ECTS
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Course code: NWSS10010o10Semester: 2010/2011 winter
Name: General and Inorganic Chemistry
Major: Commodity Science
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 1
ECTS points: 10
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 30 / 60 / 0
Lecturer: dr inż. Edyta Kostrzewa-Susłow
Language of instruction: Polish
Learning outcomes: On completion of the course student understands and utilizes basic chemical principles, to solve analytical and calculation problems.
Competences: Student knows how to carry out the qualitative analyses of inorganic cations and anions, and quantitative analyses employing titration and gravimetry; student is able to do calculations concerning respective analyses.
Prerequisites: Basic knowledge in chemistry
Course content: Systematic of inorganic compounds. Atom structure, the nature of chemical bond. Periodic table of elements. Electrochemistry: redox reactions; electrolysis; reduction potentials; cells and battery. Solutions: equilibrium in solutions of electrolytes, dissociation, acids and bases, amphoteric, pH concept, properties of buffers, solubility. Coordination complexes. Elements of quantitative and qualitative analysis. Chemical calculations.
Recommended literature: 1. A. Bielański „Podstawy chemii nieorganicznej”, PWN wyd. I, 1999, część 1, 2 i 3; 2. F.A. Cotton, G. Wilkinson, P.L. Gaus „Podstawy chemii nieorganicznej”, PWN 1995; 3. L. Pajdowski „Chemia ogólna”, PWN wyd. X, 1998; 4. T. Kołek, B. Osipowicz „Chemia ogólna z elementami chemii analitycznej” UP Wrocław 2007; 5. B. Murphy, C. Murphy, B. Hathaway “Basic Principles of Inorganic Chemistry”, The Royal Society of Chemistry, UK, 1998; 6. B. G. Segal “Chemistry experiment and Theory”, John Wiley and Sons, 1989
Assessment methods: Passing grades of laboratory course and written exam: minimal level of knowledge is 60% to pass the exam.
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