Overview
Aims
The course attempts to develop the capacity for knowledge and understanding of the basic concepts specific to chemistry and their application in the civil engineering
Use of basic scientific knowledge in defining and explaining the specific concepts of engineering and environmental protection
Development of the ability to use the basic concepts, theories and methods in the field of chemistry for carrying out specific analyzes for civil engineering
Course contents
1. Introduction to chemistry. Fundamentals of chemistry. 2-3. Atomic models. Atomic structure. Relations between the atomic structure and periodic table of elements. Periodicity law 4-6. Chemical bonds: Ionic bonds. Covalent bonds. Coordinative bonds. Metallic bonds. 7. Solutions. Solution’s concentrations (percentage, molar, normal etc.). Applications 8-9. Arrhenius law. Acids. Bases. Protolytic equilibrium of water. pH and pOH 10. Salts hydrolysis. 11-12. Basics of precipitation and complex formation reactions. 13-14. Electrochemistry. Electrodes and primary cells: Electrode Potential. Nernst equation. Types of electrodes. Primary cells. Applications of EMF measurements.
LAB WORKS AND SEMINARS: 1. Safety rules in the chemistry lab. Regulation in the chemistry laboratory. Operations, equipment and utensils used in the chemistry lab
2. Solutions. Solution concentrations. Solutions preparation practical work.
3. pH indicators. Identification of concrete carbonation using a pH indicator. Glass electrode for solutions' pH determination
4. Assessesment of the moisture content of building materials
5. Assessesment of the corrosion rate of materials
6. Qualitative chemical analysis. Cation identifications
7. Project presentations. Assessment of the laboratory knowledges
Learning outcomes
Design, implementation and management of the environmental protection systems and quality control.Assessment
A one-hour written examination (60% of the final grade). The examination of the practical abilities acquired during the practical works (40% of the final grade).