Entry requirements

10 credits in science/engineering. Participation in General Chemistry or Chemical Principles I or Basic Chemistry, 10 credits, or The Basic Principles of Chemistry, 15 credits.

Learning outcomes

On completion of the course the student should be able to

• apply IUPAC's rules for the naming of inorganic compounds, and use isomerism to describe their three dimensional structure
• discuss factors that affect the bonding in binary inorganic compounds by using simple theoretical models, and relate this bonding to trends in the properties of inorganic chemistry compounds
• describe solid state materials at the atomic level, particularly regarding simple crystal structures, various types of solid solutions and defects in crystals
• describe reactions based on different acid-base concepts and describe redox reactions, including the use of diagrams
• explain stability, geometry, and magnetic properties for metal complexes by means of bonding models
• plan, carry out, and document in a lab log, and orally and/or in writing, account for experimental results
• carry out basic risk and security assessment, and be able to work in a safe way in the laboratory
• account for industrial production and use of important inorganic compounds
• give examples of the properties of substances from a social perspective - environment, use and resources

Content

Inorganic nomenclature. Descriptive inorganic chemistry. Important industrial processes including availability of raw material and environmental aspects. Solid state structure and the properties of solid substances. Coordination compounds. The relationship between chemical bonding in inorganic compounds and electronegativity, charges, size, polarizability, basic molecular orbital theory as well as basic band structure theory. Within these topics, the following is treated: chemical bonding, structure, thermodynamics, synthesis. Communication training with feedback.

Instruction

The teaching is given as lectures, problem solving sessions, quiz, hand-in exercises, seminars and laboratory work. Communication training and profile according to chosen specialisation integrated with other course parts.

Assessment

Written examination (4 credits), seminars (1 credits), laboratory work including chemistry profile/written assignment (5 credits). The final grade corresponds to a weighted sum of the results of the course components.

If there are special reasons for doing so, an examiner may make an exception from the method of assessment indicated and allow a student to be assessed by another method. An example of special reasons might be a certificate regarding special pedagogical support from the disability coordinator of the university.