General and Inorganic Chemistry

General chemistry: Atoms and their structure. Quantum numbers and atomic orbitals. The periodic properties of the elements. Ionization potential and electronic affinity. The chemical bond. Ionic compounds. Covalent bond. Electronegativity. Hydrogen Bond. Hybrid orbitals. Molecular orbitals. The metallic bond. Shapes of molecules and Lewis formulas. The VSEPR model. Solid state. Crystal structures. Ideal gases. Solutions and dispersions. Vapour pressures of pure liquids and solutions, Raoult law. Distillation. Colligative properties. Thermochemistry and thermodynamics. Chemical kinetics. Activation energy. The catalysts. Arrhenius, Brønsted and Lewis acids and bases. Strengths of acids and bases. Ion-product of water and pH. Electrochemistry. Electrolytes and electric conductivity. Free energy and electric work. Galvanic cells and reduction potentials. The Nernst equation. Batteries and electrolysis. Coordination compounds. Inorganic chemistry of some elements (C, H, N).
Stoichiometry: Matter and measurements. Avogadro's number. The mole. Atomic and molecular weight. Chemical formulas. Weight composition of a chemical compound and of a mixture of compounds. Molar and ponderal relations in a reaction. How to balance a chemical equation. Limiting reactant. Yield of a chemical reaction. Solutions and concentrations. Ideal gases and relative laws. Chemical equilibrium: equilibrium constants, the effect of concentration, pressure and temperature variations. Ionic equilibria in aqueous solution: strong and weak electrolytes; neutral, acidic and basic solutions; pH and pOH; acids and bases, hydrolysis, buffer solutions, multiple equilibria. Complexometry. Precipitation equilibria: solubility and solubility-product constant. Effect of the presence of a common ion, of the pH, and of complexation on precipitation equilibria.