The course has been designed in order to provide students with basic concepts and methods for the understanding and interpretation of chemical processes, of the relationships between structure and properties of materials, from metals to plastics, of the behaviour of systems for generation of energy.
In order to follow successfully the course, the students are required to possess some introductory chemical notions as chemical nomenclature, concept of atomic and molecular mass, balancing of simple chemical equations. |
Field of application of chemistry.
Periodic Table and periodic properties of elements.
Atomic structures, Bohr model, Quantum mechanical model, Orbitals, Electron Configuration.
Chemical bonding, Ionic bonds, Covalent bonds, Molecular Orbitals, VSEPR and VB theory, Multiple bond, Metallic bonds, Band theory, Intermolecular forces.
States of matter, Gases, kinetic theory, Liquids, Solids, Phase transitions, Phase diagrams, Supercritical fluids
Solutions, Gas solutions, Liquid solutions, Solid solutions properties.
Microscopies, optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy.
Structures, crystalline and amorphous solids, X-ray diffraction, Elemental cells, Bravais Lattices,
Ionic, covalent, metallic solids structures.
Chemical Equilibria, omogenous and heterogenous equilibria, catalized reactions, water equilibrium, pH .
Electrochemistry and systems for energy generation, Electrolysis, Faraday’s law, Electrochemical cells
Interaction material-environment, degradation of metallic materials.
Organic chemistry, structure and properties of organic molecules, polymer synthesis, polymers structure and morphology, stabilization and degradation. |
R.H. Petrucci, W.S. Harwood, F.G. Herring, General Chemistry, Principles and Modern Applications, Edition Eighth |
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