4th chemistry student academy on the topic: Color - an interdisciplinary approach

Hello students from grade 11

Do you love chemistry as a school subject? Then why not join our ONLINE lectures on interesting topics in chemistry? Here, you’ll explore scientific phenomena in a way that’s easy to understand.

This will help you in school and may even pave the way for you to pursue a degree in the Natural and Environmental Sciences later on.

Content and focus of this online lecture:

Color—An Interdisciplinary Perspective

  • History, Diversity, and Applications of Dyes,
  • Introduction to Witt’s chromophore model, focusing on: the relationship between light absorption and color, the chromophore group as a conjugated π-electron system, and the influence of auxo- and antiauxochromic groups,
  • Introduction to the mesomerism model and application of relevant knowledge about the model to dye classes based on given structural formulas

Our emeritus lecturer, Prof. Dr. Dieter Greif, taught at the HSZG in the Faculty of Natural and Environmental Sciences.

Registration and Organizational Information

Register HERE

 

Class time: 6:00–7:00 p.m.

Please log in by 5:45 p.m.

Please register at least one day before the event so that you can receive online access in time. The lecture will take place on the Big Blue Button platform (internet access required).

Participation will be confirmed with a certificate of attendance.

This is a joint event organized by the HSZG Faculty of Natural and Environmental Sciences and the State Office for Schools and Education, Bautzen branch. It is supported by the Chemical Industry Fund of the German Chemical Industry Association (Verband der Chemischen Industrie e.V.).