Course detail

Laboratory Classes in Laboratory Technics I

FCH-BCT_ACH1_PAcad. year: 2008/2009

Laboratory code and safety measures, basic laboratory work - weighing, work with glass, measuring volumes of liquids, filtration, heating, annealing, cooling, dehydrating, distillation, crystallization, decantation, sublimation, extraction, determination of physical variables - refracting index, melting point, density, pH. Simple tasks - fraction crystallization, pure sodium chloride purification, preparation of the solutions with accurate concentrations, distillation of salt acid, gas preparation.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

2

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Obtaining skills and a practical knowledge of basic operations that are used in the chemical laboratory.

Prerequisites

Knowledge of secondary school chemistry and basic mathematics.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

The laboratory notebook (control of preparation), report sheets, tests, course-unit credit test.

Course curriculum

1. Introduction - laboratory safety and guidelines, laboratory notes. Laboratory equipment, weighing, work with glass. Measuring volumes of liquids, volumetric glass.
2. Preparation of solutions with accurate concentrations. Filtration - gravity and vacuum filtration.
(Test - laboratory safety and guidelines.)
3. Saturated solution, solubility curve, cooling. Filtration (Büchner funnel), decanting, dehydrating.
(Test - laboratory equipment.)
4. Heating, evaporation, crystallization - types. Titration - byrettes, pH measuring.
5. Distillation - coolers, determination of density. Gas preparation in the laboratory.
6. Annealing, determination of the melting point. Fraction crystallization of mixture potassium dichromate and sodium chloride.
7. Course-unit credit test.
8. Course-unit credit.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The target of the course is a fast and necessary unification of levels of practical and laboratory knowledge of the starting students - chemists.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Participation on each laboratory practice is necessary. In the case of illness confirmed with a doctor is substitution in other students group possible.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

B.Kábelová a kol.: Laboratorní technika II, Vutium, Brno 1999, ISBN 80-214-1450-2 (CS)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme BPCP_CHCHT Bachelor's

    branch BPCO_SCH , 1. year of study, winter semester, compulsory

  • Programme BKCP_CHCHT Bachelor's

    branch BKCO_SCH , 1. year of study, winter semester, compulsory
    branch BKCO_CHTOZP , 1. year of study, winter semester, compulsory

  • Programme BPCP_CHCHT Bachelor's

    branch BPCO_CHTOZP , 1. year of study, winter semester, compulsory

  • Programme BKCP_CHCHT Bachelor's

    branch BKCO_CHM , 1. year of study, winter semester, compulsory

  • Programme BPCP_CHCHT Bachelor's

    branch BPCO_CHM , 1. year of study, winter semester, compulsory

  • Programme BPCP_CHTP Bachelor's

    branch BPCO_BT , 1. year of study, winter semester, compulsory

  • Programme BKCP_CHTP Bachelor's

    branch BKCO_BT , 1. year of study, winter semester, compulsory
    branch BKCO_PCH , 1. year of study, winter semester, compulsory

  • Programme BPCP_CHTP Bachelor's

    branch BPCO_CHP , 1. year of study, winter semester, compulsory

  • Programme CKCP_CZV lifelong learning

    branch CKCO_CZV , 1. year of study, winter semester, compulsory