Corso di laurea magistrale in Chimica Industriale

The course aims to bring students to the knowledge and mastery of some
instrumental tools for the physical-chemical characterization of the
morphological, structural, mass and surface properties of materials with
applications in industrial processes or for the analysis of products with
high technological content.

The course aims to strengthen the students' knowledge of the chemical-physical characterization techniques of a material by completing its Industrial Chemistry training with the following skills.

KNOWLEDGE AND CAPACITY OF COMPREHENSION:

Students will acquire the basic principles of chemical-physical characterization techniques of a material and will be able to read the results provided by this technique.

CAPACITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND COMPREHENSION

Students will be able to apply the right technique to examine a specific property of a material.

AUTONOMY OF JUDGMENT

Students will be able to critically examine a material in terms of its chemical and physical characteristics.

COMMUNICATIVE SKILLS

Students will be able to describe chemical-physical techniques and to comment on data in a clear and suitable way for people with different backgrounds to understand

LEARNING ABILITY  

Students will be able to continue their training in doctoral or masters courses in the chemical-industrial sector in relation to chemical-physical techniques.

As a consequence of the COVID-19 sanitary emergency, the lessons could be carried out in videoconference mode (usually webex platform).

The webex links to use for attending the classes in videoconference mode are:

https://unito.webex.com/meet/giuliana.magnacca (Giuliana Magnacca's classes),

https://unito.webex.com/meet/giuseppe.spoto (Giuseppe Spoto's classes).

The main goal of the course is the description of the most useful physicochemical
methods for the study of solids, surfaces and interfaces
addressed to the technological and industrial applications in different
fields, as the heterogeneous catalysis, the energy production and
storage, the monitoring and control of polluting emissions.
In particular:
- Gravimetric and gas-volumetric methods to obtain adsorption isotherms
- Calorimetric and microcalorimetric methods for the adsorption study
- Photelectron spectroscopy (XPS) for surface characterization
- Vibrational spectroscopies (FT-IR and Raman): review of basic elements
and description of the main techniques for the study of gaseous, liquid,
solid and adsorbed phases. Particular attention will be devoted to the use
of Fourier transformer in this field.
- UV-Vis-NIR spectroscopy: review of basic elements and description of
the main techniques for the study of solids.
- Methods for the morphological and structural characterization: X ray
diffraction (XRD) and trasmission and scannning electron microscopies
(TEM and SEM).
The application examples will be devoted to: (i) some catalysts and
catalytic industrial processes; (ii) catalysts and photocatalysts for the
hydrogen production and purification (mention to fuel cells and to their
operation); (iii) pollutant abatement devices for internal combustion
engines (catalytic converters); (iv) solid state gas sensors.
During the laboratory practise model materials and real samples will be
studied by the described methods.

The material presented in class is available from teachers or on the
course website.
• The recommended basic texts for the course are: Atkins, "Physical
Chemistry" texts or equivalent
• Further material for insights and additions will be recommended by the
teachers during the course.
• Finally, are listed below websites of interest:
http://webbook.nist.gov/chemistry/; http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.
edu/hbase/hframe.html