Maritime chemistry (3cr)

Objective

The student knows the most important chemical and physical properties of the materials to be transported by sea, spontaneous reactions of chemicals, prevention of aforementioned reactions, and hazardous elements of materials to human health, vessels and environment.
The student can take the dangerous nature of materials into consideration in the loading planning, knows the legislation and codes related to the transportation of dangerous goods, separation regulations and documentation, and declaration procedures.

Content

- chemistry of combustion
- steam pressure of fluids and solutions
- hydrostatic pressure
- state of matter
- thermal expansion, density, reduction-oxidation reactions
- acids and bases
- salts as bulk cargo
- legislation related to the transport and cargo planning of dangerous materials, IMDG, IMSBC, IBC and BCH codes where applicable

Evaluation

Students can
- use professional vocabulary and concepts in an expert way in different situations
- evaluate information sources critically
- identify interrelated tasks
- use the key models, methods, software and techniques of the professional field

In addition, competence evaluation according to STCW code table A-II/1 column 4 are used:
- the handling of dangerous, hazardous and harmful cargoes complies with international regulations and recognized standards and codes of safe practice

Course material

Study materials are provided by the teacher via the Learn platform.

Study forms and methods

• The course is carried out by way of contact teaching on Kotka campus according to a schedule. Remote participation is not possible. As a rule, scheduled contact lessons are not recorded nor duplicated by online lectures.
• Students make progress by attending scheduled lessons and completing tasks and assignments individually.
• The teacher provides guidance during contact lessons.
• The assessed assignments are completed independently.

RDI and work-related cooperation

The course does not include RDI or collaboration with working life.

Timing of exams and assignments

An exam must be taken in the last scheduled lesson.

The course entails assignments.

The end date of the course is presented in the course details. The student must submit all assignments at date informed at Learn platform.

Student workload

• 1 ECTS credits equals 27 hours of work by the student.
• In a 3-credit course, the student's total maximum workload is approximately 81 hours including lessons and independent study.

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

The student’s performance is assessed with reference to the learning objectives and assessment criteria of the course. The completion of the course requires passed exam and assignments to be completed with a passing grade.

Qualifications

Basics of physics and chemistry