Learning objectives
Students have to acquire foundamental elements of General Chemistry starting from composition of matter till to the molecular basis of chemical reactivity and to the correlations between physico-chemical properties and structure
Prerequisites
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Course unit content
Matter and energy; substances and relevant properties; internal energy; first law of thermodynamics; entalpy; aggregation states of matter; atoms and elements; ions and molecules; isotopes and radioactivity; atomic mass; mole and Avogadro's number; exercises on the concept of mole; periodic table; metals and non-metals; periodic properties of the elements; valence and nomenclature; binary, ternary and quaternary inorganic compounds; entropy and second and third laws of thermodynamics; Gibb's free energy G and equilibrium constant K. Models of the electronic structure of atoms; the chemical bond; Lewis' acids and bases; coordination compounds; weak interactions and aggregations states of matter; ideal gas and real gases; solutions; concentration of solutes; colligative properties; colloids; solubility equilibria in aqueous solution; dissociation of salts; Acids and bases; ionization of water; pH; buffer solutions; reaction rate and it dependence on temperature and concentrations of reagents; catalysis.
Full programme
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Bibliography
G. Predieri, Tracce delle lezioni, Libreria S.Croce, Edizione ridotta, 2007.L. Binaglia e B. Giardina, Chimica e propedeutica biochimica, McGraw-Hill.
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