Unit ELEMENTS OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND CHEMISTRY LABORATORY

Course
Chemistry
Study-unit Code
A001482
Curriculum
In all curricula
Teacher
Cristiano Zuccaccia
Teachers
  • Cristiano Zuccaccia
Hours
  • 52 ore - Cristiano Zuccaccia
CFU
6
Course Regulation
Coorte 2022
Offered
2022/23
Learning activities
Caratterizzante
Area
Discipline chimiche inorganiche e chimico-fisiche
Academic discipline
CHIM/03
Type of study-unit
Obbligatorio (Required)
Type of learning activities
Attività formativa monodisciplinare
Language of instruction
Italian
Contents
The chemistry of the elements of the periodic table. Structure and reactivity of inorganic compounds of the elements of the main groups. Experimental methodologies in the chemical laboratory: introduction to safety procedures, correct use of instruments and laboratory glassware, practical applications.
Reference texts
Please consult the teacher
Educational objectives
The Course of Elements of Inorganic Chemistry and Laboratory of Chemistry has a dual purpose. One part of the course aims to provide the student with a description of the chemical behavior of the elements and their compounds, following an approach based on periodic properties, to complete and deepen some of the topics covered in the course of General and Inorganic Chemistry. Another part of the course aims, through laboratory activities, to introduce the student to the practical and experimental aspects of chemistry, stimulating the critical sense both with respect to the design of an experiment and with respect to the evaluation of the results. The topics introduced in the laboratory part are propaedeutic to the course of Analytical Chemistry.

The knowledge of the main structure / property relationships will allow the student to understand more deeply the nature of the matter and its chemical and chemical-physical behavior. The laboratory activities will allow the student to translate into practice some aspects of the stoichiometric calculation and to become familiar with instruments, equipment, chemicals and glassware that are typically used present in a chemical laboratory. The student will be able to improve his skills and autonomy in planning and conducting a chemical experiment. Finally, compiling of the laboratory notebook will allow the student to increases its ability to describe in a written form the lab activities, to integrate them with the theoretical concepts, and to to acquire and use a correct technical-scientific language.
Prerequisites
Knowledge of the contents presented in the General and Inorganic Chemistry.
Teaching methods
The course includes both theoretical lectures in the classroom and experimental laboratory activities.
Other information
In each of the exam periods planned according to the calendar of teaching activities, at least a couple of dates are scheduled for the exam. Students are required to register for the exam following the University procedure. In case of problems and difficulties students are invited to contact the teachers. The student can participate in all the required exam tests.
Learning verification modality
Only students who have attended the lab and submitted the relevant reports by the deadline set by the lecturer will be eligible for the examination.

The exam consists of an oral interview and an evaluation of the performance of laboratory activities, including the evaluation of the laboratory book. The exam is designed to verify the acquired knowledge and the ability of the student to re-elaborate the contents proposed during the course in a correct form. At the request of the students it will be possible to provide a written test to be held before the oral exam.

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Extended program
Descriptive inorganic chemistry. Periodic trends and charge density. Periodic trends and chemical bonds. Periodic trends and chemical-physical properties. Properties and reactivity of main group elements and their compounds.

The chemical laboratory: basic tools and main safety rules. Introduction to chemical analysis by gravimetric and volumetric methods. Mass and volume measurements. Correct use and calibration of common laboratory instruments: technical balace, analytical balance, pipettes, burettes, columetric flasks, etc. Practical activities: preparation of solutions with known concentration by weighing and dilutiion; determination of the chemical formula; quantitative determinations using gravimetric methods; chemical equilibrium in solution; acid-base titrations.
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