Learning objectives
TO PROVIDE THE FIRST YEAR STUDENTS WITH THE BASIC CONCEPTS OF GENERAL CHEMISTRY
Prerequisites
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Course unit content
<p>ATOMS AND ELEMENTS. COMPOUNDS AND MOLECULES. CHEMICAL REACTIONS. ATOMIC THEORIES. ATOMIC STRUCTURE. ELECTRONIC CONFIGURATION. PERIODIC PROPERTIES.</p>
<p> 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. </p>
<p>THE STATES OF SUBSTANCES AGGREGATION: GASES <br />
AND THEIR BEHAVIOUR. LIQUIDS AND SOLIDS :GENERAL BEHAVIOUR .</p>
<p>THE SOLUTIONS . </p>
<p>THE PRINCIPLES OF THERMODYNAMICS AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS IN A CHEMICAL CONTEXT: ENTHALPY , ENTROPY, FREE ENERGY, AND SPONTANEITY OF THE CHEMICAL REACTIONS . </p>
<p>CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIUM . THE CHEMISTRY OF ACIDS AND BASES. EQUILIBRIA IN SOLUTION:pH HYDROLISYS AND BUFFER SYSTEMS. </p>
<p>KINETICS AND REACTIONS MECHANISMS</p>
<p>ELETTROCHEMISTRY: GALVANIC AND ELETTROLYTIC CELLS. </p>
<p>STOICHIOMETRY:ACID-BASE REACTIONS, REDOX REACTIONS, MOLARITY AND DILUITION OF SOLUTIONS, CALCULATIONS ON pH , HYDROLISYS AND BUFFER SOLUTIONS <br />
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Full programme
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Bibliography
Manotti Lanfredi, A. Tiripicchio - Fondamenti di Chimica- Casa Editrice Ambrosiana <br />
G. Bandoli, A. Dolmella, G. Natile - Chimica di base - ed EdiSES - Napoli <br />
Petrucci, Harwood -Chimica Generale Principi e moderne applicazioni - Piccin <br />
J.C. Kotz, P. Treichel - Chimica Generale - EDISES fornire agli studenti del primo anno i concetti basilari della chimica generale <br />
Teaching methods
<p>FRONTAL LECTURES AND EXERCISES</p>
<p>TESTS DURING THE COURSE AND FINAL ORAL EXAMINATION</p>
Assessment methods and criteria
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Other information
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