ECTS credits ECTS credits: 6
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Hours of tutorials: 1 Expository Class: 28 Interactive Classroom: 22 Total: 51
Use languages Spanish, Galician
Type: Ordinary Degree Subject RD 1393/2007 - 822/2021
Departments: Inorganic Chemistry
Areas: Inorganic Chemistry
Center Higher Technical Engineering School
Call: Second Semester
Teaching: With teaching
Enrolment: Enrollable | 1st year (Yes)
This introductory subject is presented as a first contact with inorganic chemistry. It consists of 6 ECTS credits and is taught in the 2nd semester of the degree in Chemical Engineering.
The main objective is the study of the chemical elements and their most important compounds. In particular, the subject will focus on the study of hydrogen, alkaline and alkaline earth metals as well as the elements of the main groups (s and p) and the noble gases.
Specific Objectives:
-To explain and predict properties of related substances and their periodic trends.
-To understand the chemical processes involved in the preparation of elements and inorganic compounds of industrial interest.
-To understand the properties of related compounds through theoretical analysis of the experimental data.
-To describe the properties of the elements and compounds of industrial interest.
1. Periodic properties of the elements: the Periodic Table. Atomic radius. Ionisation energy. Electronic affinity Electronegativity Oxidation states Thermodynamics. Redox and acid-base reactions.
2. Production, properties and reactions of hydrogen: Hydrogen. The element and its isotopes. Dihydrogen: production and reactivity. Economy of hydrogen. General study of hydrides. Specific study of water; hydrogen bonding.
3. General characteristics of the most industrially relevant elements of the different groups of the periodic table.
3.1. Elements of group 1: General characteristics and reactivity of the elements of this group. Simple compounds of the alkali metals (halides, oxides, hydroxides, salts). Economy of lithium.
3.2. Group 2 elements: General characteristics of the elements of the group. Reactivity of alkali earth compounds. Uniqueness of beryllium. Simple compounds of the alkali earth metals (halides, oxides, hydroxides, salts). Hardness of water
3.3. Elements of group 13: General characteristics of the elements of the group. Study of boron: allotropic forms and obtaining the element. Hydrogenated combinations; diborane. Aluminium: production and properties.
3.4. Elements of group 14: General characteristics of the elements of the group. Study of carbon. Allotropy of carbon. Oxygen combinations: CO and CO2. Carbonates and hydrogen carbonates. Silicon: silicates.
3.5. Elements of group 15: General characteristics of the elements of the group. Study of dinitrogen: natural state and production. Ammonia: properties and production. Nitric acid and its properties. Phosphorus: natural state and extraction. Allotropy in phosphorus. Oxygen combinations.
3.6. Elements of group 16: General characteristics of the elements of the group. Study of dioxygen: bonding and reactivity. Trioxygen: structure and bonding. Oxides: classification and properties. Sulphur. Physical and chemical properties. Sulphur oxides. Sulphur oxoacids: sulphuric acid.
3.7. Group 17 elements: General characteristics of the elements of the group. Peculiar behaviour of fluorine. The normal states of the elements. Bonding in X2 molecules. Methods of preparation of the elements. Physical and chemical properties of the elements. Halides Hydrogen halides Oxoacids and oxosalts.
3.8. Group 18 elements: General characteristics of the elements of the group. Special properties of helium. Applications of the noble gases. The discovery of noble gas chemistry. The radon problem in Galicia.
4. Reactivity: Reactivity of hydrogen, alkalis, alkaline earth and the elements of groups 13-18 of the periodic table.
5. Inorganic compounds in industrial chemistry processes: Obtaining on an industrial scale the most relevant inorganic compounds of the hydrogen, alkaline and alkaline-alkaline-earth groups and the 13-18 groups of the periodic table.
Laboratory contents:
1. Potassium alum
2. Synthesis of sodium hydrogencarbonate.
3. Study of the redox properties of hydrogen peroxide and acid-base properties of sodium hydrogencarbonate.
4. Study of the reactivity of halogens and some of their compounds.
5.- Production of iron by an aluminothermic process
Development of the course activities.
There will be 39 sessions between expository sessions (28 h) and interactive sessions (6+1= 7 h), both seminars and tutorials, and an exam and its subsequent revision (4 h) [28 + 6 + 1 + 4 = 39 hours +. At the beginning of each subject, students will be given a presentation of the subject. In advance, the students will have the bulletin that will be worked on in each of the interactive sessions. Throughout the course, the final exam will be explained.
The laboratory willbe carried out in four sessions of four hours each (16 hours). In each session the student carries out one of the experiments, except for the last session, when two experiments will be carried out. Before experiments, students will be provided with the practical manual and the explanatory material for each one of them.
The student's personal work will be of 95 h to prepare the different activities of the course (56 h for the theoretical teaching, 24 h for the interactive teaching of seminars, 8 h for the interactive teaching of experiments, 3 h for the tutoring and 4 h for the exam and its revision).
