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 Academic Year: |
2014/5 |
| Owning Department/School: |
Department of Chemistry |
| Credits: |
6 |
| Level: |
Certificate (FHEQ level 4) |
| Period: |
Semester 1 |
| Assessment Summary: |
EX 100% |
| Assessment Detail: |
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| Supplementary Assessment: |
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations) |
| Requisites: |
In taking this unit you cannot take CH10133 or take CH10134 |
| Description: |
Aims: The Unit will provide an introduction to the basics of the nature of the atom, elementary bonding theory, solid-state structural chemistry, periodic trends in main group chemistry and the electronic structure of transition metal compounds. Learning Outcomes: After studying this unit, students should be able to: * Name the first 36 elements, their symbols and electronic configurations; * Name the four quantum numbers and their allowed values; * Draw radial and angular functions for s, p, d orbitals; * Describe the bonding in diatomic molecules using molecular orbital (MO) theory; * Construct MO energy level diagrams and be able to extract chemical information from them; * Derive the shapes of molecules using the VSEPR method. Skills: Numeracy (F, A); Problem solving (T, F, A); Oral communication (F). Content: Bohr model of the atom, quantization, properties of waves, Schrödinger equation and its solutions, angular and radial functions, quantum numbers. The Periodic Table, Aufbau Principle, Hund's Rules; ionisation energy, electron affinity and electronegativity. Molecular orbital theory for homo- and di- atomic molecules. VSEPR, hybridisation. Coordination chemistry: definitions, shapes, ligand classification, nomenclature and conformations; chelate complexes. Coordination numbers and geometries, isomerism. |
| Programme availability: |
CH10168 is Optional on the following programmes:Department of Chemistry
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