GENERAL AND INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Learning outcomes of the course unit
TO PROVIDE THE FIRST YEAR STUDENTS WITH THE BASIC CONCEPT OF THE GENERAL CHEMISTRY TO PROBE INTO FOLLOWING STUDIES
Prerequisites
NONE
Course contents summary
ATOMS AND ELEMENTS. COMPOUNDS AND MOLECULES. CHEMICAL REACTIONS. ATOMIC THEORIES. ATOMIC STRUCTURE. ELECTRONIC CONFIGURATION. PERIODIC PROPERTIES. BASIC CONCEPTS ON THE CHEMICAL BOND AND ON THE MOLECULAR STRUCTURE. VB, MO, VSEPR THEORIES. IONIC AND COVALENT BOND. FURTHER CONCEPTS ON THE CHEMICAL BOND: HYBRID ORBITALS, MOLECULAR ORBITALS AND METALLIC BOND. INTERMOLECULAR BONDS: VAN DER WAALS FORCES AND HYDROGEN BOND. THE STATES OF SUBSTANCES AGGREGATION: GASES AND THEIR BEHAVIOUR. LIQUIDS AND SOLIDS :GENERAL BEHAVIOUR . THE SOLUTIONS . THE PRINCIPLES OF THERMODYNAMICS AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS IN A CHEMICAL CONTEXT: ENTHALPY , ENTROPY, FREE ENERGY, AND SPONTANEITY OF THE CHEMICAL REACTIONS . CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIUM . THE CHEMISTRY OF ACIDS AND BASES. EQUILIBRIA IN SOLUTION:pH HYDROLISYS AND BUFFER SYSTEMS. ELETTROCHEMISTRY: GALVANIC AND ELETTROLYTIC CELLS. KINETICS : RATE AND MECHANISMS OF CHEMICAL REACTIONS STOICHIOMETRY:ACID-BASE REACTIONS, REDOX REACTIONS, MOLARITY AND DILUITION OF SOLUTIONS.
Recommended readings
G. Bandoli, A. Dolmella , G. Natile -Chimica di base- EdiSES
A. Manotti Lanfredi, A. Tiripicchio - Fondamenti di Chimica- Ambrosiana
J.C. Kotz, P. Treichel -Chimica - SES
Teaching methods
FRONTAL LECTURES AND EXERCISES
TESTS DURING THE COURSE AND FINAL ORAL EXAMINATION
