M. Sc. Industrial Chemistry

Department of Industrial Chemistry Master of Science in Industrial Chemistry

1. List of Academic Staff

Name	Status and Qualification	Research Interests
H. K. Okoro	Reader & Ag. Head of Department B.Sc., M.Sc., Cert. Data Proc. (Ilorin); Ph.D. (CPUT, CapeTown)	Environmental Analytical Chemistry, Toxicology, Material Science, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
F. A. Adekola	Professor B.Sc., M.Sc. (OAU, Ile-Ife); Adv. Dip. Anal Chem., Ph.D. (UPMC, Paris)	Analytical Chemistry of Industrial Processes, Hydrometallurgy, Nanomaterials Synthesis, Applications, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
O. O. Dosumu	Professor B.Sc., M.Sc. (Ilorin); Ph.D. (Ibadan)	Phytochemistry of Medicinal plants, Natural Products and Food Chemistry
Omolara O. Oluwaniyi	Professor B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Ilorin)	Food and Nutrition Chemistry, Phytochemistry, Natural Products Chemistry
A. A. Baba	Professor B.Sc.(Ed.), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Ilorin)	Analytical/Industrial, Environmental Chemistry, Solid Minerals Processing and Development
F. O. Nwosu	Professor B.Sc., M.Sc. (Ilorin); PGDE (ABU, Zaria); Ph.D. (Ibadan)	Analytical/Environmental Chemistry, Surface Chemistry, Studies on Nanomaterials Coal, Preparation of Adsorbents like activated Carbon and Corrosion Inhibition Studies
Marili F. Zubair	Reader B.Sc., M.Sc. (BUK, Kano); Ph.D. (LAUTECH, Ogbomoso)	Organic Chemistry/Natural Product Chemistry
F.O. Okeola	Reader B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Ilorin)	Physical Chemistry; Kinetic and Thermodynamic studies of chemical processes.Crude oil and petroleum products
Gbonjubola V. Awolola	Reader B.Sc., M.Sc. (Ilorin); Ph.D. (UKZN, Durban)	Natural Product Chemistry/Phytochemistry, Food Chemistry Applications
Mercy O. Bamigboye	Senior Lecturer B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Ilorin)	Inorganic Chemistry
B.O. Orimolade	Lecturer I B.Sc., M.Sc. (Ilorin); Ph.D. (UJ, Johannesburg)	Analytical / Environmental and Nanoparticles Chemistry
O.D. Saliu	Lecturer I B.Sc., M.Sc. (Ilorin); Ph.D. (UJ, Johannesburg)	Polymer/Organic Chemistry

I.K. Ayinla	Lecturer I B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Ilorin)	Analytical/Industrial, Environmental Chemistry, Solid Minerals Processing an Development
V.O. Adimula	Lecturer I B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Ilorin)	Inorganic Chemistry
*J. A. Obaleye	Professor B.Sc. (Tennessee); Ph.D. (Texas)	Inorganic Chemistry/Metal-drugs Complexes, Syntheses, Characterization Catalytic and Antimicrobial Studies
*U. B. Eke	Professor B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Ilorin)	Ligand design, Synthetic Organometalli Chemistry, Structural Chemistry
*N. Abdus-Salam	Professor B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Ilorin)	Environmental/Analytical Chemistry
*A. C. Tella	Professor B.Sc. (Lagos); M.Sc., Ph.D. (Ilorin)	Inorganic, Solid state and Material Chemistry, X-ray crystallography, metal organic frameworks
*L. A. Usman	Professor B.Sc.(Ed.), M.Sc. (Ilorin); Ph.D. (LAUTECH)	Natural Products, Essential Oils and applications
*S. O. Oguntoye	Professor B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Ilorin)	Bio-organic synthesis and Natural Produ Chemistry
*Modinah A. O. Abdul-Raheem	Professor B.Sc. PGDE, M.Sc. (Ibadan); Ph.D. (Ilorin)	Environmental/Physical Chemistry
*Amudat Lawal	Reader B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Ilorin)	Synthetic Inorganic Chemistry
*O. M. Ameen	Reader B.Sc. (BUK, Kano); M.Sc. Ph.D. (Ilorin)	Natural Product Chemistry
*S. O. Owalude	Reader B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Ilorin)	Kinetics and Mechanisms of Catalysed Reactions, Ligand Design, Synthetic Organometallic Chemistry, Structural Chemistry
*Halimat I. Adegoke	Reader B.Sc. (Ibadan); M.Sc., Ph.D. (Ilorin)	Environmental/Analytical Chemistry, Material Chemistry
*S. E. Elaigwu	Lecturer I B.Sc. (BSU); M.Sc. (ABU, Zaria); Ph.D. (Hull)	Environmental/Material Chemistry

