9796578 - SCIENZE CHIMICHE E FISICHE
Module CHIMICA GENERALE E INORGANICA

The course aims to provide the fundamentals of General and Inorganic Chemistry as an important cultural basis for the formation of the students. The student, through the study of chemistry will become aware not only of the fundamental role performed by this discipline in different scientific-technological fields, but also it will become accustomed to the basic principles underlying the scientific method. The course of General Chemistry will provide the student with some basic concepts on the composition of atom, the periodic table of the elements, the inorganic compounds and the fundamental laws of chemistry. After that, some notions on the chemical bond, intermolecular interactions and their relationship with the states of aggregation of matter, acids and bases, pH will be presented to the students

Lectures, excercises

• The composition of matter: molecules and molecular compounds, ions and chemical compounds, chemical nomenclature, constitution of the atom, atomic weight and molecular weight, periodic table of elements, groups and periods, periodic properties of the elements, diagonal relationships.

· Fundamental laws of chemistry: Lavoisier, Dalton, Avogadro's principle, combination laws, discovery of electrons, protons and neutrons.

 Chemical bonds and intermolecular interactions

 Chemical reactions: the concept of mole, chemical equations, balancing of simple reactions, definition of oxidant and reducing agent, oxidation number and redox reactions, definition of acid and base, acid-base reactions, quantitative meaning of chemical reactions, reactions to equilibrium and irreversible.

 The gaseous state: laws of gases, equation of state of ideal gases, molar volume,

State changes: Gas-Vapor-Liquid, critical pressure and temperature,

The exam tends to ascertain the level of overall knowledge acquired by the candidate, his ability 

to critically address the topics studied and to relate the various parts of the program. 

The exam consists of a written test and an oral exam. The written test consists of questions 

on the program carried out. This test tends to verify the possession of the basic notions 

of the discipline. During the written exam, students will be able to use the periodic table 

and calculator, but not cell phones.  The possible oral exam will consist of questions relating to the various parts of the program to ascertain the overall level of knowledge acquired by the candidate.

 Criteria for awarding the final grade:

definitions of acids and bases

write the molecular formula of chloridric acid, sulfuric acid, sodium carbonate