This course is no longer offered
20301 Chemistry in Action 1
Credits: 6 advanced credits in Chemistry
Prerequisites: Students must fulfill all English requirements and take bibliographic instruction in the Library.
Required: Fundamentals of Physics or both Fundamentals of Physics I and Fundamentals of Physics II, General Chemistry2 (or General Chemistry I + General Chemistry II, for Biology Students; or General Chemistry I + General Chemistry II), and Differential and Integral Calculus I (or Infinitesimal Calculus I)
Recommended: Organic Chemistry or Organic Chemistry for Biology Students, Chemical Kinetics
Authors: Abraham Marmur, Nava Ben-Zvi
The course integrates several scientific disciplines required to understand the transition from a chemical process in the laboratory to an industrial-scale process. It aims to provide knowledge of the various scientific principles required for planning industrial processes. The course suits students with a scientific background in the Natural Sciences and in Mathematics who have taken at least one Chemistry course and are interested in the application of scientific theories to chemical technology.
Topics: Introduction; The reactor – the core of the chemical process; Foundations of flow; Heat transfer; Separation processes – absorption and adsorption; Separation processes – distillation; Process control; The polymer industry; The Dead Sea industries; Economic considerations.
1This course will be taught for the last time in Spring 2012.
2or General Chemistry (20477, 20487), which is no longer offered.