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GENERAL AND INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
cod. 00130

Academic year 2008/09
1° year of course - Second semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Chimica generale e inorganica (CHIM/03)
Field
Discipline chimiche
Type of training activity
Basic
56 hours
of face-to-face activities
6 credits
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Learning objectives

To provide the first-year students of Natural Sciences degree the basic and propaedeutic concepts of chemistry essential to deal with the organic, biological, environmental chemistry and mineralogy.

Prerequisites

No specific chemical knoweledge required

Course unit content

<p> Matter: its properties and measurement. Thermochemistry. Atomic structure, properties of atoms. Basic concepts of chemical bonding, molecular geometry and bonding theories, intermolecular forces. Gaseous, liquid and solid states. Properties of solutions. Chemical kinetics. Chemical equilibrium. Acids, bases and salts in aqueous solution. Thermodynamics. Electrochemistry. Introduction to inorganic chemistry: properties and main compounds of s and p blocks elements, properties and main compounds of the most frequent transition elements. </p>

Full programme

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Bibliography

<p>P. Atkins, L. Jones, Principi di Chimica, Zanichelli, Bologna </p>
<p>R.H. Petrucci, W.S. Harwood, Chimica Generale, Piccin Padova </p>
<p>L. Malatesta, Compendio di Chimica Inorganica, C.E.A., Milano </p>

Teaching methods

Traditional lessons. Oral exam.

Assessment methods and criteria

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