Exercises in Mineral Raw Materials from Seawater

NAME OF THE COURSE

Code

KTA316

Year of study

Course teacher

Assoc Prof Miroslav Labor

Credits (ECTS)

1.0

Associate teachers

Type of instruction (number of hours)

P	S	V	T
0	0	11	4

Status of the course

Elective

Percentage of application of e-learning

0 %

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Course objectives

Through a program of exercises, students gain practical knowledge needed to master the laboratory techniques for chemical analysis of seawater, as well as practical knowledge of the methods of exploitation of mineral raw materals from seawater.

Course enrolment requirements and entry competences required for the course

Enrolled in or passed the course Mineral Raw Materials from Seawater

Learning outcomes expected at the level of the course (4 to 10 learning outcomes)

After passing the exam, students are expected to:
- carry out the analysis of seawater for the content of calcium and magnesium independently according to work instructions
- carry out the analysis of seawater for the boron content independently according to work instructions
- determine the CO2 content in seawater independently according to work instructions
- describe technological processes of recovery of magnesium oxide from seawater
- describe technological processes of extraction of common salt from seawater

Course content broken down in detail by weekly class schedule (syllabus)

During exercises, seawater is chemically analysed for the content of calcium, magnesium, boron and free CO2. Practical knowledge is obtained of technological processes of extracting mineral raw materials (magnesium oxide and sodium chloride) from seawater. List of Exercises:
Exercise 1. Analysis of seawater for its content of magnesium oxide and calcium oxide,
Exercise 2. Analysis of seawater for its content of CO2,
Exercise 3. Determination of boron in seawater,
Exercise 4. Recovery of magnesium oxide from seawater (seawater pretreatment, precipitation with 80% of the stoichiometric quantity of dolomite lime, washing and filtration, calcinations of magnesium hydroxide, chemical analysis of magnesium oxide from seawater),
Exercise 5. The visit to industrial plant – salt works - extraction of common salt from seawater.

Format of instruction:

Student responsibilities

Full attendance to exercises and field work (100% of the total number of hours).

Screening student work (name the proportion of ECTS credits for eachactivity so that the total number of ECTS credits is equal to the ECTS value of the course):

Class attendance	0.0	Research	0.0	Practical training	0.0
Experimental work	0.2	Report	0.2		0.2
Essay	0.0	Seminar essay	0.0
Tests	0.0	Oral exam	0.4
Written exam	0.0	Project	0.0

Grading and evaluating student work in class and at the final exam

During the semester students have to perform exercises (lab and field work). After performing exercises followed by treatment of the experimental results and preparation of reports. Finally completed students take the oral examination of the material covered by the exercises. Experimental part of the work in the lab scored with 30% of the final assessment report after completion of the exercise with 2%, and the final oral exam with 60%.
Ratings: 60%-70% - satisfactory, 71%-80% - good, 81%-90% - very good,
91%-100% - excellent.

Required literature (available in the library and via other media)

Title	Number of copies in the library	Availability via other media
V. Martinac, M. Labor, More kao izvor mineralnih sirovina, laboratorijske vježbe (on line 2011-01-18), Kemijsko-tehnološki fakultet, Split, 2011.	0	on line
V. Martinac, Magnezijev oksid iz morske vode (on line 2010-12-13), Sveučilišni priručnik, Kemijsko-tehnološki fakultet, Split, 2010.	0	on line
M. E. Q. Pilson, Introduction to the Chemistry of the Sea, 2st edition, Prentice Hall, 2013.	1

Optional literature (at the time of submission of study programme proposal)

Quality assurance methods that ensure the acquisition of exit competences

Quality assurance will be performed at three levels:
(1) University Level; (2) Faculty Level by Quality Control Committee; (3) Lecturer’s Level.

Other (as the proposer wishes to add)