Engineering Chemistry (5 ECTS)

Objective

After completion of the course the student has sufficient understanding of the most important concepts and phenomena in chemistry – as well as the concepts of physics needed to support them – and is thus able to solve relevant problems in his own study field, to apply this understanding as a necessary basis in later studies and to utilize it in future professional tasks.

Content

• Real gases: combustion, emissions, simple material balances
• The most essential quantities in thermodynamics: internal energy, entropy, Gibbs energy, entropy, and their application to practical problems
• Deepening of the concept of reaction equilibrium and its applications:
- how to assess, whether a reaction is spontaneous or not
- buffer solutions
- etc.
• Phases, phase equilibria, phase diagrams.
• Basics of reaction kinetics
6. Introduction to surface and colloid chemistry.
7. Basics of electrochemistry.

Location and time

Lessons and laboratory work in places according to the schedule. Remote connection used during lessons

Materials

Material given by the teacher and material found on the Internet (open stax material)
Hänninen, Karppinen, Leskelä and Pohjakallio: Technical Chemistry (16th edition, 2022, Edita), Publisher changed to Sanoma Pro in 2025
MAOL book of tables & data

Teaching methods

Lessons, guided exercices, laboratory assignments. Compulsory homework assignments.

Employer connections

N/A

Exam schedules

To be agreed with students (exam + resits)

International connections

N/A

Completion alternatives

N/A

Student workload

Guided lessons 56 h
Exams 6 h
Homework 20 h
Laboratory assignments: 20 h
Self study: 33 h
Total: 135 h

Content scheduling

1st period parts 1-3
1. Deepening of the concept of reaction equilibrium and its applications:
- how to assess, whether a reaction is spontaneous or not
- buffer solutions
2. The most essential quantities in thermodynamics: internal energy, entropy, Gibbs energy, entropy, and their application to practical problems, basics of reaction kinetics
3. Phases, phase equilibria, phase diagrams

2nd period parts 4-6
4. Basics of electrochemistry.
5. Real gases: combustion, emissions, simple material balances
6. Introduction to surface and colloid chemistry.

Further information

Participation in midterm exams requires that the student has completed sufficient mandatory homework (50% of the assignments of the exam topics).

Lessons may be recorded in order to enable more flexible studies.

The use of artificial intelligence is permitted in homework assignments, but the use must be mentioned and it must be specified what was done with artificial intelligence.

Evaluation scale

0-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The student is able to define and describe the concepts and phenomena included in the course in a qualitative way and to compute straightforward problems.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

The student is able to understand and define or describe the concepts and phenomena discussed in the course in his own words; he also knows how to explain the origin and meaning of related equations and to critically evaluate the solutions obtained when solving related chemical problems.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The student is able to characterize and model phenomena discussed in the course on the basis of reasonable assumptions, as well as to analyze, evaluate and modify solutions for related chemical problems and the underlying model when needed.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

The student is able to define and describe the concepts and phenomena included in the course in a qualitative way and to compute straightforward problems.

Assessment methods and criteria

Exams: 100 %. Two intermerdiate exams. Compulsory exercises to be completed before each intermediate exam.
Laboratory assignments: pass / fail
To pass course in addition to the exam one must pass the laboratory assignments.

Score limits for the combined score of the two midterm exams:
less than 20 points = 0
20 points = 1
26 points = 2
32 points = 3
38 points = 4
44 points = 5

The maximum score for the resit exam is 25 points and the limits are half of the mentioned above.

Qualifications

Fundamentals of Chemistry 1 & 2
Laboratory safety as a part of Orientation studies

Further information

Laboratory exercises in physical chemistry, for instance the following:
- reaction equilibrium and equilibrium constant
- acids and bases, buffer solutions
- thermodynamics: calorimetry

Further information

Laboratory exercises in physical chemistry, for instance the following:
- reaction equilibrium and equilibrium constant
- acids and bases, buffer solutions
- thermodynamics: calorimetry