Learning objectives
<br /><br />The course aims at providing information about industrial production and use of the main inorganic compounds.
Prerequisites
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Course unit content
<br />Water: production of potable water; deionized water; potable water from marine water. <br />Fluorine and derivatives: industrial processes for hydrogen fluoride production; salts of industrial interest; fluorine; uses in chemical industry <br />Boron and derivatives: industrial processes for the production of borax and boric acid; other compounds of boron of industrial interest; applications in the field of materials, detergents and chemical industry.<br />Titanium and derivatives: industrial process for the production of titanium dioxide; use as pigment. Inorganic pigments made from iron sources. <br />Aluminium and derivatives: industrial processes for the production of aluminium, aluminium hydroxide and aluminium oxide; industrial process for aluminium trichloride production and other salts of industrial interest.<br />Silicon and its derivatives:industrial process for elementary silicon production; silicones; zeolites and their application in catalysis. <br />Applications in the industry of glasses, cement and ceramics.<br />
Full programme
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Bibliography
<br />1. W. Büchner, R. Schliebs, G. Winter, K.H. Büchel, Chimica Inorganica Industriale, Ed. Piccin.<br />2. Industrial Inorganic Chemicals: Production and Uses. Ed. Thompson.<br />3. Fine Chemicals through Heterogeneous Catalysis. Ed. R.A. Sheldon, H.van Bekkum.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Other information
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