Course Description

• Stoichiometry, gases and chemical equilibria
• Atomic structure, chemical bonds and intermolecular forces
• Lewis-notation and VSEPR-theory
• Acids and bases, buffer solutions, titrations and solubility
• Thermochemistry
• Electrochemistry
• Phase diagrams, solutions and colligative properties
• Reactions rate
• Hydrocarbons, alcohols, ethers, phenols, amines, aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids, esters
• Organic reaction types, isomerism
• Nutrients: carbohydrates, lipids and proteins
• Enzymes
• Degradation of glucose
• Nucleic acids and protein synthesis
• Radioactive radiation: absorption and range, half time, fission and fusion
• A laboratory course that contains exercises of general chemical types and analysis of substances from nature and daily life.

Assessment Methods

In the laboratory course the students shall write reports from the practical exercises. These reports must be approved before the last exam.

The grade consists of: written exam, 4 hours (35%), written exam, 4 hours (35%) and written exam, 3 hours (30%). The marks are given from A to F.

Minor adjustments may occur during the academic year, subject to the decision of the Dean