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Maalikemia (KEML0012), 3 op
Basic information
| Course name: | Maalikemia Paint Chemistry |
| Course Winha code: | KEML0012 |
| Kurre acronym: | Maalikemia |
| Credits: | 3 |
| Type and level of course: | Professional studies |
| Year of study, semester or study period: | 3.year |
| Implementation: | Not defined |
| Semester: | 0607 |
| Language of tuition: | Suomi |
| Teacher: | |
| Final assessment: | Grading scale (0-5) |
Descriptions
Prerequisites
KEML0006, KEML0007
Course contents (core content level)
Raw materials for coatings (film formers, solvents, pigments and fillers, additives)
Binders and their properties (natural film formers, modified natural substances, synthetic film formers)
Solvents and their properties
Pigments and fillers, their classification and physical principles (function, morphology, appearance, interactions between pigment and surrounding medium, pigmenttypes)
Additives and their classification (interface-active additives; defoaming and deaerating agents, surface-active additives, rheological additives; thoxotropic agents, thickeners, light stabilisers, biocides, wetting and dispersing agents, catalysts and driers, flatting agents)
Coating systems, formulation and film-forming by different painttypes
Manufacture of paints and coatings
Test methods and measuring technigues
Course contents (additional)
Drying mechanisms of paints and laqueres
Rheology of paints
Adhesive mechanisms of paints on different substrates
Property requirements of paints depending on application method
Identification methods of old paints
Core content level learning outcomes (knowledge and understanding)
The student is expected to know
- the composition and drying mechanisms of different paints
- chemical structures of different film formers
- properties of different pigments and fillers
- the meaning of different additives in respect to paint application and drying properties
- how by paint formulating is possible to affect on the properties of paints
Core content level learning outcomes (skills)
The student is expected to be able to
- manufacture different painttypes with expected properties
- test the properties of paints during manufacturing of paint, during and after application and after drying
Recommended reading
Thomas Brock, Michael Groteklaes and Peter Mischke. European Coatings Handbook. Vincentz Hannover Germany. 2000
Teaching and learning strategies
Lectures, laboratory assignments, individual research and assignments of projects
Teaching methods and student workload
Lectures
Individual research, reading
Exam
Laboratory assignments
Assignments or project
Assessment weighting and grading
Exam 60 %
Assignments of project 20 %
Laboratory assignments 20 %
Related competences of the degree programme
Know-how in materials and surface treatment technology
Knowledge of quality management
Knowledge of environmental and labour protection