Course EA 2017 · Year II · Autumn 2024-2025

CHEMISTRY

Compulsory course in Applied Electronics, taught by Simona Camelia Varvara.

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Overview

Lecturer
Simona Camelia Varvara
Seminar tutor
Roxana Nadina Bostan
Type of course
Compulsory
Language of instruction
English
Erasmus language
English
Domain
Electronic engineering and telecommunications
Field of study
Applied Electronics
Form of education
Full-time
Form of instruction
Class
Credit awarded by
Grade
Teaching methods
Lecture, conversation, exemplification, practical works/projects
Entry requirements
-

Aims

The course attempts to develop the capacity for knowledge and understanding of the basic concepts specific to chemistry and their application in the applied electronic 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 applied electronic engineering

Course contents

COURSES

1. Introduction to chemistry. Fundamentals of chemistry.

2. Atomic models. Atomic structure.

3. Relations between the atomic structure and periodic table of elements. Periodicity law

4. Ionic bonds.

5.Covalent bonds. Coordinative bonds.

6. Metallic bonds.

7. Solutions. Solution’s concentrations (percentage, molar, normal etc.). Applications

8. Arrhenius law. Acids. Bases.

9. Protolytic equilibrium of water. pH and pOH

10. Salts hydrolysis. Aplications

11. Basics of precipitation and complex formation reactions.

13. Redox reactions. Electrode Potential. Nernst equation. Types of electrodes. Applications 

14. Electrochemical energy conversion. Primary and secondary batteries. Fuel Cells

LABWORKS

1. Laboratory safety rules. Operations, apparatus and utensils used in the chemistry laboratory

2. Solutions. Expressing the concentration of solutions. Methods of preparation of solutions

3. References electrodes. Applications

4. Daniell cell. Electromotive force measurements. Applications

5. Glass electrode. pH measurements. Applications

6. Experimental measurements of the steel and copper corrosion potential and corrosion rates

7. Reports presentation. Assessment of the laboratory knowledges

Learning outcomes

C6. Solving technological problems in the fields of applied electronics

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).

Recommended reading

Chemistry for Chemical Engineers, Ventus Publishing ApS, 2012, ISBN: 978-87-403-0249-3
A. J. Fletcher
Ventus Publishing ApS, 2012
Fundamentals of Chemistry, Ventus Publishing ApS, 2012, ISBN 978-87-403-0105-2
R. Elsair
Ventus Publishing ApS,, 2012
Electrochemistry. Principles, methods and applications, Oxford Science Publications, 1993
C. Brett, A.M. Oliveira Brett
Oxford Science Publications, Oxford, 1993