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Aims :

The Physical Chemistry course will help students to understand the logic of chemical phenomena and of the many operations and processes that take place in a paper mill.

Topics :

Work and heat. 1° principle. Standard state. Standard enthalpy of formation and combustion. H function of the temperature. Cp e Cv. Electrochemistry. Chemical equilibria in a water environment. Specific conduttance, pH, alkalinity. Hardness. BOD e COD. White Water Loop. Tyndall effect. Electrophoresis. Interazioni intermolecolari. DLVO theory. Zeta Potenzial. Colloid titration. Aluminiun Compounds Important to Papermaking. PAC. Adsorption. pHp. Retention: FPR. Surface Tension: the Young Equation. Contact Angle. The Washburn equation.

Textbooks :

A. H. Johnstone, G. Webb, Energia, Caos e Reazioni Chimiche, Piccin, Padova, 2002; L. Cardellini, Come risolvere i problemi chimici, Ragni, Ancona 1999. Appunti del docente.

Exam :

The exam consists in the evaluation of the work done during the course, the ability of solving stoichiometric problems and in an oral examination.

Tutorial Session :

it will be defined together with the students.