Chemistry
Dr Keith Murray
8 points * Four 1-hour lectures and one 5-hour laboratory per week * Second semester * Clayton * Prerequisites: CHM1011 and CHM1022 or CHM1031 and CHM1042; twelve points of first-year mathematics including MAT1011 or MAT1050 * Prohibition: CHM2132, CHM2142
Objectives On completion of this subject students should be able to understand chemical reactions as a means of energy storage; appreciate that energy provides a link between phenomena as diverse as thermal properties of gases, phase equilibria and chemical equilibrium; comprehend that energy provides the link between thermal and chemical behaviour of chemical substances and their underlying molecular structure; understand the concepts involved in surface chemistry such as surface tension, wetting and spreading behaviour, effects of interfacial curvature, `capillarity', vapour pressure, evaporation and nucleation, and colloids, emulsions and foams; appreciate that many carbon-carbon bond-forming reactions used for building up organic molecules are based on the chemistry of aldehydes, ketones and esters; review some of the many thermally induced reactions which take place on neutral molecules and proceed without the need for catalysts; appreciate that aromatic compounds react quite differently with various electrophiles, and in some circumstances with nucleophiles; know the structures and reactivity of some simple heterocyclic compounds; appreciate new inorganic materials through the introduction of inorganic polymers, framework compounds, ceramics, non-stoichiometric compounds, solid electrolytes, semiconductors and superconductors; compare and contrast these materials with more familiar, carbon containing, inorganic compounds.
Synopsis CHM2022 follows the same pattern as CHM2011. There are four topics, namely the synthesis of aromatic and heterocyclic compounds, the concept of energy as it is used in chemistry, catalysis and surface chemistry and the formation and properties of inorganic materials. More details will be included in the subject outline available at enrolment.
Assessment Examinations (2 x 2.5 hours): 70% * Laboratory work: 30%
Prescribed texts
To be advised on enrolment
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