Inorganic Chemistry

Recommended Prerequisites

Students should have basic knowledge in general chemistry obtained in highschool. 

Teaching Methods

The course of Inorganic Chemistry includes lectures and laboratory classes.
The program aims to give theoretical knowledge of General Chemistry and Inorganic Chemistry basics, emphasizing the study of the properties and reactions of the elements of the Periodic Table.
The laboratory component involves performing experimental preparation techniques some important inorganic reagents, applying knowledge acquired in lectures.  

Learning Outcomes

The objectives of this course are:
Acquisition of skills in General Chemistry and Inorganic Chemistry.
To develop the ability to correlate the chemical and physical properties of elements and their compounds with their positions in the periodic table.
To establish the link between theory and laboratory practice by conducting laboratory experiments.
To acquire expertise in chemistry laboratory in handling of reagents and solvents as well as in analytical techniques.  

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

  Theoretical program
introduction
    Atoms, molecules and ions
    Chemical formulas, nomenclature
    Mass relations
    Quantum theory and electronic structure of atoms
    Chemical bond
    Chemical reactions
    Intermolecular forces and condition of the subject
    Solutions
Study of the periodic table of elements
    Periodic relationships among the elements
    Hydrogen
    Representative elements
    Transition Metals
Bioinorganic chemistry
    Essential elements
    Transition metals and coordination chemistry
    Metal complexes in biological systems

Notions of nuclear chemistry

Laboratory program
Theoretical study of methods for preparation and analysis of inorganic compounds
Preparation and calibration solutions (acid / base, redox)
Preparation and quantification of inorganic compounds
Application exercises.  

Head Lecturer(s)

Maria Manuel da Cruz Silva

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Laboratory work or Field work: 30.0%
Exam: 70.0%

Bibliography

Raymond Chang, Kenneth Goldsby  “General Chemistry: The Essential Concepts

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education; 7 edition., 2013, ISBN-10: 0073402753

Geoff Rayner-Canham, Tina Overton “Descriptive Inorganic Chemistry”, 2013, 3rd Edition, WH Freeman and Company, New York

Gary L. Miessler, Paul J. Fischer, Donald A. Tarr. Inorganic Chemistry (5th Edition).

Publisher: Prentice Hall ISBN-10: 0321811054.