Course: Applied Physical Chemistry in the Food Sciences

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Course title Applied Physical Chemistry in the Food Sciences
Course code TUTP/TWPF4
Organizational form of instruction no contact
Level of course Doctoral
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 0
Language of instruction Czech, English
Status of course Optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Lapčík Lubomír, prof. Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
- Basic thermodynamics - energy, entropy, the Boltzmann distribution, enthalpy, free energy and equilibrium, chemical potential, solutions, water activity. - Molecules - molecular motion, bonding and molecular structure, intermolecular forces, ion-ion interactions, ion-dipole interactions, dipole-dipole interactions, van der Waals interactions, steric interactions, bonding in water, effect of pH on molecular interactions, combined interaction potential, relating bond energies to bulk properties. - Kinetics - kinetics and thermodynamics, rate equations, kinetics and mechanism, effect of temperature on reaction rate, catalysis. - Phase behaviour - single-component phase diagrams, multi-component phase diagrams, colligative properties, kinetics of phase separation. - Crystals - crystal structure, nucleation, crystal growth, crystal size and shape, polymorphism, crystallization in viscous solutions. - Electrochemistry - solutions conductivity, electrode potentials, ions activities, Debye-Hückel limiting law.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
  • Preparation for examination - 100 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
Successfully finished studies in technical subject orientation focused on chemistry and technology of the foodstuff, materials science, chemistry of materials, macromolecular chemistry, technology of macromolecular substances.
Successfully finished studies in technical subject orientation focused on chemistry and technology of the foodstuff, materials science, chemistry of materials, macromolecular chemistry, technology of macromolecular substances.
Passing of basic courses on physics and physical chemistry.
Passing of basic courses on physics and physical chemistry.
learning outcomes
The student has knowledge about basic physico-chemical processes, properties and characteristics of studied systems.
The student has knowledge about basic physico-chemical processes, properties and characteristics of studied systems.
Skills
The student can assess selected thermodynamic and physical properties of foods in relation to their composition and structure.
The student can assess selected thermodynamic and physical properties of foods in relation to their composition and structure.
teaching methods
Knowledge
Individual work of students
Individual work of students
Methods for working with texts (Textbook, book)
Methods for working with texts (Textbook, book)
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing)
Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing)
Skills
Individual work of students
Individual work of students
Practice exercises
Practice exercises
assessment methods
Knowledge
Oral examination
Oral examination
Recommended literature
  • Bartovská L., Šišková M. Fyzikální chemie povrchů a koloidních soustav. Příklady a úlohy. Praha, 1992. ISBN 80-7080-158-1.
  • Bartovská L., Šišková M. Fyzikální chemie povrchů a koloidních soustav. Praha, 2005. ISBN 80-7080-579-X.
  • Coupland, J.N. An Introduction to the Physical Chemistry of Food. New York, Heidleberg, Dordrecht, London: Springer, 2014. ISBN 978-1-4939-0760-1.
  • Hiemenz, P.C.,Rajagopalan, R. Principles of Colloid and Surface Chemistry. New York : Marcel Dekker, 1997. ISBN 0-8247-9397-8.
  • Novák J. a kol. Příklady a úlohy z fyzikální chemie. VŠCHT Praha, 2000. ISBN 80-7080-394-0.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Technology Study plan (Version): Food Technology (2016) Category: Food industry and food industry chemistry - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Technology Study plan (Version): Food Technology (2016) Category: Food industry and food industry chemistry - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Technology Study plan (Version): Food Technology (2016) Category: Food industry and food industry chemistry - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -