Learning objectives
To initiate the students to the safety measures of a chemical laboratory - To furnish the adeguate skills for: - the identification of inorganic chemicals and their reactivty as well as the ability of conducting simple inorganic reactions - to prepare standard solutions of inorganic compounds - to carry out volumetric titrations for the determination of the concentration of water solutions - to predict the solubility in water of inorganic compounds - to be able to fill a laboratory book properly
Prerequisites
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Course unit content
<p>Frontal lessons: Safety in a chemical lab. "R" and "S" notions. - Units of measure of the International System (SI); significant figures; precision and accuracy of a measure. Laboratory book. Quantitative matters: moles, chemical reactivity, reaction balancing, mass conservation. Elemental analysis. Formulas. Isomerism. Acids and bases.</p>
<p>Arrhenius, Brønsted-Lowry and Lewis theories. Acids and bases. pH and pOH. pH determination for strong acids and bases solutions, and for soft ones. Hydrolisis and buffer system. Titrations. Solubility and equilibria. Complexation equilibria.</p>
<p>Stoicheiometry.</p>
<p>Laboratory practice on solutions equilibria and solubility; redox reactions; syntesis and reactivity of inorganic compounds.<br />
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Exercises covering all the main aspects of the program will be carried out.</p>
Full programme
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Bibliography
I. Bertini, C. Luchinat, F. Mani "Stechiometria. Un avvio allo studio della chimica". Casa Editrice Ambrosiana. 5a Edizione. <br />
Lecture notes covering the entire program (and the laboratory practices) will be furnished.
Teaching methods
Laboratory test. Written exam. Oral exam.
Assessment methods and criteria
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Other information
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