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2005 - 2006 / Course descriptions / MK102102 General Chemistry  

MK102102 General Chemistry

Course Code
MK102102

Course Name
General Chemistry

Credits
15.00

Target Audience
1. Year basic level chemistry, 1. Year bioengineer, 1. year Bachelor students of Marine Sciense

Prerequisites

Minimum university college entrance requirements for the study

Objectives

To provide an understanding for basic chemical principles and
Techniques to give a foundation for further studies in chemistry related
Subjects. The included laboratory course enlights chemical principles.
The students are trained in practical laboratory techniques and
Experiments, mainly in connection with quantitative analysis and
chemical principles.

Topics
  • atoms and molecules
  • chemical reactions
  • molecule geometry and chemical bonds
  • the periodic system
  • solutions
  • gases, liquids and solids
  • chemical kinetics
  • chemical equilibrium
  • acid-base equilibria
  • thermochemistry
  • chemical thermodynamics
  • electrochemistry
  • nuclear chemistry
Instruction

Lectures, individual exercises and laboratory course, ca. 60 hrs.

Mandatory Assignments

Approved laboratory reports and 80 % of individual exercises are mandatory for admission to the exam

Evaluation

A 3-hour written exam at the end of first semester, counts 40 % of the totale grade. A 4-hour written final exam at the end of second semester, counts 60 % of the totale grade. Both elements of the total grade must be passed

Grades
Letter grades A-F.

Revised date
13/04/2005

Revised by
Robert Wolff