Department of Chemistry

13.03.2024 | 'Landesrunde' of "Chemie - die stimmt!" in Saarbrücken, this time at the HTW

"Chemie - die stimmt!" is the "small Chemistry Olympiad" for pupils in years 9 and 10 (in Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia also year 8; www.fcho.de/de/wettbewerbe/chemie-die-stimmt.html). On 13 March 2024, the Saar/Palatinate state round will take place for the seventh time in Saarbrücken. In the morning, the participating pupils will complete an exam on site with tricky tasks from all areas of chemistry. Afterwards, they have lunch together in the canteen and in the afternoon they have the opportunity to listen to a student-orientated lecture on exciting chemistry topics. In the meantime, the supervising teachers correct the exam tasks and then the award ceremony takes place. The three best students in each year group receive a certificate, an invitation to the regional round of the competition and book prizes - chemistry textbooks, of course! 

Until 2023, this event was organised by Prof. Dr Johann Jauch at the UdS. After Prof. Dr Timo Gehring from HTW, a former Chemistry Olympian, joined the organising team in 2023, it was agreed that the Saar/Palatinate state round would be held alternately at UdS and HTW. Last year, the event took place at the UdS and Prof Gering gave the lecture for the students. This year, Prof Gehring will be responsible for organising the event, so Prof Jauch will give a lecture for the participants. His lecture entitled "What's that smell?" will deal with the chemistry of the sense of smell and odorants from "aaahhh" to "iiiihhhh", naturally with corresponding "samples". But thioacetone will not be there

07.11.2023 | School excursion

On Tuesday 7th November, we welcomed the 10th classes (135 pupils) from the Gymnasium am Stefansberg in Merzig.  There were programme items from the student council with nitrogen ice cream, laboratory tours in physics (GOFEX), coordination chemistry and the INM, and specialist lectures by Alexander Titz & Daniel Krug (HIPS) and David Schaaf (PC-DC).  The experimental lecture with Thomas John (physics), Dominik Munz (coordination chemistry) and the stars Britta Schreiber (glass workshop) and Andreas Adolf (experiments) was particularly enjoyable.  Hope to see you soon - come and study chemistry (or physics) with us!

14.07.2023 | Student group visits BASF's Ludwigshafen site

29 chemistry students from Saarbrücken spent an informative day at BASF in Ludwigshafen. In addition to a visit to the visitor center, the program included a tour of the site, a visit to a petrochemical plant and an information session on career opportunities as an industrial chemist. Prof. Guido Kickelbick accompanied the group of students and expressed his special thanks to Dr. Alexander Düfert from BASF for co-organizing the excursion. Together with Dr. Alexander Traut, Dr. Dorothea Ziegler and Dr. Geogios Dodekatos, he was available to answer the students' questions about application procedures and development opportunities at BASF.