303095 (v.1) WASM Chemistry 151


Area:

WASM Minerals Engineering and Extractive Metallurgy Teaching Area

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

5.0
 
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
 

Lecture:

1 x 3 Hours Weekly

Tutorial:

1 x 0.5 Hours Weekly

Practical:

1 x 1.5 Hours Weekly
 

Syllabus:

Atomic structure and the periodic table. Chemical bonding - ionic, metallic and covalent bonding - polarity and intermolecular forces. Chemical equilibria - ionic, acid-base and complex equilibria. Acids and bases - polyprotic acids and titration curves. Covalency and molecular stereochemistry, Lewis structures, hybridisation and resonance. Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion (VSEPR) theory. Oxidation and reduction, electrochemical cells, reduction potentials, the Nernst equation. Introductory organic chemistry - hydrocarbons, functional groups, isomerism, organic reactions and polymers.
 
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
 

Field of Education:

30303 Mining Engineering

HECS Band (if applicable):

2

Extent to which this unit or thesis
utilises online information:

Informational

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Area External Central External
2004 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y    
Area
External
refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research.
Central
External
refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area