CHEMISTRY AND INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES LABORATORY

The teaching is one of the basic training activities of the master's degree program in Chemistry and Sustainable Technologies.The course allows the student to work independently in the laboratory to carry out a research project. The research project will be chosen by the student from those proposed by the teacher. The course will allow you to gain autonomy in the performance of laboratory practices and at the same time the course allows students to acquire knowledge and understanding of topics related to some processes of the chemical industry and in particular of the oil and natural gas industry. Particular attention is given to catalyzed processes and to the study of the different catalysts.
The student will have the opportunity to face some industrial/technological problems and will be encouraged i) to use a logical and deductive reasoning in solving these problems; ii) to develop the ability to argue scientific reasoning; iii) to develop the ability to deepen a topic and expose it by a ppt presentation in an appropriate technical-scientific language.

1. Knowledge and understanding:
a) of the different synthesis methods for the preparation of a catalytic system
b) techniques for the characterization of heterogeneous catalysts
c) the use of these materials in the gas phase and in the liquid phase

2. Ability to apply knowledge and understanding
a) to Know how to use the knowledge to solve technological problems in a logical and deductive way;
b) Knowing how to carry out a bibliographic search, of being able to make a ppt presentation and being able to prepare a written paper in the form of a scientific work on the subject studied

3. Ability to judge
a) to know how to evaluate comparatively the effectiveness of different Technologies;
b) to develop a preliminary critical capacity on the effectiveness of some processes and on the choices of catalysts.

4. Communication skills
a) to know how to use an appropriate vocabulary and a suitable technical-scientific symbolism;
b) to interact positively with the teacher and with the classmates, formulating coherent questions and arguing alternative hypotheses.

5. Learning skills
a) to Know how to be autonomous in carrying out literature screenings
b) to be able to take notes, selecting the important aspects of scientific reasoning and collecting information according to their importance and priority.

Basic knowledge of Organic Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry 1

Some chemical processes of industrial importance will be presented and students will be asked to think about how to carry out an improvement in the process by working on the reaction conditions or on the modification of the catalytic system. After a careful bibliographic search, the students will have to present their idea through a presentation and show how they intend to proceed to improve the process. So once the project is exposed, the best strategy to follow will be decided together with the tutor. At that point the boys in the laboratory will experimentally execute what was decided in the design. At the end of the experience the students will have to present a written paper in the form of scientific work.

1. Material provided by the teacher

The assessment of learning takes place through a written test and an oral test. The final grade is the profile of the results achieved in the two tests. The written test consists of the preparation of a final paper in the form of manuscript with the information read and obtained experimentally. During the oral examination the student must demonstrate that he is able to evaluate the experimental data of competence and insert them into a project. For the overcoming, it was written: active participation in the laboratory, oral presentation and final written paper.

Lectures in the classroom with power point presentations, discussion of information presented in the classroom and practical lessons in the laboratory.

Italian

Accommodation and support services for students with disabilities and
students with specific learning impairments:
Ca’ Foscari abides by Italian Law (Law 17/1999; Law 170/2010)
regarding support services and accommodation available to students
with disabilities. This includes students with mobility, visual,
hearing and other disabilities (Law 17/1999), and specific learning
impairments (Law 170/2010). In the case of disability or impairment
that requires accommodations (i.e., alternate testing, readers, note
takers or interpreters) please contact the Disability and
Accessibility Offices in Student Services: disabilita@unive.it

written and oral