Computers in Chemical Laboratory - Laboratory
General data
| Course ID: | 1200-1WSKPL2 | Erasmus code / ISCED: |
13.3
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(0531) Chemistry
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| Course title: | Computers in Chemical Laboratory - Laboratory | Name in Polish: | Wspomaganie komputerowe pracowni chemicznej - laboratorium |
| Department: | Faculty of Chemistry | ||
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| ECTS credit allocation (and other scores): |
(not available)
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| Language: | Polish | ||
| Type of course: | obligatory courses |
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| Prerequisites (description): | Student can work in MS Windows environment and use MS Office package applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) |
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| Mode: | (in Polish) w sali |
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| Short description: |
Acquiring skills which are necessary for analysis, compilation and description of research results especially to make reports and posters. Ability to work in the wxMaxima program. |
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| Full description: |
1. Formatting text in MS Word; table of contents, links, footnotes 2. Data analysis in MS Excel: calculations on columns, relative and absolute cell addressing, matching functions to data, error calculations, charts 3. Editing chemical and mathematical formulas: Equation Editor and ISIS Draw programs 4. Raster graphics - Gimp program: image editing, selection of areas, background clearing, colour editing, filters, masks, layers 5. Vector graphics - Inkscape: drawing and cloning shapes and editing their properties, grouping, distribution of elements on the page, masking, working with text 6. Internet databases: SciFinder, PubMed, search of publications abstract, University of Warsaw Library resources 7. Visualization of small and large particles: HyperChem, Pymol, VMD 8. Basics of working with wxMaxima: labeling, defining functions, substituting and simplifying expressions, solving simple equations, function graphs 9. wxMaxima - mathematical analysis: derivatives, integrals, differential equations 10. wxMaxima - algebra: matrix calculations, eigenvectors, matrix decomposition 11 wxMaxima – solving complex problems |
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| Bibliography: |
1. Windows PC Sherry Kinkoph Wydawnictwo Świat Książki 2005 2. Excel w nauce i technice. Receptury David M. Bourg Wydawnictwo Helion 2006 3. Excel dla chemików i nie tylko, W. Ufnalski, K. Mądry WNT 2000 |
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| Learning outcomes: |
After completing the course student: - knows how to prepare a description of the exercise, properly presents the experimental results - knows how to edit raster graphics - knows how to create a poster - knows how to perform symbolic calculations in wxMaxima |
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| Assessment methods and assessment criteria: |
The final grade is the average of two practical tests. Only two absences are allowed |
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| Practical placement: |
not applicable |
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