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Course information

Title: General and Inorganic Chemistry
Course number: 3512.24
Academic year: 2024-2025
ECTS: 7.50
Level: Bachelor
Faculties: Science and Tecnology
Educations: BSc in Biology, BSc in Molecular Life Sciences
Prerequisites: High school B-level in mathematics, physics and chemistry or equivalent
Language of instruction: The course is taught in Faroese.
Registration: Students on the 2nd semester of B.Sc. in Biology and B.Sc. in Molecular Life Sciences are automatically enrolled. Applicants for an individual course must apply via the Student Affairs Office.
Beginning date: Tuesday, January 14, 2025
End date: Friday, March 7, 2025

Academic content

Purpose: To introduce the principles of chemistry and the applications of chemistry in environmental and biological matters.
Learning outcomes: Having passed the course, the student is able to: • Describe the Periodic System and periodic variations in properties. • Describe the structure of atoms and molecules. • Understand the ideal gas Law and define partial pressure. • Apply fundamental thermodynamics, i.e. enthalpy, entropy, and free energy, to chemical reactions • Predict stoichiometry and balance reactions. • Describe and differentiate between various types of chemical bonds. • Calculate reaction orders, activation energies and the effect of catalysis. • Write the equilibrium constant and describe the content at chemical equilibrium. • Calculate pH in solutions of strong and weak acids and bases and puffers. • Calculate oxidation states and balance redox reactions. • Describe the chemistry of coordination compounds • Show dexterity in the laboratory, carryout analysis and dissemination of results
Content: • Stoichiometry • Gas laws. • Elementary thermodynamics. • Periodic table. Electronic configurations of atoms • Equilibria and kinetics. • Electrochemistry. • Acids and Bases. • Bonding theories. • Colligative properties. • Chemical bonding. • Descriptive inorganic chemistry.
Learning and teaching approaches: Lectures, theoretical exercises, laboratory exercises, group work and presentation

Assessment

Assessment method: To be allowed to sit the written examination: • Compulsory coursework must be handed in on time and pass 5 out of 7 assignments • Laboratory exercises passed A four-hour written examination. All auxiliary materials are allowed, e.g., textbooks, papers, notes, but no internet access. Re-exam: Previously approved submissions are valid
Examination (internal/external): External
Grading scale: 7-scale
Exam date/dates: The written exam is set for week 11, 2025. The reexam is set for week 23, 2025.
Deadline for withdrawal from exam: Tuesday, January 14, 2025

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