chemical bonding
4. Molecular structures
5. State of mass
6. Chemical reactions
7. Equilibrium and kinetics in chemistry
8. Amorphous materials
9. Crystalline materials
10. Organic materials
11. Solutions
12. Analysis of a common chemical reaction of materials

Laboratory exercise

13 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. David Salamon, Ph.D.

Syllabus

Group exercise:
a) Answers of questions given students at the end of the lectures.
b) Training in nomenclature of chemistry, chemical equations, and calculation of concentrations.