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Integration of Microreaction Technology into the Curriculum
Author(s) -
Gorges R.,
Taubert T.,
Klemm W.,
Scholz P.,
Kreisel G.,
Ondruschka B.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
chemical engineering and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.403
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1521-4125
pISSN - 0930-7516
DOI - 10.1002/ceat.200407131
Subject(s) - microreactor , curriculum , nanotechnology , engineering , chemistry , materials science , catalysis , organic chemistry , sociology , pedagogy
As a pioneer in Germany, the Institute of Technical Chemistry and Environmental Chemistry at the Friedrich Schiller University in Jena has integrated microreaction technology into its curriculum of industrial chemistry. This essay describes how traditional lab classes in industrial chemistry are replaced or supplemented by microreaction components. It is shown how lab classes on heat transfer, heterogeneous catalysis, mixing and stirring, and photochemistry were modified to meet this objective. In addition to the practical training in different lab classes, microreaction technology was also implemented in lectures, and thus the knowledge about the various possibilities and advantages of this new technology is instilled in future generations of chemists at an early stage of their education.