CHOICE 2

The goal of this course is to enable students with a chemistry background to understand the fundamentals of process engineering.

The course consists on two main parts that are illustrated by the same process.

In the first part of the course, a drying process will be used to introduce the most common heat and mass transfer phenomena found in process engineering, from which the dimensionless numbers can be derived. In the second part, the thermodynamic properties of the air/water vapour mixtures will be used to derive basic dimensioning rules for the same drying process.

This course will be entirely taught in English.

Hourly volumes* :

CM: 10

TD : 10

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Hybrid" materials are a new family of materials, combining organic ligands with inorganic entities, and are increasingly being studied at both fundamental and application levels.

In this course, two main categories of hybrid materials will be discussed:

• Coordination Networks and Metal-Organic Frameworks
• Organosilicon/carbon materials

CM: 10 h

TD: 10 h

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A general approach to containment materials will be developed during this teaching unit, covering the properties required for use, the different classes of containment matrices and the associated synthesis methods. Structure-property relationships in relation to the containment of radionuclides and/or toxic chemical elements will also be described. Materials covered will include glass, glass-ceramics and ceramics.

Hourly volumes* :

            CM: 12h

            TD : 8h

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