Chemistry

Code: QUI12208L

6 ECTS

Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours

Scientific Area: Chemistry

Teaching languages: Portuguese

Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese, English

Regime de Frequência: Presencial

Presentation

This is a general-scope UC that addresses fundamental concepts and principles of Chemistry, providing a solid training that allows good performance in multiple scientific and technological areas.

Sustainable Development Goals

Educação de qualidade - Assegurar a educação inclusiva, e equitativa e de qualidade, e promover oportunidades de aprendizagem ao longo da vida para todos.

Água potável e saneamento - Garantir disponibilidade e manejo sustentável da água e saneamento para todos.

Energias renováveis e acessíveis - Garantir acesso à energia barata, confiável, sustentável e renovável para todos.

Produção e consumo sustentáveis - Assegurar padrões de produção e de consumo sustentáveis.

Ação climática - Tomar medidas urgentes para combater a mudança climática e seus impactos (*).

Learning Goals

Students should be able to:
- Know and understand the concepts and principles of chemistry;
- Know and understand the importance of chemistry in society and the central role it plays in the interpretation and explanation of many phenomena in science and technology.

Students should develop competences in order to:
- Identify problems in chemistry;
- Interpret information specialist in chemistry;
- Apply knowledge of chemistry to solve practical problems in the scientific area of the course;
- Cooperate in group work.

The composition of matter.
Periodic Table of the Elements. Atomic structure.
The Chemical bond. Ionic bonding. Covalent bonding.
Intermolecular forces.
The properties of Solutions
Chemical thermodynamics
The first law of thermodynamics.
Enthalpy change of chemical transformations. Second law of thermodynamics. Entropy.
Third law of thermodynamics. Gibbs energy
Homogeneous chemical equilibrium
Chemical equilibrium in heterogeneous systems
Solubility equilibria. The formation and dissolution of precipitates.
Equilibria in solutions of Acids and bases
Properties of acids, bases end salts. Buffer solutions. Acid-base titrations
Oxidation-reduction reactions. Electrochemistry
Chemical kinetics

Teaching Methods

Teaching and learning is based on the individual work of the student, supported by the recommended reading and by the notes taken by the students during the contact hours and during individual research by the student himself.
The lectures are not purely expository but accompanied by the resolution of problems and interspersed with classes for the orientation of the learning process.
The practical classes are aimed at solving problems that materialize practical examples of what is taught in lectures.

Assessment

The student may choose between two assessment methods:

1 ? Continuous Assessment:
This includes two tests (T1 and T2) covering the material taught in the theoretical and theoretical-practical classes. The final grade (FG) is the arithmetic mean of the grades obtained in each test:
FG = 50% T1 + 50% T2.
Students pass if the FG is equal to or higher than 10.0 and both T1 and T2 are equal to or higher than 8.0.
Students who are absent from, withdraw from, or obtain a grade lower than 8.0 in the first test are automatically transferred to the Final Exam method.

2 ? Final Exam Assessment:
This consists of one written Exam (E) covering the material taught in the theoretical and theoretical-practical classes. The final grade (FG) is equal to the Exam grade.
Students pass if the FG is equal to or higher than 10.0.