Course syllabus adopted 2024-02-15 by Head of Programme (or corresponding).
Overview
- Swedish nameKemi med biokemi
- CodeKBT260
- Credits24 Credits
- OwnerTKKMT
- Education cycleFirst-cycle
- Main field of studyBioengineering, Chemical Engineering with Engineering Physics, Chemical Engineering
- ThemeEnvironment 1.5 c
- DepartmentCHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
- GradingTH - Pass with distinction (5), Pass with credit (4), Pass (3), Fail
Course round 1
- Teaching language Swedish
- Application code 53127
- Maximum participants100
- Open for exchange studentsNo
- Only students with the course round in the programme overview.
Credit distribution
Module | Sp1 | Sp2 | Sp3 | Sp4 | Summer | Not Sp | Examination dates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0114 Project, part A 7.5 c Grading: UG | 4.5 c | 3 c | |||||
| 0214 Project, part B 4.5 c Grading: UG | 3 c | 1.5 c | |||||
| 0314 Project, part D 1.5 c Grading: UG | 1.5 c | ||||||
| 0414 Examination 4.5 c Grading: TH | 4.5 c |
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| 0514 Project, part C 3 c Grading: UG | 3 c | ||||||
| 0614 Project, part E 3 c Grading: UG | 3 c |
In programmes
Examiner
Jerker Mårtensson- Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
Eligibility
General entry requirements for bachelor's level (first cycle)Applicants enrolled in a programme at Chalmers where the course is included in the study programme are exempted from fulfilling the requirements above.
Specific entry requirements
The same as for the programme that owns the course.Applicants enrolled in a programme at Chalmers where the course is included in the study programme are exempted from fulfilling the requirements above.
Course specific prerequisites
Prerequisites corresponding to specific entry requirements.Aim
- To impart knowledge that enables interpretation of phenomena in our society and environment through a chemical perspective.
- To provide foundational knowledge for advanced studies in various specialized courses focused on chemical phenomena.
- To equip students with knowledge that enables further studies in chemistry, chemical engineering, and biotechnology disciplines.
- To give laboratory skills essential for both advanced coursework and professional endeavors.
- To practice mathematical model building within chemistry.
- To offer practical experience in handling chemicals while promoting an understanding of the associated safety concerns and environmental hazards.
- To introduce students to the engineering profession including diversity, equity and gender equality and underscore safety considerations in both academic and occupational settings.
Learning outcomes (after completion of the course the student should be able to)
- Develop a foundational proficiency in utilizing computer applications at Chalmers and proficiently retrieve information to enhance academic studies.
- Respond effectively to a limited fire emergency.
- Comprehend how everyday phenomena, industrial processes, and environmental issues are connected to the fundamental chemical and physical properties of molecules.
- Make connections between fundamental chemical models and biological systems.
- Performe stoichiometric calculations for gas, liquid, and solid phase processes.
- Identify and assess hazards, as well as implement risk control measures in laboratory work.
- Conduct basic environmental and risk assessments for commonly used chemicals.
- Analyze a commercial product by examining its chemical ingredients and their functions, considering environmental aspects throughout production, usage, and waste management.
- Engage in discussions and reflections on Equality, Inclusion, and Diversity, emphasizing perspectives relevant to future academic studies and professional careers.
- Demonstrate the ability to work and to collaborate effectively within diverse teams.
- Comprehend properties of gases, liquids, and solids through the application of simple molecular and mathematical models.
- Possess a comprehensive understanding of the periodic table, including knowledge of the first 103 elements, and the ability to make simple predictions regarding their chemical and physical properties.
- Understand and apply commonly used models for chemical bonding and intermolecular forces to predict molecular structures and properties in "inorganic," "organic," and "biological" contexts.
- Understand the laws of thermodynamics and their implications for essential concepts such as enthalpy, heat capacity, and free energy.
- Use these thermodynamic relations for calculations in the context of chemical and biological systems.
- Demonstrate a chemical and mathematical understanding of reaction rates and an understanding of the factors that govern them.
- Derive rate equations from known elementary reactions and be able to derive and calculate the elementary reactions from chemical and biochemical experimental data.
- Comprehend chemical equilibrium as a consequence of thermodynamics.
- Conduct manual calculations for basic gas, acid-base equilibria.
- Apply mathematical models and computers for complex equilibrium calculations.
- Understand and predict nucleophilic substitution and elimination reactions.
- Establish a connection between these reaction types and chemical bonding, thermodynamics, and kinetics.
