Chemistry

Recommended Prerequisites

Understanding and use of concepts in chemistry, apply knowledge acquired to solve problems in new situations. Good knowledge of English.  

Teaching Methods

In the curriculum the discipline Chemistry corresponds to 6 credit units and a fourteen-week semester, the total number of predicted classes will be 28 lectures (3 hours per week) and 14 theoretical-practical classes (1 1/2 hours per week). Teaching methods consist of classes: theoretical, theoretical-practical and practical in order to attain the aim global learning

Theoretical and theoretical-practical evaluation: written questions.

Learning Outcomes

The objective of the discipline of Chemistry is to give to the students the opportunity to obtain knowledge in an area with many applications, in particular with regard to the study of mechanisms of reactions in solution.

The program objectives are:

1. Emphasize the principles necessary for understanding the nature of the chemical processes and reactions in solution solution.

2. Study the reactions kinetics and mechanism.

The extension given to each of these chapters is displayed in the program.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

INTRODUCTION

Composition of matter. Properties, periodic table. Gas, liquid and solid phases.

CHEMICAL THERMODYNAMICS

Energy and enthalpy; Hess law. Reversible and irreversible processes. Entropy.

CHEMICAL KINETICS

Order and molecularity of reactions. Rate of the reactions. Catalysis.

SOLUTIONS

Colligative properties.

ACID – BASE EQUILIBRIUM

Acid-base equilibrium, calculeof pH. Acid-base titrations.

COMPLEXATION EQUILIBRIUM

Complex ions; ligands; coordination number. Nature of the chemical bond; theories of valence bonds and crystal field. Complexation titrations.

PRECIPITATION EQUILIBRIUM

Solubility equilibrium. Formation and dissolution of precipitates. Influence of pH, complexing agents and ionic strength. Common ion effect.

OXIDATION – REDUCTION EQUILIBRIUM

Oxidation-reduction reactions; electrode potential and the Nernst equation. Electrochemical cells: galvanic and electrolytic. Calculation of an electrochemical cell potential.

Head Lecturer(s)

Paulo Eduardo Martins de Castro Neves de Abreu

Assessment Methods

Assessement
Exam: 100.0%

Bibliography

 

Chang                                     Química

Russell                                   Química Geral

Atkins e Beran                       General Chemistry

Kotz e Purcell                         Chemistry and Chemical Reactivity