Entry requirements

Chemical Principles I/Basic chemistry 10 credits, Single variable calculus 10 credits. Physics for chemist 5 credits is recommended.

Learning outcomes

On completion of the course, the student should be able to:

• explain various types of transport processes in solution with use of relevant concepts and carry out calculations of equivalent properties
• describe the properties of surface active subjects and account for the driving force for self associated systems and apply relative relations for system with surface active molecules to calculate molecular parameters
• apply basic concepts within reaction kinetics and catalysis also for reactions et al mechanism stages
• discuss experimental methods to decide reaction rate
• account for basic photochemical reactions
• carry out and document laboratory work in a correct way and oral/account for the results of the laboratory session in writing
• give examples how the course contents is relevant to man and the environment

Content

<em>Transport processes</em>: conductivity in electrolytes, diffusion, viscosity, sedimentation and centrifugation <em>Surface chemistry and intermolecular forces</em>: wetting, surface tension, Laplace pressure, Kelvin's equation, amphiphilic molecules, surface films, surface excesses, the self aggregation, the Born energy <em>Kinetics</em>: reaction rate, the reaction order, reaction mechanisms, relaxation methods, steady-state approximation, activation energy, activated complex, photochemical reactions, the quantum yield, basic catalysis.

Instruction

Lectures, teaching sessions, laboratory sessions.

Assessment

Written or oral test at the end of the course (3 HE credits). A passing grade furthermore requires passed laboratory sessions (2 HE credits). The final grades correspond to a weighted average of the results from the theoretical test and the laboratory work.

Other directives

Can not be included in higher education qualification together with Chemical Principles II.