Chemistry
Next offered by distance 1998
Dr Tony Patti
6 points * First semester * 4 hours of lectures, 4 hours of laboratory work per week * Gippsland/Distance * Prerequisites: GAS1282
Objectives On the completion of this subject students will be able to examine the basic thermodynamic principles which govern chemical reactions and changes of state; understand the nature of chemical bonding in different types of chemical substances; distinguish chemical features which determine fundamental organic reaction mechanisms including radical reactions, nucleophilic substitutions, elimination and the behaviour of aromatic compounds; examine the nature of phase equilibria in two component systems and interpret graphical descriptions of phase relationships under different conditions of temperature, pressure and material composition; determine the kinetic behaviour of simple reactions from experimental and theoretical principles; study the properties of selected non-transition elements and their compounds.
Synopsis The subject is presented by a principles approach in the following areas: thermodynamics; reaction mechanisms and kinetics; structure and chemical bonding; phase equilibria; reactive intermediates and carbon chemistry; aromatic compound chemistry; comparative chemistry. The subject is taught by lectures and laboratory classes. The laboratory component is conducted over a five-day `vacation school' in years when the distance education mode occurs. Detailed study guides are provided.
Assessment Progressive assessment: 70% * Laboratory: 30% * Progressive assessment involves topic tests, assignments and examinations. Laboratory assessment includes reports, a formal oral, and laboratory notebook keeping. Students are required to pass both the theory and laboratory components in order to gain credit for the subject.
Prescribed texts
Atkins P W Physical chemistry 5th edn, OUP, 1994
McMurry J Organic chemistry 3rd edn, Brooks-Cole, 1992
Shriver D F and others Inorganic chemistry 2nd edn, OUP, 1994
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