| NKEB23 | Inorganic Chemistry , 7,5 ECTS credits. /Oorganisk kemi/ |
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Prel. scheduled
hours: 54 |
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Area of Education: Science Subject area: Chemistry |
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| Advancement level
(A-D): B
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| Aim: The aim of the course is to give both a fundamental knowledge of modern inorganic chemistry and enter more deeply into the following areas: - Properties, structures and reactions of the elements and of inorganic compounds - Inorganic synthesis - Coordination compounds |
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| Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered) General Chemistry (NKEA20 or NKEA26) Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshhold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding. |
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| Organisation: The course consists of lectures, lessons and laboratory work. |
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| Course contents: The physical and chemical properties of the elements with respect to their positions in the periodic table. The relationship between the electronic structure of atoms and ions and important chemical parameters such as electronegativity, oxidation state, ionic radius, coordination number, acidity/ basicity etc is emphasized, as well as important trends in the periodic table are studied. The descriptive part also comprises: Metal cations och oxo anions in water. The structure and solubility of ionic compounds. Thermodynamics of precipitation and solubility reactions. Oxidation and reduction reactions and the corresponding electrochemical equilibria. Pourbaix och Ellingham diagrams. Coordination compounds and Lewis acids and bases. Hard and soft acids and bases (HSAB principle). The chemistry and structures of solid materials. The fundamental causes for trends and periods among the elements in the perspective of quantum mechanics (Schrödinger equation) and relativity theory. The laboratory course includes synthesis of inorganic compounds in water and under water-free conditions, synthesis of a number of coordination compounds and determination of the ligand field energy gap by spectrophotometry. |
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| Course literature: Gary Wulfsberg, �?�Inorganic Chemistry�?�, 1st ed Aylward & Findlay, "SI Chemical Data" |
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| Written examination Laboratory course |
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Course language is . Department offering the course: IFM. Director of Studies: Stefan Svensson Examiner: Per-Olov Käll Course Syllabus in Swedish |
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