Course: Advanced Laboratory Technique

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Course title Advanced Laboratory Technique
Course code TUCH/TP7PO
Organizational form of instruction Lesson
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Dastychová Lenka, RNDr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Functions of valves and taps, apparatus tightness testing, work with glass (bending, sealing, grinding), use of various materials as a part of chemical apparatus. 2. Assembly of inert gas equipment (inert gases, manifold, desiccants, vacuum pump); preparation of samples for NMR and MS. 3. Various methods of reduced pressure distillation; types of dryers, preparation of drying columns and possibilities of their use; drying solvents. 4. Reduced pressure sublimation, analysis of raw material and sublimation products. 5. Synthesis of a selected compound in an inert atmosphere; design of synthetic procedure, product analysis and reaction monitoring. 6. Analysis and evaluation of measured data, discussion.

Learning activities and teaching methods
  • Participation in classes - 56 hours per semester
  • Home preparation for classes - 10 hours per semester
  • Preparation for course credit - 24 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
Work with knowledge from all completed chemical and physical lerning courses.
Work with knowledge from all completed chemical and physical lerning courses.
Skills
Use laboratory procedures at the level of completed chemical subjects.
Use laboratory procedures at the level of completed chemical subjects.
learning outcomes
Knowledge
Distribution of technical gases
Distribution of technical gases
Knowledge of different types of laboratory materials (types of glass, plastics)
In submitted protocols.
In submitted protocols.
Knowledge of different types of laboratory materials (types of glass, plastics)
Types of desiccants and their use
Types of desiccants and their use
Knowledge of glassware for an inert atmosphere
Knowledge of glassware for an inert atmosphere
Skills
Using more complex assemblies for chemical synthesis
Using more complex assemblies for chemical synthesis
Working with pressure cylinders
Working with pressure cylinders
Working with an inert atmosphere in chemical apparatus
Working with an inert atmosphere in chemical apparatus
Sublimation under reduced pressure
Sublimation under reduced pressure
Simple repairs of glassware
Simple repairs of glassware
Drying of solvents
Drying of solvents
teaching methods
Knowledge
Demonstration
Demonstration
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Simple experiments
Simple experiments
Students working in pairs
Students working in pairs
Dealing with situational issues - learning in situations
Dealing with situational issues - learning in situations
Teamwork
Teamwork
Skills
Simple experiments
Simple experiments
Practice exercises
Practice exercises
Demonstration
Demonstration
Training in motion and work skills
Training in motion and work skills
Students working in pairs
Students working in pairs
Teamwork
Teamwork
Experience (self-experience)
Experience (self-experience)
assessment methods
Knowledge
Analysis of works made by the student (Technical products)
Analysis of works made by the student (Technical products)
Grade (Using a grade system)
Grade (Using a grade system)
Analysis of another type of paper written by the student (Casuistry, diary, plan ...)
Analysis of another type of paper written by the student (Casuistry, diary, plan ...)
Analysis of the student's performance
Analysis of the student's performance
Systematic observation of the student
Systematic observation of the student
Essay
Essay
Recommended literature
  • Armarego, Wilfred L. F. Purification of laboratory chemicals. 5th ed. Amsterdam : Butterworth Heinemann, 2003. ISBN 750675713.
  • D. F. Shriver, M. A. Drezdzon. The Manipulation of Air Sensitive Compounds. New York, 1986. ISBN 0-471-86773-X.
  • J. D. Woolins a kol. Inorganic Experiments. Weinheim, VCH Verlagsgeselschaft mbH, 1994. ISBN 3-527-29253-5.
  • NEUMAYEROVÁ, Z. Speciální laboratorní technika. FCH, ÚCHM, bakalářská práce. Vedoucí práce: L. Richtera. Brno: VUT, 2008.
  • P. H. Plesch. High Vacuum Techniques for Chemical Syntheses and Measurements. Cambridge University Press, 2005. ISBN 9780521675475.
  • PŘÍHODA, J. a kol. Laboratorní technika - Příručka pro začínajícího chemika. Brno: MU Brno, 2012.


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