1996 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

Polymer coatings
Applications of protective organic surface coatings; nonconvertiblle
and convertible surface coatings, their
chemistry and properties.
Analysis and identification of polymers; differential thermal
analysis; gel permeation chromotography; polymer
applications of infrared and NMR spectroscopy; pyrolysis
gas chromatography.
Catalysis
An introduction to catalysis with emphasis on acid/base
catalysis and examples drawn from the petrochemical
industry.
SC480 Practical Chemistry
7.5 credit points 4 hours per week Hawthorn
This is a second year subject in the Bachelor of Applied
Science (Biochemistry/Chemistry)
Content
Organic techniques; syntheses, identification and
characterisation using chemical tests, physical
measuurements, gas chromatography, infra-red
spectrometry, polarimetry.
SC490 Computers in Chemistry
7.5 credit points 3 hours per week Hawthorn
This is a second year subject in the Bachelor of Applied
Science (Applied Chemistry) and (Biochemistry/Chemistry)
Content
Statistical treatment of chemical data using spreadsheets
errors, distributions, confidence limits, significance tests,
lines and curves of best fit, quality control charts.
Use of macros to automate spreadsheets.
Exercises using the Acid-Base package.
SC504 Human Biochemistry
4 credit points 2 hours per week Hawthorn
This is a fourth year subject in the Bachelor of Applied
Science (Biochemistry/Chemistry)
Content
Control mechanisms operating in living organisms. Steroid
and trophic hormone effects. Their target tissues and
activities at the enzyme and nucleic acid levels. Also includes
amplification of signals through receptors, types of receptors
and synthetic analogues modifying the signals. Abnormal
hormone patterns and their relationship to disease processes.
The role of chemical analysis in the treatment and diagnosis
of disease.
Clinical biochemistry.
Organisation of clinical laboratories automation and quality
control.
Computers in the clinical laboratory.
SC508 Industry Based Learning
SO credit points
A six-month period of employment experience occurring as
part of the third year of the course leading to the degree of
Bachelor of Applied Science Biochemistry/Chemistry and
Applied Chemistry. Students are supervised by a member of
the academic staff and are required to submit a report to
their employer and to their supervisor.
SC509 Research Skills
7.5 credit points 2 hours per week Hawthorn
This is a fourth year subject in the Bachelor of Applied
Science (Environmental Health)
Content
Students are introduced to research methods, both
quantitative and qualitative, in preparation for a major
research project.
SC553 Applied Chemistry
12.5 credit points 7 hours per week Hawthorn
This is a fourth year subject in the Bachelor of Applied
Science (Applied Chemistry)
Content
Introduction to catalysis.
Applied Organic Chemistry
Chemistry of natural products saccharides.
Organic synthesis general principles. Reagents. Planning and
design of syntheses. Practical aspects and synthetic
techniques. Industrial versus academic syntheses.
Computer-aided syntheses.
Photochemistry free radicals and their reactions;
photochemical reactions; industrial photochemistry.
Polymer Chemistry
Polymer coatings applications of protective organic surface
coatings; non-convertible and convertible surface coatings,
their chemistry and properties.
Colloid and Electrochemistry
Colloid chemistry origin of the electrical double layer;
potentials at interfaces; potential determmining ions and
ionic adsorption; description of the electrical double layer;
electrokinetic phenomena; colloid stability.
Electrochemistry electrochemical aspects of corrosion
Pourbaix diagrams, passivation of metals, anodic and
cathodic protection; corrosion rate determination via
electrochemical techniques (polarisation resistance, Tafel
extrapolation); Evans diagrams, inhibitors, galvanic corrosion.
Catalysis
An introduction to catalysis with emphasis on acid/base
catalysis and examples drawn from the petrochemical
industry.