The course aims to provide students with the basic knowledge of the structure of matter, the chemical bond and the principles that regulate the chemical equilibrium in homogeneous and heterogeneous systems, with particular attention to the reactions that occur in aqueous solvent. Basic knowledge of the chemical properties of the main elements of the periodic system and their most important compounds are also provided.
The course is meant to provide students with basic knowledge on the structure of the matter (atomic structure, chemical bonding, aggregation states) and on the principles governing chemical equilibrium in homogeneous and heterogeneous systems, with particular attention to reactions taking place in aqueous solution. Preliminary knowledge is also provided on chemical properties of the main elements of the periodic system and their most important compounds, and on the regularities of such properties, which will be treated in more detail in subsequent courses.
Therefore, the course aims to provide students with the indispensable tools to understand matter and its chemical transformations and it is a prerequisite to all the chemistry courses of the following years.
The course also includespractical sessions during which which exercises related to the topics covered in the theoretical part of the course are carried out.
This is the first chemistry course, so it is not necessary to have any prerequisetes at university level. The basic knowledge of mathematics and physics acquired at high school are sufficient to understand the addressed topics.
The course (corresponding to 7 credits) includes frontal lessons and classroom exercises, during which exercises related to the topics addressed in the theoretical part are solved and commented. The explanations, where possible, are supported by short illustrative videos and by the use of interactive websites (for example interactive periodic table, atomic orbitals visualization), for a more immediate understanding of the addressed topics.
Educational material provided by the teacher on "AulaWeb"
Suggested books:
"PRINCIPI DI CHIMICA", P.Atkins, L. Jones - Zanichelli- Bologna
"CHIMICA", I. Bertini C. Luchinat F. Mani - Casa Editrice Ambrosiana
"CHIMICA GENERALE" Principi e Moderne Applicazioni”, R.H. Petrucci W.S.Harwood - PICCIN - 6a Ediz.
“PRINCIPI DI STECHIOMETRIA”, P.M. Lausarot, G.A. Vaglio, PICCIN Ed.
Ricevimento: On appointment.
SERENA DE NEGRI (President)
SIMONA DELSANTE
DIEGO COLOMBARA (President Substitute)
GABRIELE CACCIAMANI (Substitute)
ANNA MARIA CARDINALE (Substitute)
MAURO GIOVANNINI (Substitute)
DANIELE MACCIO' (Substitute)
PAOLA RIANI (Substitute)
PAVLO SOLOKHA (Substitute)
From the 30th September, 2024
In order to access the examination, the students need to have completed the experimental activity.
Each lab activity requires the student to answer a pre-lab quiz and to supply a lab report. The pre-lab quizzes have to be answered as preparation to enter the lab and are available on dedicated moodle (Aulaweb) entries. Such quizzes consist of a series of questions (mainly with multiple choice) to be sit following asynchronous lectures. The lab reports delivered by the students following the lab activities are graded by the technical and academic personnel by the end of the module.
There is a single exam for the two modules, consisting of a written examination and an oral examination. The written examination consists of numerical exercises on the topics taught during both modules. The written examination is considered passed if the grade is ≥18/30, giving access to the oral examination. During the course of the two modules the students have the option to sit two written examinations covering only one part of the taught material. The students who pass both partial written examinations may choose not to sit the written examination that covers the whole programme. Written examinations that are passed are considered so until the end of each academic year.
The oral examination has a duration of at least 30 minutes and is always led by two lecturers with experience at running examinations in the discipline.
The final evaluation takes into account the grade obtained on the written examination, the performance demonstrated at the oral examination, the evaluation obtained for the lab activities and the engagement demonstrated during lectures through the interactive Wooclap quizzes
The examination tests are structured in such a way as to accurately verify that the student has reached the learning outcomes foreseen for both modules.
The written examination consists of solving open-ended numerical exercises and has the purpose of certifying the students’ ability to correctly apply the taught concepts and formulae to concrete hypothetical examples.
The pre-lab quizzes have the purpose of assessing the students’ preparation on the theoretical-practical aspects related to each specific laboratory activity before entering the lab and following the dedicated asynchronous lectures. The evaluation of the lab reports is aimed at examining the correct interpretation of the experimental observations.
