General Chemistry

Recommended Prerequisites

First year course with prerequisites defined from the national entrance exames.

Teaching Methods

Teaching methodologies:

Classical lectures with presentation of the matters by the teacher and their discussion with the students, in the theoretical classes.

Practical classes for solving exercises.

Learning Outcomes

The course of General Chemistry aims to give students a theoretical knowledge of different areas of chemistry important to the degree in Environmental Engineering. The chair of General Chemistry covers the teaching of the composition of matter, the fundamentals of chemical energy,  solutions and colligative properties, chemical equilibria in solutions, homogeneous and oxidation-reduction, chemical kinetics and molecular spectroscopy together with some basic knowlegde in organic chemistry.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Free Particles: The Nature of Gases

Matter in Transition

Principles of Chemical Thermodynamics

Reactions in Equilibrium.

Chemical Equilibrium - dynamic equilibrium.

Kinetics and mechanism of a chemical reaction

Reaction rates.

Atomic and Molecular Structure

Introduction to Quantum Mechanics.

The Molecules and their Structure

Brief notions on organic chemistry. Functional groups. Nomenclature. Nucleophilic substitution, addition and elimination reactions. Electrophilic aromatic substitution reactions.

Head Lecturer(s)

Filipe João Cotovio Eufrásio Antunes

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Exam: 100.0%

Bibliography

- R. Chang Química, 8ª ou 10ª ed., McGrawHill,

- Atkins, Peter e Jones, Loreta, Chemistry: Molecules, Matter, and Change, New York, Freeman, 4th  Ed, 1999.

- Atkins, Peter e de Paula, Julio, Atkin’s Physical Chemistry, New York, Oxford University Press, 7th Ed, 2002