COURSE CONTENT:
Structure of the many-electron atoms. Chemical periodicity. Chemical bonding. The solid state: structure, properties and bonding. Acids and bases. Hydrogen chemistry, synthesis, physical properties, uses, reactivity and compunds. Hydrogen bonding. Chlatrates. The group 1 (the alkali metals) and the group 2 (the alkaline earth metals). Occurence, extraction, uses. Stability of hydrides, oxides, halides and salts of the oxoacids. The group13 elements (occurence, extraction, uses). Boron. Halides, boranes, borides. Aluminium. Halides, complex hydrides. The group 14 elements (occurence, extraction, uses). Allotrophs of carbon (graphite, diamond, fullerenes, nanotubes). Catenation of carbon, multiple bonds. Oxides. Comparison of carbon and silicon chemistry. Silica, silicates, aluminosilicates. Halides and complex halides. The group 15 elements (occurence, extraction, uses). Nitrogem, phosphorus, Arsen - bonding consideration. Nitrides. Oxoacids. Phosphides. Phosphates, properties, structures, halides. The group 16 elemennts (occurence, extraction, uses). Oxygen, properties and synthesis, allotrophes, structure of dioxygen. Sulphur, allotrophs, polymorphism, catenation. Oxides and oxoacids, halides. Selected examples of selenium and tellurium compounds. The group 17 elements (occurence, extraction, uses). Halides, interhalogen compounds, polyhalides, pseudohalides, structures of interhalogen compounds. Oxoacids and their salts. Inert gases, properties, uses. Xenon fluorides, synthesis and structure (VSEPR method). Other compounds of xenon.
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
By the end of this course students will be able to:
explain the basic concepts in chemistry
- express the most important chemical laws and theories
- demonstrate competence and understanding of the structure of natural sciences knowledge
- describe and explain extraction methods of s- and p-block elements and synthesis of their compounds
- create motivated environment for active learning in order to enhance development of the pupils/students skills
- critical scale the arguments, presumptions, concepts, data and results of the scientific investigations
- use the professional literature and other relevant sources of information
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- G. L. Miessler, P. J. Fischer, D. A. Tarr, Inorganic Chemistry, Pearson, New York, 2014.
- C. E. Housecroft and A. G. Sharpe, Inorganic Chemistry, Pearson Prentice Hall, Harlow, 2012.
- I. Filipović, S. Lipanović, Opća i anorganska kemije, Školska knjiga, Zagreb, 1995.
- D. Grdenić, Molekule i kristali, Školska knjiga, Zagreb, 2005.
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