* Lecturers from other departments

B.                 Philosophy

The philosophy of the programme is hinged on the production of man power with expertise on the application of physical and chemical principles for the transformation of raw materials into finished products that are of benefit to the society.

C.                 Aim and Objectives

The aim of the programme is to develop practitioners who are able to apply physical and chemical principles towards solving problems in chemical industries and fit well into academia. Objectives:

1. producing skilled manpower in the application of Chemistry in industries for economic development;
2. producing personnel who can provide knowledge linkage in engineering, chemical processing, economics and industrial management;
3. training highly skilled manpower with entrepreneurial quality who can be self employed and job creators; and
4. produce people with solid background for advanced research in academia, research institutes and industries.

D.                 Admission Requirements

The candidates are required to have the following:

1. ‗O‘ Level Credits passes or their equivalents in five subjects including Mathematics, English Language, Chemistry, Physics, and Biology.
2. Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry or Industrial Chemistry and at least a Second Class (Upper Division) Honors or equivalent from the University of Ilorin.
3. Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry or Industrial Chemistry with Second Class (Lower Division) from the University of Ilorin or any other recognised university with a minimum of Second Class (Lower Division) that satisfy the board of Postgraduate School requirement by scoring minimum of 55% in a qualifying examination administered by the university.
4. Postgraduate Diploma in Chemistry from University of Ilorin or from any recognised university and with CGPA of 3.50-5.00 or weighted percentage score of at least 60%.

E.                 Duration of the Programme

1. The Full-time programme shall run for a minimum of 18 calendar months and a maximum of 24 calendar months.
2. The Part-time programme shall run for a minimum of 24 calendar months and a maximum of 36 calendar months for Part-time students.
3. Candidates may apply for an extension of not more than 12 calendar months after the expiration of the maximum period.

F.                 Detailed Course Description

ICH 801    Aqueous and Non-aqueous Chemistry 2 Credits

Chemical operations in solution. Complexation equilibria and coefficients of complexation. Selective dissolution. Precipitation and solubility equilibria. Formation and nature of precipitates. Oxidation and reduction equalibria. Ionising and non-ionising solvents in analytical chemistry. Effect of solvation and solvolysis. Acid-base equilibria and pH measurements in non-aqueous solvents. Solvents of low dielectric constants and ion-pair formation. 30h (T); C

ICH 802    Advanced Applied Spectroscopy 2 Credits

Basic instrumentation and techniques. Application of UV, IR, NMR and MS in chemical analysis and structural elucidation. High Resolution NMR and ^13C-NMR and other nuclei shift reagent. All ionic structure and fragmentation. Field desorption. Fast atomic bombardment and recent applications of linked scan mass spectrometer. 30h (T); C

ICH 803    Heterogeneous and Homogenous Catalysis 2 Credits

General principles of heterogeneous catalysis. Activity patterns. Efficiency of catalysts. Effect of temperature. Rates and kinetic models of catalytic reactions. Pulse microreactors. Catalytic hydrogenation. Olefin oxidation. Carbonylation. Oligomerisation and dimerisation. General methods of catalyst manufacture and quality evaluation. Trends in heterogeneous catalysis in the 21^st century and beyond.30h (T); C

ICH 804    Separation Methods of Analysis 2 Credits

Solvent extraction. Efficiency of extraction. Selectivity of extraction. Extraction systems. Extraction of uncharged metal chelates. Methods of extraction and applications. Thin layer chromatography. Ion-exchange chromatography. Molecular exclusion chromatography. High performance liquid chromatography. Gas chromatography. Gel permeation chromatography and super critical fluid chromatography. Types of detectors in chromatography. 30h (T); C

