Introduction to Molecules and Processes

URL study guide

https://tue.osiris-student.nl/onderwijscatalogus/extern/cursus?cursuscode=6BBR01&collegejaar=2025&taal=en

Omschrijving

• The introduction to chemistry part teaches students the basics of molecular science. With regard to molecular structure, it covers a concise description of hybridization, followed by the topics resonance, aromaticity and stereochemistry. Basic nomenclature knowledge is included.  
• With regard to reactivity, acid-base concepts, nucleophilic substitution, elimination and electrophilic addition reactions are discussed, from a mechanistic point of view. 
• The introduction to kinetics part focusses on the basics of kinetics, including elementary reaction steps, reaction mechanisms, reaction rate and reaction orders. 
• The introduction to reactors part focusses on the basics of chemical reactor engineering. The courses specifically introduces the concepts of mass balances and ideal reactors

Extra information about the assessment
The results of the final exam and digital tests are only valid in the academic year in which they were taken.
The final course grade will be the weighted average, which should by at least a 5.5 to pass the course. 

The digital tests for this course will take place every afternoon (3 sessions per afternoon, with a maximal capacity of 36 students per session, during week 1 till week 7 of quartile 1, and every morning and afternoon (3 sessions per morning and 3 sessions per afternoon, with a maximal capacity of 36 students per session in week 8 of quartile 1. Each student has the right to have at least 1 resit for each digital test within the course, as long as the student distributed the attempts for the digital tests evenly over the quartile.

Doelstellingen

• The student is able to describe the structure and reactivity of organic molecules.  
• The student is able to recognize features such as electronic structure, resonance, aromaticity and stereochemistry and is able to apply this knowledge to basic organic molecules. 
• The student is able to recognize reaction mechanisms and apply this to standard reactions. 
• The student is able to connect chemical structure with reactivity.  
• The student is able to describe that chemical reactions consist of coupled elementary reaction steps. 
• The student is able to derive a rate equation for non-catalyzed reactions on the basis of a reaction mechanism based on a set of elementary reaction steps. 
• The student is able to derive and interpret the reaction order. 
• The student is able to construct mass balances and use them to describe processes and reactors. 
• The student is able to describe the different types of ideal reactors (batch reactor, continuously stirred tank reactor and plug flow reactor). 
• The student is able to calculate the yield, conversion and selectivity in the ideal reactors. 
• The student is able to calculate the effect of non-ideal behavior of a reactor on the yield, conversion and selectivity. 

Beoordelingsmethode

Written examination (Ans Delft)