General and Inorganic Chemistry with Laboratory (code 110732) is worth 11 credits and takes place in the first half of the 1st year of the three-year degree in Materials Science.
Classes are held in Italian.
For enrolled students, the teaching material is available on AulaWeb.
The course aims to provide basic knowledge on: I) the fundamental concepts of General Chemistry, II) the structure and properties of matter in relation to its constitution and its state of aggregation, III) chemical equilibrium and the main types of reactions and reacting systems. The course also introduces students to experimental practice in the chemical laboratory, providing a concrete approach to the theoretical concepts learned: experimental observation of spontaneous and non-spontaneous chemical reactions, and their practical exploitation for diagnostic purposes. The course aims to develop the ability to conduct experiments even in groups and to write reports on laboratory activities with particular attention to the interpretation of experimental observations and the critical treatment of the obtained results.
The course is meant to provide students with basic knowledge of the structure of the matter (atomic structure, chemical bonding, aggregation states) and the principles governing chemical equilibrium in homogeneous and heterogeneous systems, with particular attention to reactions taking place in aqueous solution and on the basis of electrochemistry.
Therefore, the course aims to give students the indispensable tools to understand matter and its chemical transformations.
The course also includes practical sessions during which exercises related to the topics covered in the theoretical part of the course are carried out.
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Lectures.
Lectures include classroom exercises conducted by the teacher, as well as practical sessions in laboratory.
Theoretical lessons: Atomic structure of matter. Periodic Table and periodic properties of the elements. Chemical bond. Chemical nomenclature. Chemical reactions. States of matter and their characteristics. Homogeneous and heterogeneous equilibria.
Numerical exercises: Inorganic Nomenclature. Chemical reactions. Stoichiometry formulas, stoichiometry of reactions. Solutions concentration. Colligative properties. pH calculation. Solubility product.
Practical training in Laboratory.
A.M. Manotti Lanfredi, A. Tiripicchio, Fondamenti di Chimica, Casa Editrice Ambrosiana
I. Bertini, C. Luchinat, F. Mani, Chimica, Casa Editrice Ambrosiana
P. Michelin Lausarot, G.A. Vaglio, Fondamenti di stechiometria, Piccin Editore
Ricevimento: every day by e-mail appointment (paola.riani@unige.it)
see timetable on website https://corsi.edit.unige.it/corsi/11634
The timetable for this course is available here: EasyAcademy
In order to access the examination, the students need to have completed the experimental activity.
The exam consists of a written and oral examinations.
The written examination consists of numerical exercises on the topics taught during the course. The written examination is considered passed if the grade is ≥18/30, giving access to the oral examination.
Written examinations that are passed are considered so until the end of each academic year.
The oral examination lasts at least 30 minutes and is always led by two lecturers with experience running examinations in the discipline.
The final evaluation takes into account the grade obtained on the written examination and the performance demonstrated at the oral examination.
The exam tests are structured in such a way as to be able to accurately verify the achievement of the educational objectives of the teaching. The written test consists of solving numerical exercises with open answers and is aimed at ascertaining the student's ability to correctly apply the concepts and formulas presented in class and in the classroom and laboratory exercises to concrete problems. The oral exam consists of a discussion that covers both the practical exercises carried out in the laboratory and the more theoretical topics covered during the lessons. During the oral exam, the commission evaluates the knowledge acquired by the student, including his ability to present the concepts using an adequate scientific vocabulary, arguing them and relating them correctly to each other.
Students who have valid certification of physical or learning disabilities on file with the University and who wish to discuss possible accommodations or other circumstances regarding lectures, coursework and exams, should speak both with the instructor and with Professor Sergio Di Domizio (sergio.didomizio@unige.it), the Department’s disability liaison.
