Química-Física (CR)

The main objective of the course is to provide LCR students with the principles of Physical Chemistry that allow them to start an interpretation of the various situations they will encounter in Conservation and Restoration, highlighting the importance of Chemistry in the analysis of materials (spectroscopies), in the characterization of degradation processes (thermodynamics and kinetics) and in the design of possible interventions. "We cannot conserve what we do not know" is a quote that we often use to encourage the taste for Chemistry in the students of this degree. Thus, and in addition to the other Chemistry disciplines of the LCR course, the Physical Chemistry course has the following specific objectives: i) to support the establishment of a chemical equilibrium in thermodynamic terms; (ii) quantify the transport of ions in solution; iii) to study the kinetics of a chemical reaction; iv) learn the principles behind the main types of spectroscopy, in particular UV- Vis and IR spectroscopy.

In laboratory terms, it is intended that the student is able to: i) program experiments to test a hypothesis; ii) design experiments in order to characterize the kinetics of a process; iii) use UV-vis spectroscopy to characterize compounds and track reactions.