Single-Course Dansk 5 ECTS

Chemistry (Polytechnical Foundation)

Overall Course Objectives

To achieve knowledge of the fundamental chemical principles, which are part of the common polytechnic foundation of the civil bachelor’s degrees

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Discuss the Periodic Table and periodic variations in physical and chemical properties
State the electronic and geometric structure of atoms and molecules
Define and use enthalpy, entropy, and free energy in relation to chemical reactions
State conservation laws and stoichiometry
Recognize and describe the most important types of organic compound classes
Calculate kinetics and activation energies and explain catalysis
Calculate equilibrium constants and composition at chemical equilibrium
Calculate pH in solutions of strong and weak acid, bases and buffers
Calculate oxidation states and balance redox reactions

Atoms and the periodic system. The chemical bond and the structures of molecules and crystals. Ionic solids, metals, polymers and phase transitions. Classification of materials in terms of the chemical bonding modes. Gasses, liquids and solids. Energy, entropy and chemical reactions. Chemical equilibrium. Kinetics of reactions and catalysis. Redox reactions and electrochemistry. Acid/base equilibria. Introduction to inorganic and organic chemistry including the chemistry of life.

01001/01003/02002, followed at the same time

Lectures and theoretical exercises