ECTS
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Course details
Course code: NWSS10010o16
Semester: 2016/2017 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: Students demonstrate understanding of fundamental chemical laws and have the ability to solve the problems related to them. Skills Students have the ability to apply during laboratory exercise newly learned analytical methods. They can perform qualitative analyses of cations and anions. They can also perform quantitative analyses using volumetric (titration) and gravimetric analyses and make the proper calculations.

Competences: Students follow the instructions and follow the rules concerning safety and good practice in a chemical laboratory. They obey social rules when working in a team. They take care of laboratory equipment.

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 Segal “Chemistry experiment and Theory”, John Wiley and Sons, 1989

Assessment methods: Passing grades of laboratory course and written exam.

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