Module Title:Physical Chemistry
Language of Instruction:English
Credits: 5
NFQ Level:7
Module Delivered In 2 programme(s)
Teaching & Learning Strategies: To understand the importance of quantification and measurement in physicochemical process. To develop working models or rigs for efficient analyte extraction. To understand the importance of the use of instrumentation in industrial process.
Module Aim: To provide a basic knowledge of the measurement technques which underline chemical analysis and process. To use elcetrochemical and surface chemical methods to synthesize, extract and to electrodeposit. To investigate the mechnaisms of chemical reaction.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module the learner should be able to:
LO1 Explore the use of common laboratory instrumentation in controlling physicochemical process.
LO2 Develop methods for the efficient production and monitoring of electrolyte in electrochemical process.
LO3 Describe the importance of efficiency and yield in processes.
Pre-requisite learning
Module Recommendations

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Incompatible Modules
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Co-requisite Modules
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Requirements
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Module Content & Assessment

Indicative Content
Websites and e-books will be used as much as formal printed material
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Thermodynamics
Second, third laws of thermodynamics. Reversible and irreversible systems. Heats of reaction, entropy. Electrical potential
Surface & Colloid Chemistry
The dispersed state. Surface tension. Surfactants and emulsions. Viscosity and rheology. Adsorption. Catalysis.
Electrochemistry, Electrolytes
Fuel cells and emf. Debye-Huckel equation. Transport properties of electrolytes. Oxidation and reduction. Electrochemical deposition. Non-aqueous solvents and ionic liquids.
Kinetics
1st-, 2nd and 3rd – order processes. Law of mass action. Arrhenius equation. Yields in chemical process. Solubility product.
Phase behaviour
Phase rule. Henry’s Law. Binary and ternary phase diagrams. Melting and eutectic point determination. Melting behaviour of polymers. Alloy formation
Assessment Breakdown%
Continuous Assessment10.00%
Practical30.00%
End of Module Formal Examination60.00%
Special Regulation
Students must achieve a minimum grade (35%) in both practical/CA and final exam.
Continuous Assessment
Assessment Type Assessment Description Outcome addressed % of total Assessment Date
Examination Thermodynamics. Heats of reaction, entropy. Surface & Colloid Chemistry Viscosity and rheology. Electrochemistry, Kinetics Phase behaviour 1,2,3 10.00 n/a
No Project
Practical
Assessment Type Assessment Description Outcome addressed % of total Assessment Date
Practical/Skills Evaluation Viscosity of fluids and gels. Kinetic pathways of common reactions. Electrochemical processes. Surface chemical methods and emulsions. Solutions and conductivity. Optical properties. 1,2,3 30.00 n/a
End of Module Formal Examination
Assessment Type Assessment Description Outcome addressed % of total Assessment Date
Formal Exam Thermodynamics. Heats of reaction, entropy. Surface & Colloid Chemistry Viscosity and rheology. Electrochemistry, Kinetics Phase behaviour 1,2,3 60.00 End-of-Semester

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Module Workload

Workload: Full Time
Workload Type Frequency Average Weekly Learner Workload
Lecture 12 Weeks per Stage 2.00
Laboratory 12 Weeks per Stage 3.00
Independent Learning Time 15 Weeks per Stage 4.33
Total Hours 125.00
 

Module Delivered In

Programme Code Programme Semester Delivery
CW_SAPHA_B Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Pharmaceutics and Drug Formulation 5 Mandatory
CW_SAASC_D Bachelor of Science in Analytical Science 5 Mandatory