General and Inorganic Chemistry and Stoichiometry | Università degli Studi di Milano Statale

A.Y. 2024/2025

Max ECTS

Overall hours

SSD

CHIM/03

Language

Italian

Included in the following degree programmes

Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Tecnology (Classe LM-13)-Enrolled from Academic Year 2023/24

Learning objectives

The course is meant to provide a solid ground in the basic concepts and facts of chemistry, particularly those needed for a successful understanding of other subjects for which general chemistry is a prerequisite. Topics covered within the course will include: structure of atoms and molecules, chemical bond, chemical reactions, chemical equilibrium, electrochemistry, thermodynamic and kinetic outlines. Methods to solve stoichiometry problema will be treated. Primary goal of the course is to provide students with tools to discuss on the chemical and physical changes of matter.

Expected learning outcomes

The expected learning outcomes for the students will be the achievement of the ability to recognize chemical compounds and explain their reactivity and physical properties based on their structure, correctly write and identify chemical reactions, Students are expected to understand and solve stoichiometry problems. Finally students are expected to discuss topics coverd within the course with a proper scientific language.

Lesson period: First semester

Lessons timetable

Assessment methods: Esame
Assessment result: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi

Exams calendar

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Course syllabus and organization

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Responsible

Rimoldi Isabella Silvia

Lesson period

First semester

Syllabus

Course syllabus

Structure of matter. Atomic structure. Atomic and molecular weights. Isotopes. Radioactivity. Mass defect.
Quantitative chemical relationships. Balancing redox reactions. Stoichiometric calculus.
Atomic structure. Bohr's atomic model, De Broglie equation, Heisenberg's principle and Schrödinger equation. Hydrogen atom. Many-electron atoms. The "aufbau" principle and the periodic table.
The Chemical bond. Ionic bonds. VSEPR Theory. The Covalent bond. The Hydrogen bond and the weak interactions. Bonding in coordination compound.
The chemical equilibrium. Le Chatelier's principle. Equilibrium constants.
Properties of solutions. Ideal solutions and laws of Raoult and Henry. Non-ideal solutions and activities. Colligative properties. Phase diagrams.
Acid-Base reaction: Acids and bases (Arrhenius, Broensted, Lewis theories). pH. Acid-base titrations.
Gases: Gas laws and the equation of state for ideal and real gases. Elements of the kinetic theory of gases.
Solubility.
Thermodynamics: The first, the second and the third law of thermodynamics. Thermodynamic functions and chemical equilibrium.
Elettrochemistry: Cell potentials. Nernst's law. Electrolysis.

Prerequisites for admission

Knowledge of the fundamental aspects of mathematics (conversion between units of measurement, first and second degree equations, operations with logarithms). The course aims to provide the base of General and Inorganic Chemistry, indispensable cultural background for understanding the teachings for which General and Inorganic Chemistry is preparatory. The aim of the course is to provide students with the tools for the chemical and physical properties and transformations of matter.

Teaching methods

The teacher makes use of PowerPoint slides that contain the concepts and formulas of all the topics in the program. For each topic, students are also offered self-assessment exercises to verify learning. Exam simulations are carried out before the assignments in progress.

Teaching Resources

Books:
» Tro Chimica. Un approccio molecolare. Ed. EDISES
» Whitten, Davis, Peck, Stanley Chimica. Ed. Piccin
» Atkins, Jones, Laverman Principi di chimica. Ed. ZANICHELLI
Schoolbooks:
» Demartin, Peloso Esercizi numerici di Chimica Generale, Ed. Progetto Libreria Padova.
» A. Caselli, S. Rizzato, F. Tessore Stechiometria dal testo di M. Freni e A. Sacco . Ed. EDISES
Teaching materials on Ariel site.

Assessment methods and Criteria

The exam consists of a written test (5 stoichiometry exercises on topics chosen from those addressed during the course, to be carried out in 2 hours) and an oral test about the entire program for the definition of the final grade. Students may alternatively choose to take 2 ongoing written tests (5 stoichiometry exercises that will be carried out in 2 hours) and an oral test during the course. The ongoing tests will focus on the 2 parts of the program into which the course is divided. Admission to the oral test is, in any case, subjected to pass the written test with a minimum grade of 18/30; in the event that the student decides to do the ongoing tests, the evaluation will be given by the average of the marks obtained in the two written tests and oral test.

Course structure

CHIM/03 - GENERAL AND INORGANIC CHEMISTRY - University credits: 9

Practicals: 16 hours
Lessons: 64 hours

Professor: Rimoldi Isabella Silvia

Shifts:

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Professor: Rimoldi Isabella Silvia