Chemistry

Code: U6211
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CHEM-06/A
Study of chemical and physical-chemical principles of technologies, focused on the investigation of properties of materials and their interaction with environment.

Lesson hours:

28

Practice hours:

20

Propaedeuticities:

none

Credits:

6

Types of examinations:

Written and oral tests

Teacher:

Brigida Silvestri

Objectives:

Deep knowledge of main chemical and chemical-physical foundations to study and understand the behavior and transformation of matter in the field of technologies and industrial applications in order to deal with the interpretation of chemical and physical-chemical phenomena and to establish the appropriate property-structure correlations of materials of engineering use.

Contents:

[1 CFU] – Matter and its properties. Stoichiometry and foundations of atomic theory. Read about chemical combinations. Atomic mass. The mole and the molar mass.

[1 CFU] – Chemical formulas. The balanced chemical reaction equation and stoichiometric calculations. Atomic structure. The periodic table of the elements.

[1 CFU] – Chemical bonds. Gaseous state. Intermolecular forces. Condensed states and their main properties. Phase transformations.

[1 CFU] – The principles of thermodynamics. Entropy and irreversibility: statistical interpretation. Physical balances. One component state diagram. Solutions. Chemical equilibrium.

[1 CFU] – Chemical reactions: spontaneity and condition of equilibrium in chemical reactions, the factors that influence the chemical equilibrium.

[1 CFU] – Acid-base equilibria and solubility equilibria. Redox reactions. Introduction to electrochemistry.

Teaching materials:

David W. Oxtoby, H. Pat Gillis, Laurie J. Butler, Principles of Modern Chemistry, Cengage

Slides of the course