- Write balanced equations for oxidation and reduction reactions.
- Perform simple equilibrium calculations for oxidation and reduction reactions.
- Identify the most common oxidation and reduction reactions in organic chemistry and biological systems.
- Apply molecular orbital theory to organic compounds, with a focus on aromatics.
- Demonstrate knowledge of the most common reactions involving aromatic molecules.
- Recognize and recall names and formulas for common chemicals.
- Execute simple laboratory work in physical and inorganic chemistry, covering pH, solution chemistry, redox reactions, heat capacity, phase transitions, and spectroscopy. Similarly, conduct experiments in organic chemistry and biochemistry.
- Keep laboratory notebook.
- Produce accurate laboratory and project reports.
- Acquire foundational skills in the delivery of oral presentations.
Content
Quarter 1
- Computer introduction: Lectures and exercises in computer room
- laboratory safety lecture and fire drill
- Safety and documentation in the laboratory
- Stoichiometry, Balancing reactions
- Gases, Ideal gas law, Temperature
- Liquid and solid state, Intermolecular forces
- The Atom, the Periodic table
- Chemical bonding Lewis model and Lewis structures
- Chemical bonding VSEPR and molecular structure
- Wet-chemical laboratory work and spectroscopy
- Chemical bonding Molecular orbital model
- Chemical bonding Bond energies
- Thermodynamics' 1st and 2nd law
- Enthalpy, Entropy and Free energy
- Physical equilibria: Phase transitions and dissolution
- Chemical equilibria
- Acid-base equilibria
- Solubility equilibria
- Chemical kinetics
- Fundamentals of biochemistry
- Study visit: Visit to an engineering alumnus in industry
- Molecular modelling and wet-chemical and physicochemical laboratory work
- Electrochemistry and organic chemistry
- Substitution and elimination reactions
- Addition reactions, carbonyl chemistry
- Redoxreactions
- Aromatics, molecular orbitals
- Aromatic chemistry
- Fundamentals of nuclear chemistry
- Practical organic synthesis and biochemical laboratory work
Organisation
The backbone of the course is the classes ("lektioner") 2-4 times a week with about 30 students, which involve both traditional lecturing as well as tutorials. One or a couple of teachers accompany the same group throughout the course.
Once a week there are 2 hours scheduled in the timetable for group tutorials, self-studies and studies in groups. Solving problems by own means is an important tool for learning the material of the course.
Traditional lectures for all students in the course are given at least once a week by the teachers in the course and sometimes invited lecturers.
Eight handout problems are compulsory, of which two are projects.
The laboratory experiments and project assignments are performed individually or in a group, and plays an important role in the overall ambition of the course to integrate the traditional sub-disciplines of chemistry (analytical, inorganic, organic, bio and physical chemistry), as well as mathematics and computer usage. Practical experiences, such as "measure, weigh, pour", and as well as safety and environmental precautions in the laboratory, also play an important role in the engineering education. Finally, the written and oral examinations play an important role.
Literature project in groups of 6 students, where a commercial product from a Swedish company is studied regarding the function, production and waste treatment of the chemical ingredients, including environmental and simpler health aspects during the product life. Also, the project organization and the group work emphasize aspects of equality, diversity and inclusion. The project is performed in contact with a designated chemical or bioengineer at the company including a half-day study visit.
Teachers: Prof. Lars Öhrström, Prof. Nina Kann, Prof. Jerker Mårtensson, Prof. Gunnar Westman, Prof. Bo Albinsson, Prof. Joakim Andreasson, Doc. Henrik Leion, Prof. Itai Panas, Doc. Mark Foreman, Prof. Maria Abrahamsson, Doc. Teodora Retegan Vollmer, Doc. Mikael Molin, Dr. Stefan Allard, Doc. Martina Petranikova, Prof. Aldo Jesorka
Literature
Examination including compulsory elements
- Assignments during computer introduction
- Compulsory attendance at laboratory safety lecture, fire drill, study visit, computer exercise, and some other occasions (see course PM which is handed out at the start of the course)
- Online test on lab safety
- Digital test on Stoichiometry, Nomenclature and the Periodic table
- Reports from laborations and projects
- Oral exam on chemical bonding
- Handouts
- Online test on Thermodynamics/kinetics and Biochemistry
- Written final exam. Bonus points to final exam can be gathered by good results on the other parts of the examination
The course examiner may assess individual students in other ways than what is stated above if there are special reasons for doing so, for example if a student has a decision from Chalmers about disability study support.