“chemical engineering”

Associated Professor Augusts Ruplis

Course description: 10Credit units; 32 hours lectures

Control forms: Test
Course content:

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  Electric double layer Emergence of the Electric Double Layer. Structure of the Electric Double Layer Electrocapillarity. Lipman`s Equations.
  
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  Electrokinetic phenomena Electrophoresis, Electroosmosis, Sedimentation Potential, Streaming Potential.
  
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  Coagulation and stability of high dispersed systems Coagulation by Electrolites. Schultze – Hardy rule. Threshold of Coagulation Electrokinetic Potential and Stability.
  

Literature:

1. 
   B. Jirgensons, M. Straumanis A Short Textbook of Colloid Chemistry Academ press 1965
   
2. 
   S. Vojuckis Koloīdķīmija Rīga, Zvaigzne, 1966
   
3. 
   Ju. F. Frolovs Koloīdķīmijas kurss Virsmas parādības un dispersās sistēmas Maskava, Ķīmija, 1989 (krievu valodā)
   
4. 
   R.J.Hunter Introduction to Modern Colloid Science, Oxford, Oxford Science Publications, 1996, 343 lpp.
   
5. 
   P.C. Hiemenz Principles of Colloid and Surface Chemistry, New York and Basel, Marcel Dekker Inc., 1986, 803 lpp.
   
6. 
   J Edelman Lehrbuch der Kolloidchemie Leipzig, 1,2 645lpp
   
7. 
   Journal of Colloid and Interface Sciences
   
8. 
   Ruplis Synopsis of Course
   

Kinetics of electrode processes

ĶNF 675

Assistant proffesor Svetlana Čornaja

Course description: 10Credit units; 32 hours lectures

Control forms: Test
Course content:

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  General characteristic of electrode processes.
  
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  Electrodes polarisation. Stages of electrochemical processes. Limiting stage notion. Types of polarisation (overvoltage). Polarisation curves. Electrochemical processes rate.
  
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  Mass transfer kinetics. Diffusion kinetics. Hydrogen diffusion into metals.
  
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  Charge transfer stage kinetics. Multistage processes. Reaction scheme. Charge transfer phenomenology. Discharge – ionization stage regulaties Activation energy. Exchange current, eleetrochemical stage overvoltage. Polarisation curves. Tafel equation.
  
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  Mixed kinetics.
  

Literature:

1. 
   Б.Б.Дамаскин, О.А.Петрий. Электрохимия М., Высшая школа, 1987, 295с.
   
2. 
   J.O’M. Bockris, A.K.N. Reddy. Modern electrochemistry. New York, Plenum, 1970, 303p.
   
3. 
   Allen J. Bard, Larry R. Faulkner. Electrochemical methods. Fundamentals and Applications. New York, John Wiley and Sons, 1980, 718p.
   
4. 
   Б.С. Багоцкий. Основы электрохимии. М., Химия, 1988, 400с.
   
5. 
   Б.Б.Дамаский, О.А.Петрий. Введение в электрохимическую кинетику.
   
6. 
   P.W. Atkins. Physical Chemistry, New York, W.H. Freeman and Company, 1986, 857p.
   
7. 
   Л.И.АНтропов. Теоретическая электрохимия. М., Высшая школа, 1984, 519с.
   

Applicationof nature minerals in water purif.by sorption

ĶNF 676

Associated Professor Augusts Ruplis

Course description: 10Credit units; 32 hours lectures

Control forms: Test
Course content:

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  Characteristics ot Sorbents
  
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  Natural Sorbents
  
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  Filtration
  
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  Sorption of Ions
  
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  Molecular Sorption
  
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  Sorption of Macromolecules
  
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  Sorption Radioactiv Substances
  
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  Koagulation and Sorption
  

Literature:

1. 
   A.Ruplis Synopsis of course
   
2. 
   A.Ruplis Water Treatment by Coagulation, RTU, Riga,1991, 42p (In Russian)
   
3. 
   J. Tarasevich Use of Natural Sorbents in Water Treatment, Naukova Dumka, Kijev, 1981, 201p (In Russian)
   

Surfactants and Molecular Disperse Colloidal Solutions Properties

ĶNF 677

Associated Professor Augusts Ruplis

Course description: 10Credit units; 32 hours lectures

Control forms: Test
Course content:

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  Thermodynamics of Surface Layer
  
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  Emergence of Micelles
  
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  Ionogene and Non-Ionogene Surfactants
  
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  Adsorption
  
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  Monomolecular Layers
  
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  Soaps
  

Literature:

1. 
   R.J.Hunter Introduction to Modern Colloid Science, Oxford, Oxford Science Publications, 1996, 343 lpp.
   
2. 
   P.C. Hiemenz Principles of Colloid and Surface Chemistry, New York and Basel, Marcel Dekker Inc., 1986, 803 lpp.
   
3. 
   J Edelman Lehrbuch der Kolloidchemie Leipzig, 1,2 645lpp
   
4. 
   Journal of Colloid and Interface Sciences
   
5. 
   A.Ruplis Synopsis of Course
   

Kinetics and catalysis

ĶNF 684

Professor Sergejs Trusovs

Course description: 10Credit units; 32 hours lectures, 32 hours practice

Control forms: Exam
Course content:

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  Chemical kinetics. Formal kinetics. The Rate of Chemical Reactions. The Classification of the Reactions. Irreversible first-order, second-order, third-order reactions. Reversible first-order reactions. Rarallel and consecutive reactions. Temperature Dependence of Reaction Rates.
  
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  Theories of Kinetics. Arrhenius Theory. Activated Cpomplex Theory.
  
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  Reactions in solution.
  
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  Chain Reactions.
  
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  Photochemical Reactions.
  
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  Catalysis. The Classification of Catalytic Reactions. Homogeneous Catalysis. Heterogeneous Catalysis. Kinetics of Heterogeneous Catalysis Reactions, Principles and Applications.
  
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  Theories of Heterogeneous Catalysis.
  
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  Autocatalysis.
  

Literature:

15. 
    P.W. Atkins. Physical Chemistry, New York, W.H. Freeman and Company, 1986, 857p.
    
16. 
    U.Alksnis, Z.Kļaviņš, P.Kūka, A.Ruplis. Fizikālā un koloidālā ķīmija. Rīga, Zvaigzne, 1990, 425 lpp.
    
17. 
    А.Т.Стромберг, Д.П.Семченко. Физическая химия. М., Высшая школа, 1988, 496с.
    
18. 
    Е.Н.Еремин. Основы химической кинетики. М., Высшая школа, 1976, 374с.
    
19. 
    Н.М.Эмануель, Д.Т.Кнорре. Курс химической кинетики. М., Высшая школа, 1969, 400с.
    
20. 
    Е.Т.Денисов. Кинетика гомогенных химических реакций. М., Высшая школа, 1978, 367 с.
    
21. 
    Walter J.Moore. Basic physical chemistry. P.H.I., Inc., 1983, 711p.
    

Environmental Chemistry and Technology

KNF 685