Course detail

Laboratory Classes in Laboratory Technics I

FCH-BCT_ACH1_PAcad. year: 2012/2013

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, preparation of the solutions with accurate concentrations, distillation of salt acid, gas preparation.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

RNDr. Ivana Pilátová, CSc.

Department

Institute of Materials Science (ÚCHM)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

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

Prerequisites

continuity on ZLT, CHL I

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.
2. Weighing, work with glass. Heating.
3. Measuring volumes of liquids, volumetric glass. Preparation of solutions with accurate concentrations.
4. Filtration - gravity and vacuum filtration. Saturated solution, solubility curve, cooling.
5. Filtration (Büchner funnel), decanting, dehydrating. Evaporation, crystallization - types.
6. Extraction, sublimation. Determination of melting point. Annealing.
7. Distillation - coolers, determination of density and index of refraction.
8. Titration - byrettes, pH measuring.
9. Gas preparation in the laboratory.
10.-12. Fraction crystallization of mixture chromium(III) oxide,borax and sodium chloride.
Distillation of hydrochloric acid.
Solubility product of lead(II) iodide.
13. Course-unit credit test. Course-unit credit.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The target of the course is an acquisition of 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)

Type of course unit

Guided consultation in combined form of studies

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

RNDr. Ivana Pilátová, CSc.

Laboratory exercise

52 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Tomáš Opravil, Ph.D.
Ing. Jiří Švec, Ph.D.
Ing. Jan Koplík, Ph.D.
Ing. Jan Kouba
Ing. Miroslava Mončeková, Ph.D.
Irena Halíková
RNDr. Božena Kábelová
Pavla Kleinová
Ing. Tomáš Solný, Ph.D.
RNDr. Ivana Pilátová, CSc.
Ing. Františka Frajkorová, Ph.D.
doc. Ing. Lukáš Kalina, Ph.D.
Ing. Radoslav Novotný, Ph.D.
Ing. Jiří Másilko, Ph.D.