Chemical industries Option

Industries - It contains 15 high quality videos about the different most important chemical industries sectors in the society in addition to explanations, graphs, quizzes

Iron and Steel

Blast furnace pic

Pagina de Ternium ( ex Siderar)

In class presentation - Fe and Al

Aluminum

Electrolysis

Aluar

Oil Industry

Flow diagram of a very complex refinery

Refineries and reservoirs in Argentina

YPF refineries and pipelines

In class presentation - oil

Chlor-Alkali industry

Impact on environment

Diaphragm cell demo

Mercury amalgam cell

Membrane cell demo

Petrochemical Industries - Polymers

Petrochemical Industry in Argentina - see mapa petroquimico argentino

Polythene - includes HD and LD production flow sheets

More about polymers - Michigan State University

Kevlar - the wonder material

In class presentation - polymers

making nylon video

Biodegradable plastics - Willowridge company

Catalysts

In class presentation - catalysts & batteries

Batteries and Fuel Cells

Cell chemistries

Lithium ion rechargeable batteries

Lead acid Battery sp gravity for various battery levels (at the end of page)

Fuel Cells vehicles

Hydrogen Stations Map - California

Norway HyNor Project map with sources for H2

Silicon Industry

How semiconductors work?

Science of the silicon cell (video also in PC)

Nanotechnology

the scale of things

Nanotechnology video

Nanotechnology now site

portalciencia

In class presentation- nanotech & silicon

Videos

Liquid Crystals

how lcds work ver minuto 18 para LCD demo

Calculator LCD demo

Videos

In Class presentation on LC

Assignments:

Questions part 1

Questions part 2

Past paper exercises:

Oil industry exercises

Iron extraction exercises

EjerciciosAluminum.doc

Polymers exercises

Ellingham Diagrams exercises (not 2009)

Chlor alkali industry exercises

SiliconIndustryexercises.doc

Polymersexorcises.doc