Basic (reference manuals):
- HOUSECROFT, C.E., A.G. SHARPE, 2006. Química inorgánica [en liña]. 2ª edición. Madrid: Pearson Prentice Hall. ISBN 9788483225448
-PETRUCCI, R. H. et al., 2017. Química General: Principios y aplicaciones modernas, 11ª edición. Madrid: Pearson. ISBN: 978-84-9035-533-6
- QUIÑOA, E., R. RIGUERA, J.M., VILA. 2006. Nomenclatura y formulación de los compuestos inorgánicos. 2ª edición. Madrid: McGraw-Hill. ISBN 8448146255
- RAYNER-CANHAM, G., 2014. Descriptive Inorganic Chemistry. 6ª edición. New York: Freeman. ISBN 9781464125577
- LEE, J.D., 2009. Concise inorganic chemistry. 5ª edition. Oxford: Blackwell Science. ISBN 9780632052936
- SHRIVER, D.F., Peter W. ATKINS, 2008. Química Inorgánica. 4ª edición. México: McGraw-Hill, ISBN 9789701065310
The teaching staff will make available to the students the presentations of each of the ten topics of the subject as well as the scripts and explanations of the laboratory sessions through the Virtual Campus. These must be completed with the appropriate annotations of the contents explained during the lectures or the practical sessions.
Knowledge and contents
Con07: Knowledge of the fundamentals of materials science, technology and chemistry. Understanding the relationship between microstructure, synthesis or processing and the properties of materials.
Con14: Basic knowledge and application of environmental technologies and sustainability.
Con18: Knowledge of basic and technological subjects, enabling them to learn new methods and theories, and giving them the versatility to adapt to new situations.
Skills and abilities
H/D05: Ability to apply knowledge in practice.
Competences
Comp04: Ability to understand and apply the principles of basic knowledge of general chemistry, organic and inorganic chemistry and their applications in engineering.
The development of the program established in this subject will be carried out in the classroom, on the Virtual Campus (Moodle) and on the MS Teams platform, if necessary. The subject will have a virtual site available to students, in which calendars, instructions as well as all the necessary material for the development of the subject will be posted.
A) Large group lectures: Lessons taught with different possible formats (theory, problems and/or general examples, general guidelines on the subject…). The lecturer can rely on audiovisual media and computers. Usually, the lectures follow the literature contents in the Teaching Guide of the subject. Attending these lectures is not compulsory.
Expositive session’s competences: CG3, CG7, FB4.3, CT13.
B) Interactive small group lectures: theory and practice lectures issues related to theory, applications, exercises, problems, etc are proposed. (In these lectures, the student participates actively in various ways: he hands in exercises that have been given long in advance), solution of exercises in the classroom, etc. The lecturer may be supported by audiovisual media and computers, but in general, students will not handle them. It can include intermediate tests. These classes will usually follow the contents of the reference manual indicated in the bibliography.
Knowledge and contents: CON7, CON14, CON18
Skills and abilities: H7D05
Competences: COMP04
C) Practical laboratory classes: This includes practical lectures that take place in a laboratory. In these, students acquire the appropriate chemistry laboratory skills which consolidate the knowledge attained in the lectures. For these practices, the student will have a Practical Laboratory Guide, which includes general observations on the laboratory work and an outline of each of the experiments performed. The guide will consist of a brief presentation of the fundaments, methodology to follow, details on the calculations to be performed and results to be presented. The student will have to attend every laboratory session having previously carefully read the contents of this guide and the necessary calculations. Following an explanation by the lecturer, students will perform the experiments and calculations required to achieve the aims of the practical work, writing in their notebook the development, calculations and results of each experiment; they will hand in the results, which will be employed by students to solve a laboratory test. The teacher may ask the student to show the laboratory diary at any time. The completion of the practical sessions is compulsory. At the end of the laboratory, a test may be given to evaluate the students.
Knowledge and contents: CON7, CON14, CON18
Skills and competences: H7D05
Competences: COMP04
D) Tutorials in small groups: These will be 1 hour for each student. In these classes the students will have to present, discuss or comment on the activities previously proposed by the teacher. The activities will be carried out individually or in groups as indicated. Participation in the tutorials will be assessed.
Knowledge and contents: CON7, CON14, CON18
Skills and abilities: H7D05
Competences: COMP04
The assessment of the subject will be carried out as follows: continuous assessment and a final exam.
Final exam: 70%.
Continuous assessment: 30%.
Continuous assessment is divided into the following activities:
Practical work: 15%.
Deliveries, tests and tutorial sessions: 5%.
Work: 10%
1. The assessment will be based mainly on a final written exam common to all students. The final exam may require a minimum score in the content blocks in order to pass the subject. In any case, in order to average with the continuous assessment mark, and to be able to pass the subject, the exam mark cannot be less than 4 out of 10. The final exam of the subject will be in person. Those students who do not take the final exam will be recorded as "no-shows" as long as they have not participated in continuous assessment activities, in which case the final mark will be that of the continuous assessment.
2. Continuous assessment will be carried out by means of laboratory sessions, the submission of exercises or tests during interactive classes and tutorials, and the completion of a paper on a topic related to the subject.
