KEMP111 Basics in Chemistry 1 (General Chemistry 1) (5 cr)
Description
Content
- Basic concepts in chemistry, scientific approach
- The elements and structure of the periodic table
- Compounds and nomenclature of common compounds
- Balancing chemical reactions and stoichiometry
- Behaviour of gases, ideal gas laws
- Introduction to thermochemistry, calorimetry
- Introduction to the quantum mechanic model of atoms and molecules
- Chemical bond and the structure of molecules: Lewis-, VSEPR-, valence bond and molecular orbital models
Completion methods
The course can be completed in English either as a book exam (only exam points are taken into account when grading the course) or during the first autumn period as a guided course where exercise points are added to the exam points. There are no lectures in English.
Please contact the lecturer if you wish to take the course in English.
Assessment details
In guided course, grading is based on the sum of excercise and exam points.
In book exam, grading is based only on the exam points.
The course will be assessed using both grading methods and the better of these two is given as the course grade.
Grading scale used in the assessment of both guided course and book exam:
Fail (0): < 50 % total points
Sufficient (1): ≥ 50 % total points
Satisfactory (2): > 60 % total points
Good (3): > 70 % total points
Very good (4): > 80 % total points
Excellent (5): > 90 % total points
Learning outcomes
- Knows how to use basic concepts in chemistry
- Knows the basics of the nomenclature of compounds
- Can write and balance chemical equations and make stoichiometric- and concentration calculations
- Knows the background of the ideal gas law and knows how to use it in calculating properties of gases
- Knows the basics of thermochemistry and calorimetry, and can calculate enthalpy changes for different processes
- Can explain properties of elements based on the periodic table and electronic configuration
- Can qualitatively discuss the quantum mechanical model of atoms and molecules
- Knows how to apply Lewis-, VSEPR-, valence bond and molecular orbital models in determining or discussing the structure and properties of molecules