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Single cycle degree course 5 years in
Veterinary medicine
Università degli Studi di Parma
Department of Veterinary Science

CHEMISTRY
cod. 00088

Academic year 2015/16
1° year of course - First semester
Professor
Lara RIGHI
Academic discipline
Chimica generale e inorganica (CHIM/03)
Field
Discipline applicate agli studi medico-veterinari
Type of training activity
Basic
36 hours
of face-to-face activities
3 credits
hub: PARMA
course unit
in ITALIAN
lectures timetable unavailable
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Integrated course unit module: PROPAEDEUTIC CHEMISTRY BIOCHEMISTRY

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Learning objectives

Knowledge of the fundamentals of chemistry, with particular attention to the equilibria in aqueous solutions and to the chemistry of compounds of natural origin.

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

Structure of the atom. The periodic table of the elements. Molecules and chemical bonding. Ionic and covalent bonds, hydrogen bonds and van der Waals interactions. Molecular models: Lewis structures, valence bond, hybrid orbitals, resonance, sigma and pi bonds. Geometry of molecules and ions.
Gases: laws of ideal gases, partial pressure. Liquids: properties, changes of state, phase diagram of water. Solutions: concentration, molarity, colligative properties, Osmosis. Chemical reactions: Acid-base reactions, conjugated acids and bases, pH. Titrations. Stoichiometry. Dynamic equilibrium and equilibrium constant in solution. Dissociation constant for weak acids and bases. Buffer solutions. Hydrolysis. Redox reactions. Standard half-cell potentials, Nernst equation, prediction of the direction of a redox reaction. Thermodinamics: state functions, first and second principle, entropy, frre energy change of a reaction, relationship to equilibrium constant and to the difference in reduction potentials.
Rate of reaction, effect of the temperature.

Full programme

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Bibliography

Chang, Fundamentals of general chemistry

Teaching methods

class lectures and assisted problem solving

Assessment methods and criteria

written and oral examination

Other information

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2030 agenda goals for sustainable development

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