Informačný list predmetu (Course description)

Vysoká škola (University): Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave (Comenius University in Bratislava)	
Fakulta (Faculty): Prírodovedecká fakulta UK v Bratislave (Faculty of Natural Sciences)	
Kód predmetu (Code): 	Názov predmetu (Course):
General and Inorganic Chemistry	
Fakulta (Faculty):a 2-hour lecture, a 2-hour seminar, a 2-hour lab practical per week, full-time study	
Počet kreditov (Number of credits earned): 7	
Odporúčaný semester/trimester štúdia (Recommended semester): 1st	
Fakulta (Faculty)): 1st (Bachelor)	
Podmieňujúce predmety (Prerequisite courses): none	
Podmienky na absolvovanie predmetu (Grading policy):
Grades will be based on  a final oral examination (contributing 100%). The course has a standardized grading system which is identified below:
A (91–100%): Outstanding, excellent work (exceptional performance with strong evidence of original thinking and obvious capacity to analyse, synthesize and evaluate. B (81–90 %): Good, competent work; laudable performance with evidence of some original thinking, good problem-solving ability, exhibiting a serious, responsible engagement with the course content. C (73–80%): Adequate, reasonably satisfactory work; fair performance but infrequent evidence of original thinking or the capacity to analyse, satisfies the minimum requirements of the course. D (66–72%): Less acceptable work; relatively weak performance with little evidence of original thinking or ability to analyse or synthesize course material.  E (60–65%): Minimally acceptable work; very weak performance with little evidence of original thinking, showing an inadequate grasp of some basic elements of the course. Fx (under 60%): Inadequate work; poor performance that indicates a lack of understanding or misunderstanding of essential subject matter.	
Výsledky vzdelávania (Course objectives): 
This class will cover the fundamental concepts of general and inorganic chemistry at the basic undergraduate level. The  main objective of the course is to prepare students to understand chemistry principles and chemistry of inorganic compounds, particularly in areas covered by the topics listed below requested  by the environmental studies. Lab practicals   will be aimed  at basic laboratory operation in chemistry.	
Stručná osnova predmetu (Syllabus):
1. Teaching Methods: Class will consist primarily of lectures and problem solving. All portion of the chapter covered will be included in  examinations. During discussion sessions we will deliver a bit deeper into basic inorganic chemistry topics. All students are required to attend and participate in all discussions.
Topics: Introduction to Inorganic Chemistry; Atomic Structure & Periodic Properties of the Elements, Symmetry, Radioactivity; Molecular orbitals: general principles. Homonuclear diatomic molecules. Heteronuclear diatomic molecules. Larger molecules; Frontier orbitals and acid-base behaviour. Hydrogen bonding.  / Donor-Acceptor Chemistry
Structure and Bonding in Solids; Phases of mater, transforming into other phases as conditions change to favour existence of the other form. Crystal structure of solids.  Homogeneous and heterogeneous dispersed system. Chemical composition of aqueous solutions, solubility of substances.
Introduction to Thermodynamics: work, temperature, systems, 1st Law, heat, state and path functions. Implications of 1st Law: enthalpy, calorimetry, Hess’s Law. Entropy: direction of spontaneous change, disorder, 2nd Law, statistical view of entropy. Development of idea of free energy from entropy, application to physical equilibria. Chemical equilibria, molar free energy, chemical potential, dependence upon concentration, activity, ln Keq = -_G/RT, temperature dependence. Colligative properties. Acids and Bases, pH, buffer action, pK,  Catalysis
Electrochemistry and Redox Reactions: Half-reactions, oxidation/reduction potential, electrochemical cell, reversibility, reference electrodes, Nernst Equation, chemical potential from Nernst equation, electrolysis, reductions, oxidations.;
Main Groups Chemistry: Trends in the chemistry of halides, hydrides and oxides, Trends in the hydrides, halides and oxides, Group 1, 2, 3, 13, 14, 15, 16, & 17;
Chemistry of d-block elements. Electronic configuration, oxidation states, trends in their atomic/ionic size and Ionization energy. Coordination Chemistry: Werner’s Theory, Chelate complexes, IUPAC nomenclature of complexes;
Chemistry of actinides and lanthanides.
Primary inorganic raw materials, chemical compounds interested for industry and their production.
Basic calculations in chemistry: stoichiometric coefficients, material balance, reaction yield, preparation of solutions.
Lectures will be supplemented by discussion seminars and practical exercises that cover most of the basic principles of inorganic chemistry. Lab practicals  will also include test questions from related lectures.
2. Lab practicals: laboratory safety, laboratory equipment and techniques; measurements (mass, volume, temperature, pH); laboratory operations: preparation of solutions, dilution, crystallization, distillation, extraction, drying, evaporation; chemical reactions: effect of factors (concentration, temperature, catalyst), equilibrium, titration	
Odporúčaná literatúra (Suggested readings): 
Compulsory:
Meissler and Tarr, “Inorganic Chemistry,” Fourth Edition, Prentice Hall 2011 
Recommended: 
Shriver and Atkins, “Inorganic Chemistry” 2004
P.A.Cox Inorganic Chemistry ,Second Edition ,New College, Oxford, UK.
Additional Resources:
Cotton and Wilkinson “Advanced Inorganic Chemistry,” Wiley
and Sons Any General Chemistry	
Jazyk, ktorého znalosť je potrebná na absolvovanie predmetu (The course is held in): 
English	
Poznámky (Other course information): none	
Hodnotenie predmetov (Grading history):
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Vyučujúci (Professor): Michal Galamboš, Silvia Dulanská, Dušan Galanda, Ľubomír Mátel, Oľga Rosskopfová, 	
Dátum poslednej zmeny (Last updated): February 2015	
Schválil (Approved by): Peter Fedor, Daniel Pivko, Ján Buček