ICH 805    Chemical Processes and Quality Control 2 Credits

Statistical control of processing. Control charts. Process capability analysis. Acceptance procedures. Quality assurance methods. Reliability. National and international standards. Chemical and technical quality of textiles, plastics, dye, detergents, foods and cosmetics 30h (T); C

ICH 806    Recent Advances in Coordination Chemistry 2 Credits

Synthetic pathway. Bonding structural stereo-chemical aspects. Complex structures and site preference for regular symmetry. Electronic states. Spectra. Magneto-chemistry. Organometallic chemistry. Metals in biological systems. Metal oxides and clusters. Inorganic chemotherapy for cancer. Nano-materials and nanotechnology. Effective atomic number rule. Back bonding. 30h (T); C

ICH 807    Advanced Unit Operations 2 Credits

Unit operations with emphasis on distillation. Absorption. Extraction and fluid- solid systems. Property prediction of multi-component fluid. Multi-component fractionation absorption. Stripping and extraction. Principles of heat exchanger design. 30h (T); C

ICH 808    Graduate Seminar 1 Credit
One seminar paper on current advanced topics in any area of Industrial Chemistry. 45h (P); C

ICH 809    Advanced Heat Transfer 2 Credits

Steady and transient state heat transfer by conduction. Heat transfer by forced and natural convection: comprehensive and incomprehensive flow. Radiative heat transfer: gray body radiation and radiation from gases and vapours. Boilers and heat exchangers. 30h (T); C

ICH 810          Advanced Petroleum Chemistry 2 Credits

Physicochemical analysis of crude oil and petroleum products. Tests for solid, liquid and gaseous fuels. Chemistry of thermal and catalytic cracking and reforming reactions and partial oxidation of hydrocarbons. Selected petrochemical processes. Synthetic fuels. Fischer-tropsch synthesis. 30h (T); E

ICH 811          Advanced Polymer Chemistry and Technology 2 Credits

Large scale industrial polymerisation processes. Mechanical properties of polymer. Introduction to polymer rheology. Polymer processing: injection, extrusion, calendaring, compression and transfer. Moulding of thermoplastics. Important methods of processing thermosets plastics. Polymer morphology. 30h (T); E

ICH 812          Advanced Colour and Dyestuff Chemistry 2 Credits

Phenomena of colour. Colour and chemical structure. Colour rules. Systematic study of colour. Constitution relationships of organic molecules. Huckel free electron molecular orbital models (FEMO) and its applications. History of synthetic dye: industry, types of applications of synthetic dyes and pigments and some important reactions in dyestuff chemistry. 30h (T); E

ICH 813    Alternative Energy Concept 2 Credits

Advanced analytical and physical Chemistry of alternative sources of energy: solar, wind, geothermal, biofuels, biogas, nuclear. Risk factors of nuclear reactors. Environment versus economic competitiveness considerations in the use of biofuels. 30h (T); E

ICH 814    Advanced Corrosion, Surface and Colloid Chemistry  2 Credits

Physico-chemical properties of surfactants. Langmuir-Blodgett films. Adsorption on solid surfaces. Colloidal systems and thin liquid films. Emulsion. Thermodynamics of interface. Surface tension. Wetting and spreading. Contact angle. Dispersion systems. Types of corrosion. Pourbaix diagram. Kinetics of corrosion processes. Butler-Volmer equation. Tafel equations. Corrosion protection. Coating and inhibitors. 30h (T); E

ICH 815    Advanced Physical Chemistry  2 Credits

Theories of unimolecular reactions: Lindermann-Hinshelwood mechanism, Rice- Ramsperger-Kessel (RRK) and Rice-Ramsperger-Kassel-Marcus (RRKM). Methods of studying the kinetics of fast reactions: rapid-flow and stopped-flow techniques. Perturbation: T-jump and P-jump. Relaxation. Flash photolysis. Pulse radiolysis and molecular beams. Kinetics of chain reactions and heterogeneously catalysed reactions. 30h (T); E

