2024
Inorganic Chemistry II
Name: Inorganic Chemistry II
Code: QUI11969L
6 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours
Scientific Area:
Chemistry
Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese
Sustainable Development Goals
Learning Goals
In this curricular unit it is intended that the students acquire elementary fundamental knowledge on
inorganic solid state chemistry and of hydrolysis and condensation reactions of inorganic species.
At the end of the curricular unit the students should be able to: understand the representative structures
adopted by inorganic solids based on the factors that influence them; understand, structurally,
substitutional and interstitial solutions, and conditions for the occurrence of intermetallic compounds;
interpret X ray diffractograms in order to identify crystalline phases and determine lattice parameters;
relate the type of structure with solid properties; understand the implications of defects on the properties
alterations; understand the different types of mechanisms of hydrolysis and condensation of inorganic
species in solution; to know how to control the reaction conditions in order to obtain sols, gels and
ceramic materials with controlled properties.
inorganic solid state chemistry and of hydrolysis and condensation reactions of inorganic species.
At the end of the curricular unit the students should be able to: understand the representative structures
adopted by inorganic solids based on the factors that influence them; understand, structurally,
substitutional and interstitial solutions, and conditions for the occurrence of intermetallic compounds;
interpret X ray diffractograms in order to identify crystalline phases and determine lattice parameters;
relate the type of structure with solid properties; understand the implications of defects on the properties
alterations; understand the different types of mechanisms of hydrolysis and condensation of inorganic
species in solution; to know how to control the reaction conditions in order to obtain sols, gels and
ceramic materials with controlled properties.
Contents
Packing, unit cells and interstitial space in crystalline solids. Representative structures of inorganic solids.
Metallic alloys. Crystalline systems, Bravais lattices and Miller indexes. Characterisation by X ray
diffraction (powder method). Energetics of ionic solid formation. Band theory. Defects in crystals.
Mechanisms and kinetics of reactions in aqueous phase. Sol-gel process.
Metallic alloys. Crystalline systems, Bravais lattices and Miller indexes. Characterisation by X ray
diffraction (powder method). Energetics of ionic solid formation. Band theory. Defects in crystals.
Mechanisms and kinetics of reactions in aqueous phase. Sol-gel process.
Teaching Methods
The teaching is accomplished in theoretical classes, where the subjects are presented, supported by
models and interpretation of experimental data, and continuously encouraging the students to participate
through answers to questions put forward by teacher and students. During the semester the students are
provided with exercises which they should solve and deliver to the teachers.
Evaluation includes written examinations (mark T) and of elements of continuous evaluation (mark AC),
corresponding the final mark to 0.7T+0.3AC. The mark T is the average of the marks achieved in 2 written
testes, taking place in the middle and at the end of the semester, or one final exam. The continuous
evaluation component corresponds to the performance of the student in solving the exercises.
(Note: the curricular unit Advanced Laboratories of Chemistry II includes a group of practical classes
related with the contents of the present curricular unit).
models and interpretation of experimental data, and continuously encouraging the students to participate
through answers to questions put forward by teacher and students. During the semester the students are
provided with exercises which they should solve and deliver to the teachers.
Evaluation includes written examinations (mark T) and of elements of continuous evaluation (mark AC),
corresponding the final mark to 0.7T+0.3AC. The mark T is the average of the marks achieved in 2 written
testes, taking place in the middle and at the end of the semester, or one final exam. The continuous
evaluation component corresponds to the performance of the student in solving the exercises.
(Note: the curricular unit Advanced Laboratories of Chemistry II includes a group of practical classes
related with the contents of the present curricular unit).
