Entry requirements

Chemical Principles I, 10 credits, Single variable calculus, 10 credits.

Learning outcomes

On completion of the course, the student should be able to:

• describe various types of transport processes in solution with use of relevant concepts and carry out calculations on corresponding properties
• relate intermolecular forces to the properties of liquids, solutions and mixtures and describe the properties of surface active subjects and account for the driving force for selfassociating systems
• apply relevant relations for systems with surface active molecules to calculate molecular parameters
• account for basic concepts in reaction kinetics and carry out calculations for reactions with several mechanism steps
• choose appropriate experimental methods to determine reaction rates and apply this knowledge on relevant problems
• account for basic photochemical and catalytic processes and reactions
• plan and carry out laboratory work in a correct and safe way and carry out simple risk and security assessments
• Document laboratory work in a laboratory journal and oral/in writing account for the results of the laboratory session
• give examples of how the course contents is relevant to man and the environment and how different parts of the course relate to activities within society and industry

Content

<em>Transport processes:</em> conductivity in electrolytes, diffusion, viscosity, sedimentation, centrifugation and kinetic gas theory. the <em>Surface chemistry and intermolecular forces</em>: wetting, surface tension, Laplace pressure, Kelvin's equation, amphiphilic molecules, surface films, surface excesses, self aggregationBorn energy. <em>Kinetics</em>: reaction rate, reaction order, reaction mechanisms, relaxation methods, steady-state approximation, activation energy, activated complex, Arrhenius 'equation, chain reactions, photochemical reactions, quantum yield homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis, adsorption isotherms, Lambert-Beers's law.

Instruction

Lectures, teaching sessions, laboratory sessions. Furthermore, training to search takes place and compile scholarly information in a smaller project and to present this oral and/or written.

Assessment

Written or oral test at the end of the course (5 HE credits). A passing grade furthermore requires passed laboratory sessions (3 HE credits) and passed project (2 HE credits). The final grades correspond to a weighted average of the results of the theoretical test and the laboratory work.