Course syllabus for Chemistry for engineers

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Course syllabus adopted 2023-02-08 by Head of Programme (or corresponding).

Overview

  • Swedish nameKemi för ingenjörer
  • CodeKTK112
  • Credits7.5 Credits
  • OwnerTKIEK
  • Education cycleFirst-cycle
  • Main field of studyChemical Engineering
  • DepartmentCHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
  • GradingTH - Pass with distinction (5), Pass with credit (4), Pass (3), Fail

Course round 1

  • Teaching language Swedish
  • Application code 51112
  • Block schedule
  • Open for exchange studentsNo
  • Only students with the course round in the programme overview.

Credit distribution

0118 Examination 6 c
Grading: TH		6 c
  • 29 Okt 2024 pm J
  • 07 Jan 2025 am J
  • 25 Aug 2025 pm J
0218 Examples class 1.5 c
Grading: UG		1.5 c

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Examiner

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Eligibility

General entry requirements for bachelor's level (first cycle)
Applicants enrolled in a programme at Chalmers where the course is included in the study programme are exempted from fulfilling the requirements above.

Specific entry requirements

The same as for the programme that owns the course.
Applicants enrolled in a programme at Chalmers where the course is included in the study programme are exempted from fulfilling the requirements above.

Aim

The aim is to provide you with the necessary basics for carrying on further chemistry studies and also to show the business potential in the area of chemistry by presenting a few examples on where chemists have been successful in start-ups emanating from innovations carried out e.g. in the chemistry building at Chalmers.

Learning outcomes (after completion of the course the student should be able to)

After the course, the student is expected to be able to,
  • Know how simple chemical experiments can be performed in the laboratory.
  • Describe different atom models. Understand atomic orbitals and quantum numbers; Understand the electronic structure in atoms.
  • Understand the nature of chemical bonding and electronegativity; Describe covalent bonding in diatomic molecules.
  • Describe covalent bonding in polyatomic molecules; Understand how to predict shape of polyatomic molecules.
  • Understand different bonding types in solids; Understand structural forms of solid elements and compounds; Understand the behavior of ideal gases and real gases; Account for mixing of gases.
  • Describe Brönsted and Lewis acids and bases; Understand the strength of acids and bases, and pH; Understand the function of buffer solutions.
  • Understand and be able to express the 1st law of thermodynamics; Understand and be able to give examples from everyday life where thermodynamics expresses itself in a relevant way; Understand the concept of enthalpy (for substances, for reactions, and as a function of T); Be able to explain and use the enthalpy of bonds¿; Understand and use Hess’s law; Understand the concept of heat capacity.
  • Be able to express, formally and with own words, the concept of entropy; Understand and be able to express the 2nd and 3rd laws of thermodynamics; Be able to move, through formal equations, between total, system and surroundings; Be able to solve problems about entropy changes as a function of temperature and entropy changes during reactions; Define and understand the concept of Gibbs free energy, in relation to entropy and enthalpy.
  • Understand the concept of ionic conductivity, and the difference between weak and strong electrolytes; Be able to explain, in image, chemical reaction and words, the Galvanic cell; Be able to use cell diagrams; Understand the concept of half-cells; Be able to solve electrochemical problems by use of standard reduction potentials; Understand and use the relation between electrochemical potential and Gibbs energy, and electrochemical potential and equilibrium.
  • Be able to estimate the equilibrium of a reaction through sign and size of ∆G; Be able to express K and Q, and understand the difference between them; Be able to express, and understand, the relation between ∆G and K; Understand and navigate through the Le Chatelier’s principles, and be able to predict the direction of a reaction.
  • Be able to define a phase; Be able to navigate through phase diagrams; Be able to explain the slope of the solid-to-liquid line; Understand the relation between Gibbs energy and phases; Be able to use the Clausius-Clapeyron equation; Understand the type and strength of different intermolecular forces.
  • Name organic compounds using IUPAC nomenclature; Recognize common abbreviations and names of chemical structures.
  • Be able to explain the main types of organic reaction mechanisms, and be able to identify SN1, SN2, E1 and E2 reactions; Be able to draw energy diagrams of reactions.
  • Know how simple organic chemistry experiments can be performed in the laboratory

Content

- structure and properties of atoms - structure and properties of molecules
- liquid and solid materials
- chemical kinetics
- thermodynamics, energy
- chemical equilibrium
- entropy and Gibbs energy
- Gases
- electrochemistry
- chemistry in materials and the role of chemistry in the challenges of the modern society
- important groups in the periodic table
- organic chemistry: molecular properties, design and synthesis.

Organisation

The course is a combination of lectures, exercises and obligatory laboratory exercises.

Literature

Selected chapters in Chemistry3, 4th edition Introducing Inorganic, Organic and Physical Chemistry, by Burrows, Holman, Lancaster, Overton, Parsons, Pilling and Price, Oxford University Press. ISBN: 978-0-19-882998-0 

Examination including compulsory elements

The course is finalised with a written exam, grade according to HT.

The course examiner may assess individual students in other ways than what is stated above if there are special reasons for doing so, for example if a student has a decision from Chalmers on educational support due to disability.

The course syllabus contains changes

  • Changes to course rounds:
    • 2024-08-23: Block Block D added by Calle Ekdahl schema
      [Course round 1]