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Course, academic year 2015/2016
  
Microwave Chemistry - D110008
Title: Mikrovlná chemie
Guaranteed by: Department of Organic Chemistry (110)
Faculty: Faculty of Chemical Technology
Actual: from 2015 to 2018
Semester: both
Points: 0
E-Credits: 0
Examination process:
Hours per week, examination: 0/0, other [HT]
Capacity: winter:unknown / unknown (unknown)
summer:unknown / unknown (unknown)
Min. number of students: unlimited
State of the course: taught
Language: Czech
Teaching methods: full-time
Teaching methods: full-time
Level:  
Note: course is intended for doctoral students only
can be fulfilled in the future
you can enroll for the course in winter and in summer semester
Guarantor: Církva Vladimír Dr. Ing.
Examination dates   Schedule   
Annotation -
Development of microwave chemistry (history, description), mechanism of microwave heating (polarization vs. conduction), interaction of the microwaves with materials (absorption, transmission, reflection, scattering), behavior of compounds in microwave field (superheating effects, complex dielectric constant, loss angle, penetration depth, hot spots), application of microwaves on selected chemical reactions (increase of reaction rate, effect on yield and selectivity of reaction), experimental equipment for microwave chemistry (magnetron, measuring of temperature).
Last update: Cibulka Radek (03.04.2014)
Aim of the course -

Students will be able to:

understand the effect of microwaves on chemical reactions

select suitable reaction for application of microwaves

do experiments on commercial microwave equipment

Last update: Cibulka Radek (03.04.2014)
Literature -

R: de la Hoz A., Loupy A.: Microwaves in Organic Synthesis, Wiley-VCH Verlag, Weinheim 2012. ISBN 978-3-527-33116-1.

Last update: Cibulka Radek (22.09.2015)
Learning resources -

http://home.icpf.cas.cz/cirkva/Eng/index.htm

Last update: Cibulka Radek (03.04.2014)
Syllabus -

1. Introduction and development of microwave chemistry

2. Microwave oven - history, description, danger of microwave radiation

3. Mechanism of microwave heating (polarization vs. conduction)

4. Interaction of the microwaves with materials (absorption, transmission, reflection, scattering)

5. Behavior of compounds in microwave field 1 (superheating effects)

6. Behavior of compounds in microwave field 2 (complex dielectric constant, loss angle)

7. Behavior of compounds in microwave field 3 (penetration depth, hot spots)

8. Application of microwaves on selected chemical reactions 1 (increase of reaction rate)

9. Application of microwaves on selected chemical reactions 2 (effect on yield)

10. Application of microwaves on selected chemical reactions 3 (selective heating)

11. Application of microwaves on selected chemical reactions 4 (uniform heating)

12. Application of microwaves on selected chemical reactions 5 ("green chemistry")

13. Experimental equipment for microwave chemistry (magnetron, measuring of temperature)

14. Microwaves in practice

Last update: Cibulka Radek (03.04.2014)
Course completion requirements -

It is compulsory to pass written examination test with the result at least 50%, and finally to pass successfuly the oral examination.

Last update: Cibulka Radek (04.05.2014)
Coursework assessment
Form Significance
Examination test 75
Oral examination 25

 
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