CHEM 492 — Industrial Chemistry
Chemistry · University of Ghana
Principles of industrial chemistry: the economic importance of the chemical industry; conversion, efficiency and yield of a chemical process; economic and technical feasibilities of a chemical process; material and energy balance in chemical processes. Major inorganic chemical processes: Gases (N2, O2, NH3 and Cl2); acids/bases (H2SO4, H2PO3, NaOH, Na2CO3), Major organic chemical processes: fossil fuel and petrochemicals (ethylene, propylene, vinyl chloride);Major commercial products: food additives, anionic, cationic and non-ionic surfactants; pharmaceuticals. Industrial activities and their environmental impact; global warming, acid rain, smog, ozone depletion, eutrophication, toxic metals, carcinogens.
- Credits
- 2
- Level
- Level 400
- Semester
- Semester One
Other courses on this programme
- CHEM 114 — Practical II
- CHEM 401 — Thermodynamics II
- CHEM 402 — Quantum Chemistry
- CHEM 403 — Symmetry, Group Theory, and Applications
- CHEM 405 — Reaction Kinetics
- CHEM 418 — Photochemistry
- CHEM 423 — Polymer Chemistry and Technology
- CHEM 424 — Molecular Spectroscopy
- CHEM 438 — Medicinal Chemistry
- CHEM 439 — Organometallic Chemistry
- CHEM 441 — Chemistry of Natural Products
- CHEM 452 — Solid State Chemistry
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Start freeCourse details from University of Ghana Volume 3 Handbook for the Bachelor's Degree: Course Descriptions for Programmes in the Sciences (2017).