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KE528: Introductory inorganic chemistry (5 ECTS)

STADS: 10011801

Level
Bachelor course

Teaching period
The course is offered in the spring semester.

Teacher responsible

Email: dbra@sdu.dk

Timetable

Group	Type	Day	Time	Classroom	Weeks	Comment
Common	I	Monday	14-16	U51	16
Common	I	Monday	12-14	U142	18
Common	I	Tuesday	08-10	U142	19
Common	I	Tuesday	09-11	U1	25	KE528 spørgetime
Common	I	Wednesday	12-14	U142	16-18,20
Common	I	Wednesday	12-14	U140	22
Common	I	Friday	12-14	U131	18
H1	TE	Monday	10-12	U142	19
H1	TL	Tuesday	14-18	Lab 3 og 4	17-21
H1	TE	Tuesday	10-12	U152	20	KE528 E-time, erstatningstime
H1	TE	Tuesday	14-18	U10	21	Gruppearbejde
H1	TE	Wednesday	14-18	U11	21	Gruppearbejde
H1	TE	Thursday	08-10	U24	16-17,20
H1	TL	Thursday	14-18	Lab 3 og 4	16
H1	TE	Thursday	08-10	U140	22
H2	TL	Monday	14-18	Lab 3 og 4	19
H2	TL	Wednesday	14-18	Lab 3 og 4	16-18,20-21

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Prerequisites:
The course can only be chosen by Chemistry students. Students who previously passed the course KE521 Chemistry of the elements, cannot be enrolled at KE528 Introductory inorganic chemistry.

Academic preconditions:
None

Course introduction
The aim of the course is to provide the students with knowledge of and skills in inorganic chemistry at such a level that this knowledge can support the learning and understanding of subsequent chemistry courses. The students gain a broad knowledge of the properties of the elements, important compounds and their reactions as well as insight into how inorganic chemistry is utilized in modern materials. The course also gives fundamental laboratory skills and training in reporting scientific results.

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.
Utilize chemical arguments to explain the properties, such as reactivity, solubility, redox activity and color of simple chemical compounds
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

Housecroft and Sharpe: Inorganic Chemistry, 4th Ed., Prentice Hall International.

Website
This course uses e-learn (blackboard).

Prerequisites for participating in the exam
Participation in lab. exercises is a prerequisite for participation in exam a. Pass/fail, internal evaluation by teacher.

Assessment and marking:

Approval of written reports. Evaluated by internal marking of pass/fail. 1 ECTS
Oral examination. External marking with 7-point grading scale. 4 ECTS

Reexamination in the same exam period or immediately thereafter. The mode of exams at the reexamination may differ from the mode of exam at the ordinary exams.

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

Language
This course is taught in Danish.

Course enrollment
See deadline of enrolment.

Tuition fees for single courses
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