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 .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 theory. Oxidation and reduction, electrochemical cells, reduction potentials and 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:	030303 Mining Engineering
SOLT (Online) Definitions*:	Informational *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type:	Grade/Mark

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