Learning objectives
To provide to the students of the first year the fundamental knowledge of the inorganic chemistry with a particular attention to the properties of the elements and their main compounds, to the chemical reactions and the more common industrial processes.
Prerequisites
None
Course unit content
<br />ELECTROCHEMISTRY<br />Electrical conductivity. Electrolytic dissociation. Electrolysis. Faraday laws. Galvanic cells. Electrodes. Reduction potentials and applications. Corrosion.<br />INORGANIC CHEMISTRY:<br />Description of all the groups of the periodical table. Nomenclature of inorganic compounds. Binary compounds of hydrogen and oxygen. Properties of the following elements and their main compounds: hydrogen, alkali and alkaline-earth metals, aluminium, carbon, silicon, tin, lead, nitrogen, phosphorus, oxygen, sulphur, halogens, chromium, manganese, iron, cobalt, nickel, copper, silver, zinc and mercury.<br />COORDINATION COMPOUNDS<br />General properties. Coordination number and geometry.<br />
Full programme
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Bibliography
<br />Recommended textbooks:<br /> <br />- R.H.Petrucci,W.S.Harwood,'Chimica Generale,Principi e Moderne Applicazioni',Ed.Piccin, Padova<br />- D. W. Oxtoby, N. H. Nachtrieb, 'Chimica Moderna', EDISES, Napoli<br />- P. Michelin Lausarot, G. A. Vaglio, 'Stechiometria', Ed. Piccin, Padova<br />- L. Malatesta, 'Compendio di Chimica Inorganica', Casa Editrice Ambrosiana, Milano
Teaching methods
<br />Frontal lectures<br />Written and oral examinations
Assessment methods and criteria
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