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[ BCBPGVOGEC2 ] VL Introduction II to General Chemistry
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Education level |
Study areas |
Responsible person |
Hours per week |
Coordinating university |
| 1,3 ECTS |
B1 - Bachelor's programme 1. year |
Chemistry |
Günther Knör |
1 hpw |
Johannes Kepler University Linz |
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| Detailed information |
| Original study plan |
Bachelor's programme Biological Chemistry 2017W |
| Objectives |
Introduction to the fundamentals of General Chemistry and preparation for the lab course. This lecture continues the lecture „Einführung in die Allgemeine Chemie I“
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| Subject |
1h: Energy conversion of chemical reactions, reaction enthalpy, Hess’s law, enthalpies of formation, Born-Haber-Cyclus, bond enthalpy, law of mass action and free enthalpy, equilibrium constant, distribution equilibria: Nernst’s distribution law and chromatography;
2h: basics of chemical kinetics, reaction order, collision theory, transition state theory, Hammond’s postulate, temperature dependency of the reaction rate, catalysis (homogeneous /heterogeneous), autocatalysis;
3h: chemical equilibrium, dynamic equilibrium, Le Chatelier‘s principle, activation energy, Haber-Bosch-process, solubility equilibrium, solubility product, solubility, Mohr’s titration;
4h: redox reastions, oxidation numbers;
5h: oxidation numbers for covalent compounds, oxidizing and reducing agents, redox potentials, acid-base-theories: Arrhenius, Brønsted-Lowry, Lewis, protolysis in water, strength of acids and bases, autoprotolysis, Brønsted-acids
6h: Amphoterism, pH-value and its calculation, degree of protolysis and Ostwald’s dilution law, titration, acid-base titrations, indicators, glass electrode, buffer, buffer-capacity, important acids and bases.
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| Criteria for evaluation |
written examination
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| Methods |
Lecture using powerpoint presentation. The presentation can be downloaded from the institute’s homepage. It’s secured by a password.
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| Language |
English |
| Study material |
R. Lewis, W. Evans, Chemistry, Palgrave
P. Atkins, L. Jones, Chemical Principles
(C. H. Mortimer, U. Müller, Chemie, Thieme-Verlag.
E. Riedel, C. Janiak, Anorganische Chemie, de Gruyter.)
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| Changing subject? |
No |
| Corresponding lecture |
in collaboration with BCBPGVOGEC1: VO Introduction I to General Chemistry (1,3 ECTS) -or- TCBPAVOEAC1: VO Einführung I in die Allgemeine Chemie (1,3 ECTS)
equivalent to
BCBPGVOGECI: VO Introduction to General Chemistry (2,6 ECTS)
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| On-site course |
| Maximum number of participants |
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| Assignment procedure |
Direct assignment |
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