Main Field of Study and progress level:
Chemistry: First cycle, has only upper-secondary level entry requirements
Grading scale: Pass with distinction, Pass with merit, Pass, Pass with distinction, Pass, Fail
Responsible department: Department of Chemistry
Contents
The course introduce stoichiometry, the electron structure of the atom, the periodic table, chemical bonds in molecules and intermolecular forces is solid, liquids and in gas phase. Chemical equilibrium, in liquids, solutions and acid-base equilibrium, solubility and complex ion equilibrium are discussed. The relation between all equilibrium constants and thermodynamics Gibbs free energies is introduced in an general introduction of thermodynamics. The radioactivity is discussed with respect to its danger for living organism. Chemical kinetics of chemical reactions are analyzed as well as general electro chemistry.
The chemical mechanism of the green house effect is presented as well as the environmental chemistry relevant for a sustainable development of the society. Different aspects of this complex problem is discussed in a couple of lectures and in individual student projects where a chemical is followed from production, its use, diffusion and effects in the environment.
Literature
Valid from:
2011 week 4
SI chemical data Aylward Gordon Hillis, Findlay Tristan John Victor 5. ed. : Milton, Qld. b Wiley, c cop. 2002 : Wiley : cop. 2002 : xiv, 202 s. : ISBN: 0-470-80044-5 Search the University Library catalogue
Chemistry Zumdahl Steven S., Zumdahl Susan A. 7. ed. : Boston, Mass. : Houghton Mifflin Co. : cop. 2007 : xxii, 1056, 88 s. : ISBN: 0-618-52844-X (Student ed.) Search the University Library catalogue
