Industrial Chemistry

Degree Type: 

Bachelor of Science

Department: 

Department of Chemistry

Modes of Study: 

Regular

About Programme: 

Career opportunities exist for graduates in various organisations such as government departments, parastatals, research and development institutes, production, biotechnology, quality control, pharmaceutical industry, processing industry, fertilizer production industry, plastics industry, pulp and paper industry, tanning industry, consumer industry, oil and petroleum industry, textile industry, dyes and paints industry, cosmetics industry, cement industry, glass industry, water purification and wastewater purification engineering.

Entry Requirements: 

Applicants must obtain passes in Chemistry, Physics and either Elective Mathematics or Biology. 

Career Opportunities: 

Industrial chemistry serves as the conduit between bench scale chemistry and industrial scale chemical engineering. It requires a broad understanding of both chemistry and chemical engineering concepts. Industrial Chemists are applied scientists, some of whom are engaged in solving problems at the forefront of research, while others are responsible for successful operations in the chemical industry. It establishes knowledge linkages in engineering, chemical processing, economics and industrial management.    Industrial chemistry applies physical and chemical processes towards the transformation of raw materials into products that are of benefit to society. The goal of our Bachelor of Science in Industrial Chemistry degree programme is to produce graduates who will be highly skilled in this activity.

Programme Structure

Level 100

First Semester

CHE 103 : Introductory Practical (Physical & Inorganic Chemistry)
1 Credit(s)

This course aims at helping students to develop requisite laboratory skills in general chemistry. Laboratory work includes basic techniques of qualitative and quantitative measurements such as gravimetric, colorimetric, thermometric and selected volumetric methods of analysis. Practical exercises undertaken in this course include calibration of analytical balance and volumetric glassware (burette and pipette), conductivity and pH measurements, determination of molecular properties and solubility products, qualitative analysis of mixtures of two or more metallic salts, and thermochemistry.
CHE 107: General Chemistry
3 Credit(s)

                                                               

The main thrust of this course is to assist students to develop an appreciation for the relationship between chemistry and our environment. It is also aimed at providing students with a strong background to those theories and chemical principles that are particularly relevant to chemistry and fundamental understanding of science. This course is designed to provide students with a general overview of the concepts and principles underlying chemical reactions, stoichiometry, bonding, molecular shapes and structures, gas theories, and forces within liquids and solids that are fundamental basis of chemistry.


 
CMS 107: Communicative Skills I
3 Credit(s)

Engaging in academic work at the university is challenging. This course is aimed at equipping fresh students to make the transition from pre-university level to the university level. It assists them in engaging and succeeding in complex academic tasks in speaking, listening, reading and writing. It also provides an introduction to university studies by equipping students with skills that will help them to engage in academic discourse with confidence and fluency.

Second Semester

CHE 102: BASIC ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
2 Credit(s)

This course introduces students to the basic concepts in organic chemistry. It covers molecular composition of structures, purification of organic compounds,

structural formulae and isomerism as well as Nomenclature.
CHE 104: INTRODUCTORY PRACTICAL ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
1 Credit(s)

This is a laboratory-based organic course, which introduces students to the practical aspects of Basic Organic Chemistry. It includes most of the basic separation processes.
CHE 203: PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY I
2 Credit(s)

This course provides students with a firm foundation and a general understanding of the various physical properties of chemical systems. Topics to be discussed will include: Thermodynamics (system, surroundings, work, heat energy; Laws of Thermodynamics, Hess’s Law, enthalpy of reactions, entropy, free energy changes), Chemical Kinetics (reaction rates, molecularity, order and rate constant, determination of reaction order, factors affecting rates of chemical reactions, and Transition State Theory) and Electrochemistry (types of electrochemical cells, standard electrode potentials, spontaneity of redox reaction, applications of cell measurements, and determination of thermodynamic functions, corrosion, and electrolysis).
CHE 207: PRACTICAL (PHYSICAL/INORGANIC)
1 Credit(s)

Students are given the practical aspects of principles taught. This includes the use of analytical instruments for elemental analysis.
CMS 108: Communicative Skills II
3 Credit(s)

This is a follow-up course on the first semester one. It takes students through writing correct sentences, devoid of ambiguity, through the paragraph and its appropriate development to the fully-developed essay. The course also emphasizes the importance and the processes of editing written work.
ICH 209: FURTHER CALCULUS
3 Credit(s)

This course builds on MAT 102. It introduces students to the concept of Differentiation and Integration.
MAT 102: ANALYTICAL GEOMETRY AND CALCULUS
3 Credit(s)

This course introduces students to the fundamentals of differential and integral calculus. It also covers their application to various chemical processing conditions.
PHY 102: GENERAL PHYSICS (II)
3 Credit(s)

This course introduces students to concepts in Waves, Optics, Electricity and Magnetism.

