Syllabus academic year 2007/2008
Higher education credits: 7,5.
Grading scale: TH.
Level: G1
(First level).
Language of instruction: The course will be given in Swedish.
KOO070 overlap following cours/es: KOO080, KOO081, KOO101, KOOA01, KOO080, KOO081, KOO101, KOOA01 och KOOA05.
Compulsory for: BI1.
Optional for: RH4.
Course coordinator: Assistant prof Lars Stenberg, Lars.Stenberg@polymat.lth.se och Prof Jan-Olle Malm, Jan-Olle.Malm@polymat.lth.se, Materialkemi.
Assessment: Written final exam. The result on the written exam will give the grade.
Home page: http://www.materialkemi.lth.se.
Aim
The course shall give a basic understanding of and knowledge about chemical processes. It should also provide necessary knowledge in chemical terminology in English as well as Swedish.
Knowledge and understanding
For a passing grade the student must
- be able to formulate rules of nomenclature in order to name and give formulas for inorganic and organic substances as well as to use basic chemical concepts and terminology.
- be familiar with functional groups in organic compounds
- be able to explain and use thermodynamical data and expressions and to use the relationship between them.
Skills and abilities
For a passing grade the student must
- be able to name chemical substances and use them in reaction formulas
- be able to describe and explain inter- and intramolecular forces for chemical substances
- be able to analyse and solve problems in chemical equilibrium
- be able to describe electrochemical cells and analyse processes in electrochemical cells as well as calculate cellpotentials
- be able to use rate laws and to calculate data related to these.
Judgement and approach
For a passing grade the student must
- be able to present chemical calculations using correct units and appropriate accuracy in a logical and relevant way.
- be able to read and understand chemical literature in Swedish and English
Contents
Fundamental chemical phenomena are discussed and explained using connections to everyday applications. The following topics will be covered:
- Fundamental chemical concepts and nomenclature.
- The build up of atoms and the periodic table
- Chemical formulas, reaktions and stoichiometry
- Gaseous, liquid and solid phases
- Phase transformations
- Solutions
- The chemical bond
- Molecular geometry
- Intermolecular forces (dispersion forces, hydrogen bonds, dipole-dipole).
- Basic organic chemistry
- General introduction to enthalpy, entropy, internal energy and free energy.
- The laws of thermodynamics.
- Standard enthalpy of formation and reaction.
- Calorimetry.
- Chemical kinetics, the rate constant and its temperature dependence, instantaneous rate method, activation energy, chain reactions
- Chemical equilibrium including basic calculations
- Electrochemistry including redox-processes and electrochemical cells.
- Corrosion
Active work with solving problems plays an important role in the course.The literature is in English and should be regarded as an introduction to the English language in the field of natural sciences.
Literature
Jones, L. & Atkins, P: Chemistry: Molecules, Matter and Change, 4th edition. Freeman, 1999. ISBN: 07167-4257-8.
Additional material will be distributed during the course.