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303095 (v.1) WASM Chemistry 151
Area: | WASM Minerals Engineering and Extractive Metallurgy Teaching Area |
Contact Hours: | 5.0 |
Credits: | 25.0 |
Lecture: | 1 x 3 Hours Weekly |
Tutorial: | 1 x 0.5 Hours Weekly |
Practical: | 1 x 1.5 Hours Weekly |
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. |
Availability
Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | 2003 | 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. |
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