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KE521: Chemistry of the elements (5 ECTS)

STADS: 10009901

Level
Bachelor course

Teaching period
The course is offered in the autumn semester.

Teacher responsible

Email: monnard@sdu.dk

Timetable

Group	Type	Day	Time	Classroom	Weeks
Common	I	Monday	14-16	U140	38-41
Common	I	Tuesday	08-10	U140	37
Common	I	Wednesday	14-16	U140	36
Common	I	Friday	14-16	U140	36
Common	I	Friday	10-12	U140	37-39
H1	TL	Monday	08-12	Lab 3 og 4	43-47
H1	TE	Tuesday	08-09	U69	38-41
H1	TE	Friday	12-14	U49D	48-49
H2	TL	Monday	14-18	Lab 3 og 4	43-47
H2	TE	Tuesday	09-10	U69	38-41
H2	TE	Friday	14-16	U49D	48-49
H3	TL	Tuesday	08-12	Lab 3 og 4	43-47
H4	TL	Tuesday	14-18	Lab 3 og 4	43-47
H4	TE	Wednesday	10-12	U49D	48-49
H4	TE	Friday	15-16	U49D	38-41
H5	TE	Monday	16-18	U49D	48-49
H5	TE	Wednesday	09-10	U49C	38-41
H5	TL	Thursday	08-12	Lab 3 og 4	43-47
H6	TL	Wednesday	14-18	Lab 3 og 4	43-47
H6	TE	Thursday	14-15	U49D	38-41
H6	TE	Friday	10-12	U70	48-49
H7	TE	Monday	14-16	U30A	48-49
H7	TE	Wednesday	08-09	U49C	38-41
H7	TL	Friday	08-12	Lab 3 og 4	43-47

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Prerequisites:
None

Academic preconditions:
Students from the Faculty of Science: FF503/FF504 and FF502/FF506/MM529(or KE501, FY519/FY520, MM501 and MM502/MM529) are recommended.
Students from the Faculty of Engineering: Fundamental chemistry is recommended.

Course introduction
The aim of the course is to provide the students with knowledge of and skills in elementary inorganic chemistry at such a level that this knowledge can support the learning and understanding of subsequent courses included in the studies of chemistry, pharmacy, biology, molecular biology and cell biology. The aim of the laboratory part is to provide the students with broad knowledge of the elements’ most important compounds and their reactions, as well as fundamental laboratory skills.

Expected learning outcome
At the end of the course the student is expected to be able to:

Classify the chemical elements according to the periodic system.
Apply this classification to predict important properties of chemical compounds, including stability, solubility, redox properties and reactivity.
Identify a given inorganic compound based on a series of analytical reactions.
Argue for the suggested identification.

Subject overview

Periodicity, tendencies in ionization energies and electron affinities
Oxidation states
Ions in solids: lattice energies and structure types
Ions in solution: thermodynamics and structure
Thermochemical cycles
Free elements: structure and properties
Hydrogen and s-block elements
p-block elements
Selected d-block elements
Identification of inorganic salts

Literature

Andrew D. Bond: Chemistry of the Elements, Laboratory Manual.

Website
This course uses e-learn (blackboard).

Prerequisites for participating in the exam
Attendance at 20 hours of laboratory exercises is a prerequisite for participating in evaluation a. Pass/fail, internal evaluation by teacher.

Assessment and marking:

Approval of written reports. Evaluated jointly by internal marking of pass/fail (weight 2 ECTS). Deadline for submission: Latest week 50.
3 hour written examination with delivered aids. External grading with 7-point scale (weight 3 ECTS).

Reexamination in part a. will take place in week 5. Re-examination in part b. will take place in week 9.
The mode of exam at the reexamination in both a. og b. may differ from the mode of exam at the ordinary exam.

Expected working hours
The teaching method is based on three phase model.
Intro phase: 20 hours
Skills training phase: 28 hours, hereof:
- Tutorials: 8 hours
- Laboratory exercises: 20 hours

Educational activities

Language
This course is taught in English.

Course enrollment
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