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 though the use of relevant concepts and carry out calculations of corresponding properties
• relate intermolecular forces to the properties of liquids in the bulk and at interfaces, as well as describe the properties of surface active substances and discuss driving forces and properties in self-associating systems as well as carry out calculations of corresponding properties.
• apply basic concepts within reaction kinetics and catalysis also for reactions et al mechanism stages and discuss and analyse experimental methods to decide reaction rate
• 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

Transport processes: conductivity in electrolytes, diffusion, viscosity, sedimentation and centrifugation Surface chemistry and intermolecular forces wetting, surface tension, Laplace pressure, amphiphilic molecules, surface films, surface excesses, the self aggregation, the Born energy Kinetics reaction rate, the reaction order, reaction mechanisms, relaxation methods, steady-state approximation, activation energy, activated complex, basic catalysis.

Instruction

Lectures, tutorials, laboratory sessions.

Assessment

Written test at the end of the course (3 credits). A pass grade in the laboratory sessions (2 credits) is also required to pass the course. 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.