CH12039: Chemistry and the modern world
[Page last updated: 09 August 2024]
| Academic Year: | 2024/25 |
| Owning Department/School: | Department of Chemistry |
| Credits: | 5 [equivalent to 10 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 100 |
| Level: | Certificate (FHEQ level 4) |
| Period: |
- Semester 2
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| Assessment Summary: | EXCB 100% |
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| Supplementary Assessment: |
- Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
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| Requisites: |
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| Learning Outcomes: |
- Outline and describe the basics of industrial chemical processes and chemical plants;
- Recognise the challenges associated with the commercialisation of chemical technologies;
- Identify the impact of chemistry on the environment and contrast methods to mitigate these impacts.
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| Synopsis: | In this unit you will explore the chemical industry through selected examples. This unit will improve your appreciation of the challenges associated with the commercial utilisation of chemical technologies.
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| Content: | Topics in the unit will include:
Major chemical industrial processes;
Low carbon and emerging sustainable chemical technologies;
Towards the commercialisation of chemical technologies - scale-up, intellectual property; life-cycle and techno-economic analyses;
Chemistry and the Environment - health and safety, risk management, the impact of chemistry on the climate.
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| Course availability: |
CH12039 is Optional on the following courses:
Department of Chemistry
- USCH-AFB20 : BSc(Hons) Chemistry (Year 1)
- USCH-AKB20 : BSc(Hons) Chemistry with professional placement (Year 1)
- USCH-AKB20 : BSc(Hons) Chemistry with study abroad (Year 1)
- USCH-AFM20 : MChem(Hons) Chemistry (Year 1)
- USCH-AKM20 : MChem(Hons) Chemistry with professional placement (Year 1)
- USCH-AKM20 : MChem(Hons) Chemistry with study abroad (Year 1)
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Notes: - This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2024/25 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2025/26 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2024/25.
- Courses and units are subject to change in accordance with normal University procedures.
- Availability of units will be subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.
- Find out more about these and other important University terms and conditions here.
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