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
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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:
Students are expected to have knowledge of basic terminology within chemistry, quantitative chemical calculations and basic acid-base chemistry, and be able to carry out experimental work using a scientific approach. In the course tools within the SDU e-learning system will be utilized. Hence, participation in the course requires the student to be able to use these.

Course introduction
The aim of the course is to enable the student to classify the elements and their properties, most important compounds and reactions as well as acquire a fundamental chemical understanding and intuition, which is important in regard to the subsequent studies and contributes to creating an identity as chemistry student.

The course builds on the knowledge acquired in high school chemistry, and gives an academic basis for studying topics within inorganic, physical and to some extent organic chemistry, that are part of the degree.

In relation to the competence profile of the degree it is the explicit focus of the course to:

• Give the competence to utilize chemical information to explain properties of the elements and simple chemical compounds
• Give skills to carry out practical laboratory work and convert experimental observations to chemical knowledge as well as communicate the findings in laboratory reports.
• Give knowledge and understanding of the elements and inorganic materials in relation to their properties and applications in modern material chemistry.

Expected learning outcome
The learning objective of the course is that the student demonstrates the ability 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.

Subject overview


Literature

• Housecroft and Sharpe: Inorganic Chemistry, 4th Ed., Prentice Hall International.
• Øvelsesvejledning, der lægges op på e-learn..

Website
This course uses e-learn (blackboard).

Prerequisites for participating in the exam

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

Assessment and marking:

1. Approval of written reports. Evaluated by internal marking of pass/fail. (1 ECTS). (10011812).
2. Oral examination. External marking with 7-point grading scale. (4 ECTS). (10011802)

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
Educational form
The intro phase consists of lectures, wherein dialog is created through use of an online multiple choice tool. The lectures deal all main topics of the course as well as the theory behind the laboratory experiments. Additionally an introduction to writing scientific reports and the examination is given.

The skill training phase strengthens knowledge and competences within the central parts, primarily through problem solution both individually, in groups and in plenum. During the laboratory exercises the students work individually with practical experiments aiming at identifying simple chemical compounds. Based on the laboratory exercises a series of written reports are handed in, the content of which directly strengthens the competences within the main topics of the course.

Language
This course is taught in Danish.

Remarks
The course cannot be chosen by students who have passed KE521

Course enrollment
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