Chemistry
Dr Donald McNaughton
24 points * Eight 1-hour lectures and two 6-hour laboratory per week * First semester * Clayton * Prerequisites: CHM2011 and CHM2022
This subject is designed for students who plan to concentrate on chemistry in third year. Together with CHM3022, it extends a number of topics treated in the CHM2011 and CHM2022 subjects and deals with areas such as classical and theoretical physical chemistry, coordination chemistry of the transition elements, crystallography and solid state chemistry, organic chemistry, including heterocyclic chemistry, natural product chemistry, organometallic chemistry, polymer chemistry, industrial chemistry and applications of computing to chemistry. Subject outlines will be made available before enrolment. Some units are compulsory but the remainder can be chosen from a range of options. It is possible for a student to replace a chemistry unit with one offered by another department or faculty. Such a unit would be chosen in consultation with the departments concerned. Methods of assessment in each individual unit will be discussed in the first lecture of that unit. Practical work is an important part of the subject and aims to make students familiar with experimental techniques used in research and industrial laboratories.
Assessment
Examinations (8 hours maximum; some units are assessed by assignment): 70% * Laboratory work: 30%