This laboratory course is designed to further the student's practicalknowledge of the experimental techniques necessary to carry outresearch in inorganic chemistry. The student will be assigned aproject to be carried out within one of the existing research groups.

Historical introduction into inorganic chemistry and definitions, chemical formulae, types of chemical reactions, acids and bases, redox reactions, complex compounds, precipitation reactions, introduction to analytical methods.

Chemistry of the elements in 13 parts: 1) periodical properties 2) main group metals 3) main group metaloids 4) non metals 5) deposits and preparations 6) reactivity 7) ion lattices 8) element hydrogen compounds 9) VSEPR-model 10) halogen compounds 11) oxygen compounds 12) MO diagrams 13) redox chemistry

Development of chemistry from the ancient to the 20th century, people and their achievements, alchemy, evolution of theory and model concepts in chemistry of modern times: e.g. phlogiston theory, radical theory, atomic and molecular models of the early 19th century, type theory, valence theory, development of stereochemistry, bonding models, chemical thermodynamics and kinetics, quantum mechanics.