Chemistry
BS BC BP
Dr Zheng Zhao
6 points * Second semester * 4 hours of lectures, one 4-hours laboratory per week * Gippsland/Distance * Prerequisites: GAS3251
This subject is designed for students to extend the studies of subjects GAS2251, GAS2252 and GAS3251 in the areas of inorganic, organic and physical chemistry. Some advanced topics related to these areas have been introduced in this subject. This subject contains selected topics from organic, inorganic and physical chemistry such as organic synthesis, heterogeneous catalysis, colloid chemistry, transition-state theory of reaction rates, structures and properties of solids, bioinorganic chemistry, safety management and hazardous materials etc. The subject is taught by lectures, and laboratory work conducted by a team of lecturers. The main emphasis of the laboratory course at this level is on development of a high level of competence in skills and techniques relevant to the professional industrial chemist..
Assessment
Progressive assessment: 80% * Laboratory work: 20%
Prescribed texts
Mackie R K and others Guidebook to organic synthesis Longman, 1990
Shaw D Introduction to colloid and surface chemistry 4th edn, Butterworths, 1992
Shriver D F and others Inorganic chemistry 2nd edn, OUP, 1994
Recommended texts
Cotton F A and others Basic inorganic chemistry 2nd edn Wiley, 1987