Chemistry I

Abstract

General Chemistry I: Stoichiometry, atoms, molecules, chemical bond and molecular structure, gases, solutions, chemical equilibrium, solubility, acids and bases, thermodynamics, electrochemistry, kinetics, the solid state (salts, covalent solids, metals), quantum chemistry, the H-atom, many-electron atoms, periodic properties, the H2+-molecule, Valence-Bond-theory, MO-LCAO.

Objective

Introduction to general and inorganic chemistry.

Content

1. Stoichiometye: mole, chemical formulas and equations, 2. The atom (atomic properties and periodic system), the chemical bond (ionic oder covalent), Lewis formulas, resonance, electronegativity and polar bonds, VSEPR-model. 3. Ideal gases: Gas laws, kinetic gas theory. 4. Liquids, solutions, concentration. 5. Chemical equilibrium in the gas phase. 6. Solubility equilibria 7. Acids and bases: Conjugated acid/base-pairs, autoprotolysis, strong and weak acids and bases. Hydrolysis, Buffer soluitons, indicators, solubility and pH. 8. Thermodynamics: Thermochemistry, enthalpy, entropy, Gibbs energy, Delta G and K, van't Hoff's equation. 9. Electrochemistry: Oxidation number, half-reactions, electrochemical cells, standard potentials and the Nernst equation. 10. Kinetics: Rate law, order, temperature-dependency. 11. The solid state: Salts, covalent solids, metals. 12. Quantum mechanics: the hydrogen atom, many-electron atoms, periodic properties. The H2+moleule, Valence-Bond-theory, MO-LCAO-theory.

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