ICH 816          Electrochemical Methods 2 Credits

Potentiometry. Electrode systems. Direct potential measurements. Potentiometric titrations. Null-point potentiometry and applications. Polarography. Stripping voltammetry. Cyclic voltametry. Amperometry.  Chronoampetrometry  and chronopotentiometry. Coulometry. Electrogravimetry. Conductometric titrations. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. Methods of corrosion measurements. 30h (T); E

ICH 817          Environmental Toxicology 2 Credits

Effect of toxic substances on health and the environment. Anthropogenic and naturally occurring chemicals in air, water, soil and food. Occurrence of toxicants. Analysis and regulation of chemicals in the environment. Risk assessment analysis. 30h (T); E

ICH 818          Advanced Medicinal Chemistry 2 Credits

Combinatorial chemistry in the design of new chemotherapeutic drugs. Process design in industrial scale-up in the manufacture of drugs. New trends in the design and synthesis of anti-viral drugs. Stereo-selectivity considerations. 30h (T); E

ICH 819          Hydrometallurgy and Electrometallurgy in Mineral Processing 2 Credits

Acid. Alkaline and pressure leaching. thermodynamics and kinetic     aspects     of leaching. Purification and leach liquors by ion exchange. Solvent extraction. Selective precipitation operations. Poubaix diagrams. Recovery of metal values by cementation. Electro winning and refining from aqueous solution. Aluminum smelting. Design of electrochemical reactions. Application of processes for the recovery of copper, zinc, lead, gold and aluminum. 30h (T); E

ICH 820          Food Analysis  2 Credits

Food composition and analysis: protein, carbohydrate, minerals and vitamins. Chemical properties and characteristics of foods. Food additives. Supplementation and contaminants. Food borne diseases. Instrumentation for food analysis. Food legislation and regulatory control. 30h (T); E

ICH 821    Advanced Natural Products Chemistry 2 Credits

Selected topics in natural products biosynthesis. Chemistry of heterocycles. Chemistry of alkaloids, terpenoids, flavonoids, glycosides, steroids, hormones, nucleic acid, amino acid and protein. Isolation. Purification and structural studies. Marine natural products and insect chemistry. 30h (T); E

ICH 826    Water and Wastewater Treatment 2 Credits

Water quality parameter for various industrial, agricultural and domestic uses. Methods of analysis of water and wastewater for various quality parameters. Analysis for trace organics. Water pollution control and treatment. 30h (T); E

ICH 839    Dissertation 6 Credits

Independent research project with the approval of the department. 270h (P); C

SCI 801    Management and Entrepreneurship 2 Credits

Feasibility studies. Entrepreneurship skills development. Organisation and management of business. Sourcing for funds. Financial management. Patency. Marketing and managerial problems. 30h (T); C

SCI 802    Scientific Research Methodology 2 Credits

Principles of scientific research. Data collection. Processing and analysis. Statistical packages. Precision and accuracy of estimates. Hypothesis formulation and testing. Organisation of research. Report writing and presentation. Research ethics and grants. 30h (T); C

Graduation  Requirements

To obtain M.Sc. degree in Industrial Chemistry, candidates must pass at least 34 Credits comprising 24 Credits of Core courses, 4 Credits of Required courses and 6 Credits of Elective courses.

H.                Summary

Core Courses: ICH 801(2), ICH 802 (2), ICH 803 (2), ICH 804 (2), ICH 805 (2), ICH 806 (2),

ICH 807 (2), ICH 808 (2), ICH 809 (2), ICH 839 (6) 24 Credits
Required Courses: SCI 801 (2), SCI 802 (2) 4 Credits
Total = 28 Credits

Elective Courses: ICH 810 (2), ICH 811 (2), ICH 812 (2), ICH 813 (2), ICH 814 (2), ICH 815

(2), ICH 816 (2), ICH 817 (2), ICH 818 (2), ICH 819 (2), ICH 820 (2), ICH 821 (2), ICH 826 (2)

Students are required to offer at least 6 Credits of Elective courses; =          6 Credits

Total               =          34 Credits

To obtain M.Sc. degree in Industrial Chemistry, candidates must pass at least 34 Credits (28 Credits of Core and Required courses and 6 Credits of Elective courses.)