Valid for: 2021/22
Faculty: Faculty of Engineering, LTH
Decided by: PLED TB
Date of Decision: 2021-03-23
Depth of study relative to the degree requirements: First cycle, has only upper-secondary level entry requirements.
Compulsory for: TNB1-TEBA
Language of instruction: The course will be given in Swedish
The purpose of the course is to give the student fundamental knowledge of Chemistry for further studies on university.
Knowledge and understanding
For a passing grade the student must
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Competences and skills
For a passing grade the student must
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Judgement and approach
For a passing grade the student must
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Reactions and changes
• Reversible
reactions
Environmental Chemistry
• Sustainable
development with discussion of the biogeochemical cycles
• Greenhouse effect, its causes and effects
• Acidification, its causes and effects
• Eutrophication, its causes and effects
• Environmental toxins such as DDT, PCBs and flame
retardants
• Green Chemistry
Materials
• Polymers chemical structure, properties and uses
• Ceramics chemical structure, properties and uses
• Alloys chemical structure, properties and uses
Food Chemistry
• Carbohydrates, fats and proteins structure and how the
chemical structure affects their properties.
• How the structure of different substances affect their
taste, odor and color
Grading scale: UG - (U,G) - (Fail, Pass)
Assessment: Compulsory attendance at the lectures. Approved final report and passed laboratory works.
The examiner, in consultation with Disability Support Services, may deviate from the regular form of examination in order to provide a permanently disabled student with a form of examination equivalent to that of a student without a disability.
The number of participants is limited to: No
Course coordinator: Ia Rosenlind, ia.rosenlind@food.lth.se
Course homepage: http://www.lth.se/utbildning/tekniskt-basaar/
Further information: The scope for this course is expressed in access education credits (fup).