KE528: Introductory inorganic chemistry (5 ECTS)
STADS: 10006801Level
Bachelor course
Teaching period
The course is offered in the spring semester.
Teacher responsible
Email: dbra@sdu.dkTimetable
| Group | Type | Day | Time | Classroom | Weeks | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Common | I | Monday | 10-12 | U14 | 16,23 | |
| Common | I | Monday | 14-16 | U14 | 17 | |
| Common | I | Tuesday | 12-14 | U145 | 15-17 | |
| Common | I | Wednesday | 12-14 | U49d | 15-17 | |
| Common | I | Friday | 12-14 | U14 | 15 | |
| H1 | TE | Tuesday | 14-16 | U145 | 16-18,22-23 | |
| H1 | TL | Wednesday | 08-12 | lab 3+4 | 17-19,21-22 | |
| H1 | TL | Wednesday | 08-12 | lab 3+4 | 20 |
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Prerequisites:
None
Academic preconditions:
None
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 in inorganic chemistry. 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.
- 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
- Housecroft and Sharpe: Inorganic Chemistry, 4th Ed., Prentice Hall International.
Website
This course uses e-learn (blackboard).
Prerequisites for participating in the exam
None
Assessment and marking:
Oral exam. Danish 7 mark scale, external examiner.
Reexamination in the same exam period or immediately thereafter. The mode of exam at the reexamination 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: 17 hours
Skills training phase: 34 hours, hereof:
- Tutorials: 10 hours
- Laboratory exercises: 24 hours
Educational activities
Study phase: 10 hours
Language
This course is taught in Danish or English, depending on the lecturer.
Course enrollment
See deadline of enrolment.
Tuition fees for single courses
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