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Selected Chapters in Chemistry

Type of study Doctoral
Language of instruction Czech
Code 617-0949/01
Abbreviation VKCH
Course title Selected Chapters in Chemistry
Credits 10
Coordinating department Department of Chemistry
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Petr Pánek, CSc.

Osnova předmětu

1.Thermodynamic and kinetics of chemical processes (chemical equilibrium, heat of reaction, rate of chemical reaction, transition state theory, the effect of temperature on reaction rate, catalysis). Kinetic of homogeneous and heterogeneous reactions.
2. Burning as a redox reaction. The process of burning of solid materials. Ignition and combustion. Principles of self-ignition.Self-ignition due to biochemical processes. Properties affecting the flammability of substances. Fire technical characteristics of flammable and combustible dusts. Explosion and detonation.
3 Methods of monitoring the process termooxidation and burning. Principle of the termogravimetric analysis and pyrolysis methods in chromatography.
4. Chemistry and combustion processes, extinguishing and retardation of combustion .Extinguishing aggents -classic and modern.
5. Chemistry of water. Physical properties and reactivity of water. Utilization of water in extinguishing technology.
6. Technically most important groups of substances (production, utilization, environmental and toxicological characteristics). Relationship between structure and properties of substances (physical chemical, toxicological). Products of combustion and their toxicological characteristics.

Povinná literatura

[1] Solomons T.W.G., Fryhle C.B.: Organic Chemistry. John Wiley & Sons,Inc. 2003
[2] Glassman, Irvin. Combustion. 3rd ed. San Diego, Calif: Academic Press, 1996 (*)

Doporučená literatura

[1] Spiro, T.G. Stigliani W.M.: Chemistry of the Environment Elsevir 2003 (*)
[2] Yoshida, Tadao, Yuji Wada, and Natalie Foster. Safety of Reactive Chemicals and Pyrotechnics Industrial safety series, 5. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 1995(*)