CHEM1201 General Chemistry

2019

4.5

Semester
3 x 50-minute lectures weekly
1 x 50-minute tutorial weekly
6 x 3-hour laboratories per semester
1 X 60-minute on-line exercises weekly

NS Version is:
10 x 50-minute lectures weekly
4 x 50-minute turorials weekly
2 x 3-hour laboratories weekly
4 x 60-minute on-line exercises weekly

1 of CHEM1010, CHEM1101 has been successfully completed

Examinations, Laboratory Work, Weekly Online Quizzes, Workshops, Mid-Semester Test, Basic Maths Competency Test (Semester 1 only), Key Competency Test

Note: This topic has been designed specifically for students who have not studied chemistry beyond elementary levels at secondary school or who have not studied Chemistry at stage 2 SACE level in recent years. It may not be taken for credit by students who have already passed CHEM1101 and/or CHEM1102.

The subject matter in the topic has been chosen and organised to provide students with a background of chemical knowledge. It will be of special value to students who are insufficiently prepared in chemistry to enter CHEM1101 and who intend to proceed to a degree in chemistry, another area of science or social science.

Successful completion of this topic together with CHEM1101 and CHEM1102 provides a one year pathway to second year programs in chemistry.

The topic deals with classification of matter, chemical symbols, formulae and equations, laws of chemical combination, atomic and molecular structure, bonding, relationships between bond type and physcial properties, intermolecular forces, acids and bases, molarity, gas laws, liquids and their vapour pressures, elementary kinetics and thermodynamics.

The aim of this topic is to provide students with a little or no chemistry background enough information to be able to continue studies in chemistry and to assist in other topics offered within the university.

At the completion of this topic, students are expected to be able to:

1. Appreciate how chemists classify and name matter and be able to do this in simple situations
2. Appreciate the concept of a chemical reaction
3. Describe a simple reaction by means of an equation
4. Use equations to determine the quantities of reactants and products needed or produced in a chemical reaction
5. Understand the concepts of ionic, covalent and metallic bonding
6. Understand the concept of intermolecular force and use it to predict relative molecular properties such as melting point, boiling point and vapour pressure
7. Predict the outcome of acid-base and precipitation reactions
8. Understand the concepts of enthalpy and entropy and perform simple calculations
9. Know the ideal gas equation and be able to apply it
10. Understand the factors that affect the rate of a reaction
11. Work in a laboratory with due regard for the occupational health and safety of themselves and others in the laboratory and of those in the community at large