starts by defining industrial chemistry and then gives a view of the
chemical industry, its position in the general economy, and its classification in terms
of the chemical processes that characterize it. To enable the study of selected chemi
cal processes, unit operations and unit processes, ...
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Table of Contents
I. Industrial Chemistry_________________________________________ 3
II. Prerequisite Course or Knowledge_ _____________________________ 3
III. Time_____________________________________________________ 3
IV. Materials__________________________________________________ 4
V. Module Rationale_ __________________________________________ 4
VII. General Objective(s)_________________________________________ 8
VIII. Specific Learning Activities____________________________________ 8
IX. Pre-assessment_ __________________________________________ 11
X. Compiled List of all Key Concepts (Glossary)_____________________ 14
XI. Compiled List of Compulsory Readings _________________________ 15
XII. Compiled List of Resources__________________________________ 16
XIII. Compiled List of Useful Links_________________________________ 17
XIV. Learning Activities__________________________________________ 20
XV. Synthesis of the Module____________________________________ 162
XVI. Summative Evaluation_ ____________________________________ 163
XVII. References______________________________________________ 165
XVIII. Student records__________________________________________ 166
XIX. Main Author of the Module_ _________________________________ 166
XX. File Structure______________________________________________ 167
, African Virtual University
I. Industrial Chemistry
By Dr. Helen Njeri Njenga, University of Nairobi and William Wanasolo
II. Prerequisite Courses or Knowledge
Module 5
Unit I Basic Organic Chemistry
Unit II Hydrocarbons
Unit III Alkyl halides
Unit IV Amines
Module 6
Unit I Alcohols and ethers
Unit III Carboxylic acids and their derivatives
Module 7
Unit I Benzene and its derivatives
Unit III Heterocyclic compounds
Module 9
Thermodynamics
Chemical principles of variable constituents
III. Time
This unit will require 120 hours
• Unit I Introduction to industrial chemistry and the chemical industry (15 hrs)
• Unit 2. Unit Operations and Unit Processes (20 hrs)
• Unit 3. Industrial Inorganic Chemistry I (Extractive Metallurgy) (10 hrs)
• Unit 4. Industrial Inorganic Chemistry II (Chlor-alkali, Ammonia, Sulphuric
Acid, Fertilizer and Cement) (20 hrs)
• Unit 5. Industrial Organic Chemistry I (Petroleum, Petrochemicals and Po-
lymers) (25 hrs)
• Unit 6. Industrial Organic Chemistry II (Fermentation, Ethanol, Pharmaceu-
ticals, Soaps and Detergents) (25 hrs)
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