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

Transport processes: conductivity in electrolytes, diffusion, viscosity, sedimentation, centrifugation. the Surface chemistry and intermolecular forces wetting, surface tension, Laplace pressure, Kelvin's equation, amphiphilic molecules, surface films, surface excesses, self aggregation Born energy. Kinetics 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 credits). A passing grade furthermore requires passed laboratory sessions (3 credits) and passed project (2 credits). The final grades correspond to a weighted average of the results of the theoretical test and the laboratory work.