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nutrition and growth. Types and composition of media for
growth. Special growth techniques - anaerobic, enrichment.
Counting techniques as a method for measuring bacterial
growth. These will also include simple field techniques such
as millipore filtration and MPN counts.
Sterilisation methods: a wide range of physical and chemical
methods of sterilisation and disinfection will be taught. The
methods will range from heat and radiation methods which
are suitable for laboratories to chemicals and chlorine which
are suitable for extensive waterways.
Practical work will be conducted in conjunction with the
above topics.
sc353 Applied Chemistry
10.0 credit points
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NO. of hours per week: four hours
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A second-year subject in the degree course in computeraided
chemistry.
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2 Industrial energy sources: coal, oil, natural gas, shale and
nuclear. Production and use of synthesis gas. Coal conversion
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n. Inorganic reactions: a study of the major classes of inorganic
% reactions and associated equilibria. Application of such
reactions to the separation and identification of common
metal cations and anions in multi-component solutions and
commercial products. This component of the course is done
as practical work.
Kinetics of complex reactions: Consecutive, parallel and
reversible first-order reactions; non-equal initial
concentrations; enzyme kinetics; free radical and chain
reactions; the internal combustion engine and air pollution;
batch and flow reactions.
Introduction to the chemical industry and chemical
processing: fluid flow; heat transfer; separation processes;
process analysen; process control.
sC360 Practical Chemistry
12.0 credit points
No. of hours per week: seven hours
A second-year subject in the degree course in computeraided
chemistry.
Subject description
Quantitative analysis: manual titration, colorimetry, atomic
absorption, electrodeposition, GC, HPLC and a project in
quantitative atomic absorption.
Physical chemistry experiments in thermodynamics, phase
equilibria and spectroscopy.
Sc362 Biochemistry
7.0 credit points
No. of hours per week: two hours
A second-year subject in the degree course in computeraided
biochemistry.
Subject description
Introduction to biomolecules: monosaccharides,
disaccharides, polysaccharides, amino acids, polypeptides,
structure of proteins, lipids, nucleotides, enzymes,
coenzymes, nucleic acids.
Enzyme kinetics: simple enzyme mechanisms, Michaelis-
Menten kinetics, inhibition.
Catabolic pathways: catabolic pathways for carbohydrate, lipid
and protein.
Biosynthesis of ATE
SC365 Practical Biochemistry
7.0 credit points
No. of hours per week: four hours
A second-year subject in the degree course in computeraided
biochemistry.
Subject description
Laboratory exercises will include quantitative
spectrophotometric analysis, colorigenic assay;, biochemical
extractions and analyses, model building of peptides, enzyme
kinetics, computer simulated enzyme catalysis, isoenzyme
analysis, and enzyme assays. The program supports the
theory content of SC362 Biochemistry by illustrating
biochemical structures, enzyme kinetics and metabolic
pathways. As well as practice in basic biochemistry laboratory
techniques and procedures skills emphasised by the practical
program including protocol interpretation and design,
calculations and interpretation of data from quantitative
analyses.
SC370 Chemistry
15.0 credit points
No. of hours per week: six hours
A second-year subject in the degree course in computeraided
chemistry and computer-aided biochemistry.
Subject description
Thermodynamics: formation; reaction; variations with temperature;
chemical potentials; available work.
Phase equilibria: one and two component systems, with
emphasis on practical applications.
Organic chemistry: aromaticity.
Chromatography: general principles; column chromatography,
GC, HPLC.
Analytical chemistry: sampling.
Spectroscopy: basic instrumentation; atomic, UVlvisible and
IR spectra.
SC380 Practical Chemistry
7.0 credit points
No. of hours per week: three hours
A second-year subject in the degree course in computeraided
biochemistry.
Subject description
Analytical techniques: volumetric analysis, analysis using an
atomic absorption spectrometer, UVlvisible spectrometer, gas
chromatograph and high performance liquid chromatograph.
Physical experiments: thermodynamics and phase equilibria.
Sc390 Computers in Chemistry
7.0 credit points
No. of hours per week: three hours
A second-year subject in the degree course in computeraided
chemistry and computer-aided biochemistry.
Subject description
Computer jargon, external and internal computer structure,
operations of hardware and software, binary and
hexadecimal notation and ASCII codes.
Disc and file operation using DOS, sub-directories and DOS
Shell.
Spreadsheet packages, particularly Lotus 1-2-3. Spreadsheet
graphics. Import and export of files. Word processing using
PC-write.
Molecular Modelling using Desk-Top Molecular Modeller.
Simulation of chromatographic resolution and kinetics.