Chemistry
Presentation
Sustainable Development Goals
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.
Contents
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.
Recommended Reading
Atkins, P. W. & Beran, J. A., General Chemistry, 2ª Ed., W. H. Scientific American Books, Nova Iorque, 1992.
Atkins, P. & Jones, L., Chemical Principles: The Quest for Insight, W. H. Freeman and Company, Nova Iorque, 1999.
Atkins, P. W. & Jones, L., Chemistry: molecules, matter, and change, 3ª Ed., W. H. Freeman and Company, Nova Iorque, 1997.
Chang, R., Chemistry,. 8ª Ed., McGraw-Hill, Nova Iorque, 2005.
Chang, R. & Goldsby, K., Química, 11ª Ed., McGraw-Hill, Lisboa, 2013.
Huheey, J. E., Inorganic Chemistry: principles of structure and reactivity, 2ª Ed., Harper International Edition, Nova Iorque, 1978.
Reger, D., Goode, S. e Mercer, E., Química: Princípios e Aplicações, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisboa, 1997.
Teaching Staff
