Chemistry in Practice

COURSE CURRICULUM

1.

Course title

CHEMISTRY IN PRACTICE

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Code

HM-659

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Study curriculum

Chemical education

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Organizer of the curriculum (institute, department)

PMF- Skopje, Institute of chemistry

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Degree (BSc, MSc, PhD)

BSc

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Academic year/semester

III/VI

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ECTS points

4

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Lecturer

Goran Stojkovikj, Full Professor

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Prerequisites

Organic chemistry I

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Course objectives (competences):
Familiarity with different types of chemical substances and their use in people's daily lives.

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Course content:
Lectures:
1. Polymeric materials. Extraction of polymers. Polymerization reaction. Polycondensation reaction. Properties of polymers. Additives for polymers.
2. Application of polymeric materials. Degradation of polymeric materials. Recycling of polymeric materials.
3. Fullerenes. Biopolymers.
4. Explosives. Classification of explosives. Chemical explosives.
5. Colors. History, properties and use of dyes. Natural and synthetic dyes.
6. Important chromophoric groups in colors. Food colors. Indicators. Pigments.
7. Chemistry and health. Medicines. Types of drugs and their application.
8. Types of surfactants and mechanism of their action. Amphophilic compounds. Soaps and detergents. Lubricants.
9. Foodstuffs. Types of foodstuffs. Antioxidants, preservatives and additives (food colors, emulsifiers, sweeteners, etc.) in food. E-mail numbers.
10. Study of the risk of using additives.
Practicals:
Reactions to obtain polymers, tasks from the field of polymers and explosives, reactions to obtain some pharmaceuticals, functional groups in pharmaceuticals, preparation of seminar papers

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Teaching methods: lectures, problem solving, seminars

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Total available time

120

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Time distribution

2 hours lectures + 1 hour practicals per week

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Teaching methods distribution

15.1.

Teaching - lectures

30 hours

15.2.

Practicals (laboratory, problem solving), seminars, team work

15 hours

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Other activities

16.1.

Projects

15 hours

16.2.

Independent work

20 hours

16.3.

Homework

40 hours

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Grading methods

17.1.

Tests

70 points

17.2.

Seminars/projects (written/oral presentation)

20 points

17.3.

Activity

10 points

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Grading scale (points/mark)

< 50 points

5 (five) (F)

51 to 60 points

6 (six) (E)

61 to 70 points

7 (seven) (D)

71 to 80 points

8 (eight) (C)

81 to 90 points

9 (nine) (B)

91 to 100 points

10 (ten) (A)

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Criteria for taking the final exam

Lecture attendance and  completed exercises

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Course language

Macedonian

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Teaching quality control

Anonymous survey, discussions with students

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Literature

22.1.

Compulsory

No.

Author

Title

Publisher

Year

1.

Goran Stojković

Chemistry in practice, Internal script

2015

22.2.

Additional

No.

Author

Title

Publisher

Year

1.

Conrad. L. Stanitski, editor in chief

Chemistry in Context, Applying Chemistry to Society, Third Edition

Mc Graw Hill

2000

2.

Klaus Hunger (Editor)

Industrial Dyes, Chemistry, Properties, Applications

WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim

2003

3.

Vladislav M. Varagić, Milenko P. Milošević,

Farmakologija, XII izdanje,

Elit-Medica, Beograd,

1996

4.

Tharwat F. Tadros,

Applied Surfactants: Principles and Applications,

WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim

2005

5.

Francisco Delgado-Vargas Octavio Paredes-López

Natural colorants for food and nutraceutical uses

CRC Press LLC

2003

6.

Zhaklin Akavan (translation by Ida Blazevska)

Chemistry of explosives

AD Verbum, Skopje

2009