GENERAL AND INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
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Basic knowledge of Math and Physics acquired in high school classes.
Written essay featuring requiring answering to theoretical questions and solving stoichiometry exercises.
The test is considered as passed with a mark ≥18/30.
What are atoms and molecules made of? How is their structure related the macroscopic features of the substances? Why and how do they undergo chemical transformations? The course aims at providing answers to all of these questions.
1) Constitution and basic properties of matter
2)Thermodynamics and thermochemistry
3) Chemical equilibria
4) Liquids and solutions
5) Chemical reactions in aqueous solution
Frontal Lectures (4 CFU - 32h)
1) Constitution and properties of matter (1 CFU – 8h)
Matter: atoms and molecules, simple substances and compounds. Quantity of matter: the mole and Avogadro's Number. Examples of chemical- and physical transformations.
Atomic structure, Periodic Systems and basics of quantum mechanics: photoelectric effect, De Broglie equations, Heisenberg uncertainty principle, Schrödinger equation. Quantum Numbers and atomic orbitals. Atomic structure and atomic properties: Pauli principle, Hund rule and “aufbau prinzip”. Periodic table and periodic properties.
Chemical bond: structure and properties of substances. Ionic Bond, covalent bond and molecular geometry (VSEPR). Hybridation and states of matter aggregation. Electronegativity and molecule polarity.
2) Thermodynamics and thermochemistry (1 CFU – 8h)
First principle of thermodynamic: enthalpy (H) and Hess law. Enthalpy of formation, reaction and combustion. Second and third princliples of thermodynamics: entropy (G) and free Energy (G).
3) Chemical Equilibria (0,5 CFU – 4h)
Chemical equilibrium and equilibrium constant. Le Châtelier principle.
4) Liquids and solutions (0,5 CFU – 4h)
Properties of solutions: ideal solutions, Raoult law. Phase equilibria. Colligative properties of solutions. Phase diagrams.
5) Chemical Reactions in aqueous solutions (1 CFU – 8h)
Definitions of acids and bases. The pH scale. Buffer solutions. Solubility equilibria.
Redox reactions, Nernst equations. Electrolysis and Faraday's laws.
Exercises (2 CFU – 24h)
The course features both frontal lectures (4 CFU, 32 hours) and exercises (2 CFU, 24 hours).
Lectures will be supported by power point presentations and audio/video materials.
Exercises will be solved at the board.
MEETING TIME and EMAIL ADDRESS
Student can schedule a meeting with Dr Santoro either at the end of the lectures or by sending an email to: orlando.santoro@uninsubria.it
Only SIGNED messages sent from @uninsubria addresses will be considered.