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[ 663AACHGC1V17 ] VL Introduction I to General Chemistry

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1,5 ECTS B1 - Bachelor's programme 1. year Chemistry Günther Knör 1 hpw Johannes Kepler University Linz
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Original study plan Bachelor's programme Biological Chemistry 2017W
Objectives Introduction to the fundamentals of General Chemistry and preparation for the lab course. The passing of the final test is a mandatory requirement for the lab course.
Subject 1h: What’s Chemistry?; basic terms; classification of matter; state of matter.
2h: basic terms of separation techniques; base units; ideal gas law; real gases.
3h: Liquids and solids; intermolecular interactions; electronegativity and polarity of bonds; dipole moment; van-der-Waals interactions, hydrogen bonds.
4h: Anomalies of water; phase diagrams; melting diagrams and crystallisation;
5h: Solutions and Miscibility; dissolution processes; Rauolt’s Law and vapour pressure; boiling-point elevation and freezing-point depression; osmotic pressure; temperature-composition diagram;
6h: Excursus: Lewis-structure; fundamentals of chemical thermodynamics; laws of thermodynamic; Gibbs-Helmholtz-equation; reaction enthalpy and entropy.
Criteria for evaluation Written examination.
Methods Lecture using powerpoint presentation. The presentation can be downloaded from the institute’s homepage. It’s secured by a password.
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.)
Changing subject? No
Corresponding lecture BCBPGVOGEC1: VO Introduction I to General Chemistry (1,3 ECTS)
On-site course
Maximum number of participants -
Assignment procedure Direct assignment