3. Attendance at all laboratory practical classes is mandatory. To pass the subject, students must achieve a passing grade in the laboratory sessions. Missed laboratory sessions will be made up, to the extent possible, in agreement with the faculty and within the scheduled timetable for the subject. Absences or group changes must be duly justified. If the sessions cannot be carried out during the time reserved for the subject, students will carry out the stipulated substitute activities. A laboratory notebook will be required and will be used to complete the final laboratory assessment test. For the assessment of laboratory sessions, the following items may be taken into account: organization and neatness in the laboratory and execution of the experiments (10%), final laboratory assessment test (5%).
4. Attendance at seminar and tutorial classes is mandatory to be qualify for continuous assessment. Attendance at least 83% of these classes is required to be assessed. For this purpose, attendance checks will be conducted in seminars and tutorials. Prior to the exam, a list of students who meet this requirement will be published.
In interactive seminar and tutorial sessions, active participation in the classroom to solve the proposed exercises, submitting exercises, or completing short tests will be assessed.
5. Students must complete a project on a current topic related to the subject. This activity will be presented at the beginning of the course during the course presentation session. It can be completed individually or in groups. This project will be assessed on thematic innovation, cross-curricular relevance, presentation in accordance with the stipulated conditions, and writing. This project will be assessed as part of continuous assessment and will contribute 10% of the course grade.
a) The final exam scheduled at the end of the semester will assess the learning of the content and the ability to solve problems individually.
Knowledge and contents: CON7, CON14, CON18
Skills and abilities: H7D05
Competences: COMP04
b) In the work carried out during the seminar and in the laboratory sessions, the ability to solve problems individually or in groups and the ability to carry out laboratory tasks will be assessed. The seminar sessions will involve participation to solve exercises, handing in exercises or paper tests. The Virtual Campus will be used for the delivery of the proposed work. At the end of the laboratory sessions there will be a test to assess the degree of achievement of the same. In the work done during the seminar sessions and in the laboratory sessions, the ability to solve problems individually or in groups and the ability to carry out laboratory tasks will be assessed.
Knowledge and contents: CON7, CON14, CON18
Skills and abilities: H7D05
Competences: COMP04
c) In the tutorial sessions, the students will be assessed about their analytical and synthesis skills. Their ability to independently learn specific questions proposed by the teacher will be tested.
Knowledge and content: CON7, CON14, CON18
Skills and abilities: H7D05
Competences: COMP04
In order to pass the course, a minimum of 50% of the overall grade must be obtained. In order to obtain a final mark as a weighted average of the different sections, a minimum mark of 40% must be obtained in the final exam.
The teaching staff will analyse with those students who do not successfully pass the evaluation process, and so require, all the details found in the learning of the contents of the subject. These students will be given a second chance. The evaluation of this recovery will be done in the same way as in the first opportunity, that is to say: a new global exam of the subject will be carried out, which will contribute 70% to the recovery grade, while the grades corresponding to the continuous evaluation obtained throughout the course will contribute 30% (laboratory practices, 15%, interactive classes, tutorials 5% and delivery of the proposed work 10%).
Distribution of training activity in hours and ECTS credits.
ACTIVITY HOURS OF ATTENDANCE (HP), HOURS OF STUDENT WORK (HTA)
Theoretical teaching: 28 HP+ 56 HTA
Interactive teaching seminars: 6 HP + 24 HTA
Interactive teaching laboratory: 16 HP + 8 HTA
Small group tutorials: 1 HP + 3 HTA
Examination and revision: 4 +4 HTA
Subtotal 55 HP + 95 HTA
Total : 150 H, 6 ECTS
It is recommended that the student has a scientific-technological profile. It is also important to be familiar with subjects like Physics and Mathematics. Knowledge of english language is a very useful tool to access more resources: web pages for specific content or related topics, books, scientific articles, etc.
In particular, is recommended that the student is familiar with basis chemistry topics as chemical equilibrium, acid-base chemistry and redox chemistry. Also:
a) It is important to attend the lectures.
b) It is important to read the refence manual as a first contact with the subject.
c) Once a chapter has been read in the reference manual, it is useful to summarize the important aspects, identifying fundamental points and the basic relationships that must be remembered, and making sure to know both its meaning and the conditions under which they may be applied.
d) It is important to solve all the proposed activities before attending the seminars and tutorials.
e) Preparing the practical work is essential for the laboratory sessions. First, the important theoretical concepts of each experiment should be reviewed and then you should carefully read the outline of the practice and its explanations, trying to understand the objectives and the development of the proposed experiment. Any doubts that arise must be discussed with the lecturer.
The lectures will be given in galician language.
Use the Learning Management System (LMS) will be made to provide students presentations and problem sets for each topic.
Admission and term of the students enrolled in the teaching laboratory requires the knowledge and the fulfilling of the norms included in the Protocol of basic training in security matter for experimental spaces published by the ETSE and available in the security section of the website, that can be accessed as follow:
1. Go to the intranet.
2. Go to Documentación/Seguridade/Formación.
3. Press in "Protocolo de formación básica en materia de seguridad para espacios experimentales.
Rosa Maria Pedrido Castiñeiras
Coordinador/a- Department
- Inorganic Chemistry
- Area
- Inorganic Chemistry
- Phone
- 881814245
- Category
- Professor: University Lecturer
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