Level 200

First Semester

CHE 203: PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY I
2 Credit(s)

This course provides students with a firm foundation and a general understanding of the various physical properties of chemical systems. Topics to be discussed will include: Thermodynamics (system, surroundings, work, heat energy; Laws of Thermodynamics, Hess’s Law, enthalpy of reactions,  entropy, free energy changes), Chemical Kinetics (reaction rates, molecularity, order and rate constant, determination of reaction order, factors affecting rates of chemical reactions, and Transition State Theory) and Electrochemistry (types of electrochemical cells, standard electrode potentials, spontaneity of redox reaction, applications of cell measurements, and determination of thermodynamic functions, corrosion, and electrolysis).
CHE 207: PRACTICAL (PHYSICAL/INORGANIC)
1 Credit(s)

Students are given the practical aspects of principles taught. This includes the use of analytical instruments for elemental analysis.
CSC 105: FOUNDATION OF COMPUTING
3 Credit(s)

Students would be introduced to Windows and office applications. This would enable them to write reports, analysis and presentations.
CTN 207: MECHANICAL SEPARATION PROCESSESS
3 Credit(s)

Students would be introduced to the role of mechanical separations in chemical processing. Similarly, the fundamentals of the following Mechanical Separations processes would be discussed; Filtration, Sedimentation, Clarification, Flotation, Centrifugal Separations, Jigging, Tabling, Magnetic and Electrostatic Separations, Sonic Agglomeration. Different type of Filters, Cyclones, Centrifuges, Flotation cells, Electrostatic Precipitators, Magnetic Separators and settling tanks with emphasis on the followings; Mechanical Construction, Operation and the working principle, design and the controlling parameters, efficiency, economic evaluation, applications and the selection criteria.
CTN 209: CHEMICAL PROCESS CALCULATIONS
3 Credit(s)

This course would introduce students to the fundamentals of Chemical Reaction Engineering. The various types of chemical reactor such as Batch, Plug-flow and Continuous stirred tank reactors would also be discussed. The fundamentals of materials and energy balances would also be discussed. Phase equilibra equations involving single and multiple component phase, T-XY and P-XY diagrams, activity coefficient and Fugacity would also be emphasized.
CTN 210: FLUID MECHANICS
3 Credit(s)

This course will introduce students to knowledge of Fluid Mechanics and this would include system of Units. Fluid and Flow Properties would also be highlighted to include Properties of Fluids. The various Flow regimes, hydrostatics and Dimensional Analysis would be discussed. Compressible and Incompressible Flow of fluid would also be highlighted.
MAT 203: FURTHER CALCULUS
3 Credit(s)

This course builds on MAT 102. It introduces students to the concept of Differentiation and Integration.

Second Semester

CHE 205: PRACTICAL ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
1 Credit(s)

The course will involve preparation, separation, purification and identification of organic compounds.
CHE 208: PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY II
2 Credit(s)

This course is the second part of CHE 203. The course focuses on principles of chemical equilibrium, acid and bases, and acid-base equilibra. It also deals with ionic solutions and their properties (conductance properties, molar conductivity, Kohlrausch’s law, electrolytes, Ostwald dilution law, drift speed, ion mobility and conductivity) and thermodynamics of electrolytes, kinetics and transport properties (thermodynamic functions of formation and activity coefficients, ionic strength, Debye-Huckel limiting law, diffusion in liquids and Fick’s laws).
CSC 106: OFFICE APPLICATION
3 Credit(s)

Students would be introduced to Office applications. This would enable them to write reports, analysis and presentations.
CTN 203: HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER
3 Credit(s)

This course would introduce students to Conduction, Convection, Radiation and Evaporation processes. Also, the design of heat transfer equipment, heat exchangers, and correction factor for Shell and Tube Heat Exchangers and Flow in non-circular cross section would be discussed. The introduction to diffusion in mass transfer, and its importance in operations such as; Gas-liquid operations, calculation of packed height, McCabe-Thiele method, Solid-liquid operations, Liquid-liquid operations, Fluid-solid operations, Gas-liquid-solid operations would be discussed.
CTN 204: ORGANIC CHEMISTRY FOR INDUSTRIAL CHEMIST
3 Credit(s)

This course would enable students benefit from the reactions and industrial applications of some organic compounds such as Benzene, Alcohols, Aldehydes and ketones, Carboxylic acids, Esters and Amines. Similarly, other aspects of organic chemistry such as Stereochemistry, Heterocyclic compounds as well as Proteins and nucleic acids would be thoroughly dealt with.
CTN 212: CHEMICAL SEPARATION PROCESSESS
3 Credit(s)

The course explains some industrial Chemical Separation processes which include Crystallisation, Drying, Adsorption and Chromatography, Membrane Separation processes,

distillation, extraction, mixing and stirring, biochemical separations, wastewater treatment processed.
MAT 202: VECTOR ALGEBRA AND DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
3 Credit(s)

This course builds on ICH 209. It would use and apply differential equation in solving problems.

Level 300

First Semester

CHE 301 : Analytical Chemistry
3 Credit(s)

This course focuses on the fundamental principles of analytical methods in Chemistry. Topics to be discussed will concepts based on analytical sampling, experimental uncertainty, statistical data analysis, glassware and instrument calibrations, volumetric analysis, solvent extraction, gravimetry, titrimetry (acid–base, complexometric, precipitation and redox titrations), and Beer’s law and its related chemical and instrumental deviations. Students will also be introduced to the principles of optical instrumentation, atomic spectroscopy and chromatographic methods. 
CHE 305 : CHEMICAL KINETICS
2 Credit(s)

The course offers a more advanced on kinetic concepts related to chemical processes with an emphasis on how mechanistic proposals arise from measurements. Topics to be discussed will include: molecularity of elementary reactions, determination of reaction order, experimental rate law, steady-state approximation, pseudo first order reactions, complex reactions (parallel, series, consecutive and reversible reactions), collision theory, and transition state theory. It will also introduce students to reactor designs (batch and continuous reactors), and heterogeneous catalysis (acid-base catalysis and enzymatic catalysis). Prerequisite: CHE 203
CTN 301: MATERIALS SCIENCE
3 Credit(s)

This course would introduce students to the nature of industrial materials such as metal, polymers, ceramics, composites, their classifications and some of their important forms or states.  The course would also deal with the processing of these materials and others such as cement. Corrosion and degradation of materials would be explained as well as some material selection for corrosion control and environmental control as well.