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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 determining 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 catalpis with emphasis on acidlbase
catalysis and examples drawn from the petrochemical
industry.
scs60 Practical Chemistry
11.0 credit points
No. of hours per week: seven hours
A fourth-year subject in the degree course in computer-aided
chemistry.
Subject description
Selected experiments in electrochemistry and colloid
chemistry.
Qualitative and quantitative analysis of an unknown liquid
mixture using distillation, pbical measurements, an infra-red
spectrometer, an NMR spectrometer and a mass
spectrometer.
Stereochemistry experiment, infra-red data station experiment
and UV experiment.
SC562 Analytical Biochemistry
7.0 credit points
No. of hours per week: three hours
A fourth-year subject in the degree course in computer-aided
biochemistry.
Subject description
Separation techniques and purification strategies in
biochemistry.
Structure and analysis of proteins.
Nucleic acid technology.
sc565 Practical Biochemistry
10.0 credit points
No. of hours per week: six hours
A fourth-year subject in the degree course in computer-aided
biochemistry.
Subject description
Advanced experiments in protein and DNA purification and
analysis. Cell fractionation techniques. Enzyme purification
and analysis. Physical techniques will include use of
spectroscopy and fluorescence spectroscopy, various forms of
gel electrophoresis, molecular weight determinations and use
of the ultracentrifuge.
~~567 Environmental Health Practice (2)
7.0 credit points
No. of hours per week: three hours
A fourth year subject of the degree course in environmental
health.
Subject description
Food law: a detailed examination of the role and function of
the National Food Authority and appropriate committees. A
study of the Food Standards Code. The role of the
environmental health officer in food inspection, sampling
and seizure procedures.
Accommodation standards: examination of environmental
health risks associated with assembly buildings (cinemas,
clubs, etc.), public residential accommodation (hostels,
rooming houses, etc.), and temporary accommodation
facilities including camping areas.
Role of the environmental health officer in ensuring health
and safety of occupiers.
SC568 Applied Food Science and Inspection
12.0 credit points
No. of hours per week: five hours
A fourth year subject of the degree course in environmental
health.
Subject description
A detailed study of the process involved in the production of
foods in particular, those potentially hazardous or liable to
spoilage. Including:
milk and other dairy foods;
meat products (including smallgoods), poultry, fish;
frozen, dried, canned and artificially preserved foods;
bread;
fruit juices.
5C569 Urban Ecology
10.0 credit points
No. of hours per week: four hours
A fourth year subject of the degree course in environmental
health.
Subject description
Basic ecology: components of ecosystems, definitions,
pathways for energy and materials in the biosphere,
interactions among species, nutrient cycles and balances.
Hazardous waste: types of hazardous materials;
environmental chemical processes; environmental and health
hazards associated with hazardous materials: sources of
hazardous wastes; treatment and disposal of hazardous
wastes; prescribed and intractable wastes.
Contaminated sites: sources of contamination, organics,
heavy metals; site remediation including vapour extraction,
bioremediation, stabilisation; soil washing, cap and contain,
removal and disposal.
Environmental auditing.
Case studies.
SC570 Chemistry
15.0 credit points
No. of hours per week: six hours
A fourth-year subject in the degree course in computer-aided
chemistry and computer-aided biochemistry.
Subject description
Electrochemistry: fundamentals.
Liquid surfaces: surface chemistry and thermodynamics.
Instrumental techniques: nuclear magnetic resonance. Mass
spectroscopy. Fourier transform methods. X-ray methods.
Stereochemistry.
SC580 Practical Chemistry
5.0 credit points
No. of hours per week: three hours
A fourth-year subject in the degree course in computer-aided
biochemistry.
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