00130 - General Inorganic Chemistry

Academic Year 2009/2010

  • Docente: Marina Mastragostino
  • Credits: 9
  • SSD: CHIM/03
  • Language: Italian
  • Teaching Mode: In-person learning (entirely or partially)
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Long cycle 2nd degree programme in Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Technologies (cod. 0038)

Learning outcomes

To acquire fundamental concepts of Chemistry:

Chemical equations, Atomic and Molecular Structures, Chemical bonds, Chemical compounds, States of matter, Solutions (compositions and properties), Chemical Equilibria, pH, acid-base reactions, solubility products, Buffer solutions, hydrolisis, Redox reactions, electrochemical cells , Reduction potentials.Periodic table of the Elements and Chemistry of some Elements and Compounds. 

Course contents

Chemical equations, Atomic and Molecular Structures, Chemical bonds, Chemical compounds, States of matter, Solutions (compositions and properties), Chemical Equilibria, pH, acid-base reactions, solubility products, Buffer solutions, hydrolisis, Redox reactions, electrochemical cells , Reduction potentials.Periodic table of the Elements and Chemistry of some Elements and Compounds.

Readings/Bibliography

A. Peloso e F. Demartin Fondamenti ed Esercizi di Chimica generale ed Inorganica (Edizioni Progetto Padova)

J.E.Brady e J.R.Holum Fondamenti di Chimica (Zanichelli) 

Teaching methods

Frontal lessons with exercises

Assessment methods

Written test (10 numerical exercises) for admission to oral examination  and oral examination.

Teaching tools

Power point version of the lessons will be delivered to students

Links to further information

http://www2.fci.unibo.it/mastragostino/

Office hours

See the website of Marina Mastragostino