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Applied Chemistry for HSE

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 040-0169/01
Abbreviation ACfHSE
Course title Applied Chemistry for HSE
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Occupational and Process Safety
Course coordinator prof. RNDr. Pavel Danihelka, CSc.

Subject syllabus

1. Introduction to the chemistry and relation to safety and environment; terminology and basic concept
2. Matter structure, interaction between atoms (bonds), relation to the safety, basic rules of general chemistry
3. Chemical reactions (redox, acido-basic, coordination a radical), influence to health and safety, chemical equilibria
4. Termodynamic a kinetic of chemical reactions, catalysis and inhibition, run-away reactions
5. Oxidation and reduction in chemical processes, burning and extinguishing, chemical explosions, corrosion
6. Phase transformations and their manifestations, phase equilibria
7. Importance of phase transformations in safety
8. Chemistry of construction, building and other materials. Nanomaterials
9. Processes and equipment in chemical technology I
10. Processes and equipment in chemical technology II
11. Principal chemical productions
12. Major chemical accidents and their impacts
13. Chemical processes in environment, safety, health and environmental services. Environmental fate of compound. Transformation and accumulation of substances. Chemical analyses in HSE management and their interpretation

Literature

https://www.ilo.org/safework/areasofwork/chemical-safety-and-the-environment/lang--en/index.htm
Hocking M.B., Handbook of chemical technology and pollution control. 3rd ed. 2005, San Diego: Academic

Advised literature

Environmental Chemistry, Gary W. VanLoon, Stephen J. Duffy, ISBN: 9780198749974 Oxford University Press 2017
Bakac A., Physical inorganic chemistry : reactions, processes, and applications. 2010, Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley