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B000019 - GENERAL AND INORGANIC CHEMISTRY WITH LABORATORY
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Course program
Academic Year 2014-15
Coorte 2014 - 3-years First Cycle Degree (DM 270/04) in PLANT NURSERY SCIENCES, ENVIRONMENT AND GREEN AREAS MANAGEMENT
Course year
First year - First Semester
Belonging Department
Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry (DAGRI)
Course Type
Single education field course
Scientific Area
CHIM/03 - GENERAL AND INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Credits
9
Teaching Hours
72
Teaching Term
22/09/2014 ⇒ 19/12/2014
Attendance required
No
Type of Evaluation
Final Grade
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Lectureship
Teaching Language
italian
Course Content
The atoms. The mole. Electronic structure of atoms. The periodic table. Ionic bond. Covalent bond. Chemical formulas. Other chemical bonds. Ideal gas law. Change of state. Enthalpy, entropy and free energy. Spontaneity of reactions. The solutions. Chemical equilibrium. Redox reactions. Reduction potentials. Acid-base equilibria (pH, buffer solutions). Solubility product.
Suggested readings (Search our library's catalogue)
I. Bertini, C. Luchinat, F. Mani, Chimica, editrice Ambrosiana
I. Bertini, C. Luchinat, F. Mani, Stechiometria, editrice Ambrosiana.
I. Bertini, C. Luchinat, F. Mani, Stechiometria, editrice Ambrosiana.
Learning Objectives
The course introduces the fundamental elements of the General Chemistry, which constitute the basic knowledge needed for the following courses of the Laurea degree.
The aim of the course is to provide to the students basic information on the language of chemistry (symbols and formulas), on the structure of matter, on the reaction mechanisms in water solution, on the main chemical elements, on the structure of inorganic molecules.
The aim of the course is to provide to the students basic information on the language of chemistry (symbols and formulas), on the structure of matter, on the reaction mechanisms in water solution, on the main chemical elements, on the structure of inorganic molecules.
Teaching Methods
Contact hours for Lectures: 30 hours
Contact hours for exercises: 18 hours
Contact hours for practice (exercises): 24 hours
Contact hours for exercises: 18 hours
Contact hours for practice (exercises): 24 hours
Type of Assessment
written tests and final oral examination
Course program
Atoms. Atomic mass, mole concept. Electronic structure of elements (orbitals, quantum number, aufbau, periodic properties). The periodic table. Covalent bond, Lewis structures. Bonding in solid state (ionic , molecular and covalent solids, metal). Hydrogen bond, van der Waals forces. Oxidation number. Gaseous state, ideal gas equation. Phase diagrams of one-component systems. Enthalpy, entropy, free energy, spontaneity of a chemical reaction. Concept of dynamic equilibrium. Redox reactions in aqueous solutions-electrochemical cells. Oxidation-reduction reactions. Acid-base reactions. Constants for acids and bases; pK; pH; buffers. Solubility product constants. Main properties of elements. Stoichiometry. Unit systems. Molecular structures. Determination of state variables from the ideal gas equation. Balancing of equations, redox reactions. Equilibrium in solution, calculation of pH.