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  Home > JCE Print > Journal of Chemical Education > Issues > 1997  > December  >
In the Classroom
Consultancy in the Classroom: Using Industrial Chemistry in a Teaching Exercise
Geraldine A. Ottewill and Frank C. Walsh
University of Portsmouth, School of Chemistry, Physics, and Radiography, St. Michael's Building, White Swan Road, Portsmouth PO1 2DT, England U.K.
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December 1997
Vol. 74 No. 12
p. 1426
Abstract
A consultancy enquiry, telephoned to a university chemistry department has been used as the basis of a classwork program designed to develop a variety of skills including team working and project management in addition to the application of chemical knowledge. The consultancy enquiry came from a small industrial electroplating company and concerned the removal of copper (II) ions from rinse water as part of a surface finishing process fro printed circuit boards. This teamwork exercise was formulated, not only to deliver academic learning but also to enhance transferable skills and improve industrial awareness. A set of model process data was provided for the students and they were asked to address the following series of questions:
  • a. How could the amount of copper in the rinse water be reduced?
  • b. What were the environmental implications of metal ion contamination and water remediation techniques could be used?
  • c. How could copper be recovered in metallic form?
  • d. Could feasibility be demonstrated experimentally?
  • e. If an electrolytic process were used, what current would be needed and for how long?
  • f. How could the copper concentration be monitored?

Through this sophisticated education role play the class learns a good deal about the role of an industrial consultant.

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*  Citation
 Ottewill, Geraldine A.; Walsh, Frank C. J. Chem. Educ. 1997 74 1426.
*  Keywords
 Teaching/Learning Theory/Practice, Physical Chemistry, Industrial Chemistry, Teaching/Learning Aids, and Electrochemistry
*  History
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June 23, 2005
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