Modulecode
ModuleTitle
SC-1211
FundamentalsofInorganicChemistry
Degree/Diploma
TypeofModule
ModularCredits
BachelorofScience(Chemistry)
MajorCore
4
TotalstudentWorkload
8hours/week
Contacthours
4hours/week
None
TG-1202FundamentalsofInorganicChemistryforEngineers
Prerequisite
Anti-requisite
Aims
Thismoduleprovidesanintroductiontothechemistryoftherepresentativeelements.The
propertiesoftheelementsandtheircompoundswillbeunderpinnedbyatheoreticalframework
basedoncurrentmodelsofbonding.Laboratoryskillsincludingsynthesisofmetalcomplexesand
hands-oninstrumentationwillbelearntinpracticalclasses.
LearningOutcomes
Onsuccessfulcompletionofthismodule,astudentwillbeexpectedtobeableto:
Lowerorder: 30% -understandthefundamentalconceptsandtheoreticalprinciplesofinorganic
chemistryindetail
Middleorder:60% -explaintheatomicstructurebasedonquantummechanicsandexplainthe
periodicpropertiesofatoms
-explainthestructureandbondinginsolidsandmolecules
-predictthestructuresofioniccompounds
Higherorder: 10% -conductchemicalexperiments,analyseandinterpretresults
-demonstrateefficiencyintheuseofappropriateinstrumentationfor
chemicalanalysis
-workeffectivelyindiverseteaminbothclassroomandlaboratory
ModuleContents
-Atomicstructure:wavemechanicsandquantumtheory
-Chemistryofthealkaliandalkalineearthmetals
-PeriodicTable,periodicpropertiesandperiodictrends
-Covalentbondtheory,LinearCombinationofAtomicorbitals,Valencebondtheory
-Lewisstructures,ValenceShellElectronPairRepulsionTheory
-Constructionofmolecularorbitalsofthediatomicmoleculesofthesecondperiod
-Molecularorbitaltheoryforhomo-nuclearandhetero-nucleardiatomicmolecules,magnetic
properties,bondorder,bondlengthandstrength,electronegativity
-SolidstatechemistryofAB,AB2andAB3ionicsolids,:studyofrocksalt,fluorite,zincblende,
wurtzite,rutileandlayerstructures
-studyofpackingofspheres,applicationsofpackingofspheres,sizeofionsandlatticeenergy
-intermolecularforces:hydrogenbonding,metallicbondingandVanderWaalsforces
Assessment Formative
Tutorialandfeedback
assessment
Summative
Examination:60%
assessment
Coursework:40%
-2practicalreports(20%)
-2classtests(20%)