Entry requirements

The participant is expected to have completed a course in Chemistry MN1, 20 credit points. Mathematics and statistics NV1, 10 credit points is recommended, alternatively passed courses in science/technology 40 credit points of which 20 credit points physics.

Aims

The course is intended to give insight into the physical principles governing chemical reactions and other chemical phenomena, as well as knowledge about how molecular properties and interactions relate to our observations in daily life and in the laboratory. It shall provide training in critical evaluation of scientific models through comparison of the model and reality, via independent participation in a current research project. It shall also provide training in the use of mathematics in the description of scientific phenomena. The course is intended to provide a basis for further studies in the various branches of chemistry, as well as physics and biology.

Content

Quantum mechanics treats the laws of nature governing microscopic particles, such as electrons, atoms and molecules. Spectroscopy is concerned with interaction between electromagnetic radiation and material, and the information about properties of atoms and molecules to be obtained from the spectra. Thermodynamic: classical: describes the various forms of energy in a macroscopic system and how they can interchange, and the driving force behind chemical processes and the relationship between macroscopic parameters in chemical systems. Stastical methods unite macroscopic and microscopic descriptions of nature. Kinetics describes the mechanism of chemical reactions and the rate at which they proceed. Surface chemistry concerns itself with properties of surface active substances and the physical processes occurring at the interface between media. Transport properties descripbe the movement of molecules and ions, and the cause of such movement.

Instruction

Lectures, seminars, laboratory work and demonstrations. Training in oral and written reports. An experimental project of one week.

Assessment

Examination is arranged at the end of the course. The laboratory work and the experimental project must also be passed. Students who have failed a test have the right to take a new examination at the beginning of the autumn semester, after Christmas vacations and at the end of the spring semester.