GENERAL INORGANIC AND ORGANIC CHEMISTRY 2Module GENERAL AND INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Academic Year 2026/2027 - Teacher: SALVATORE PETRALIAExpected Learning Outcomes
The course aims to transfer to the student the basic knowledge of general chemistry. The student will be directed to study the atomic and molecular structure, the periodic properties of the elements, the chemical bonds, the chemical reactions, the properties of gases and solutions as well as the quantitative aspects of general chemistry.
Course Structure
Frontal lessons
Information for students with disabilities and/or DSA.
As a guarantee of equal opportunities and in compliance with current laws, interested students can ask for a personal interview in order to plan any compensatory and/or dispensatory measures, based on their specific needs and on teaching objectives of the discipline. It is also possible to ask the departmental contacts of CInAP (Center for Active and Participatory Inclusion- Services for Disabilities and/or DSAs), in the persons of professors Giovanna Tropea Garzia and Anna De Angelis.
Required Prerequisites
Knowledge of basic maths, physics and chemistry.
Attendance of Lessons
It is not mandatory but strongly recommended.Detailed Course Content
Composition and structure of matter: generalities, mixtures, chemical compounds, atoms, molecules and ions, molecular weight, atomic weight, concept of mole and Avogadro number; The structure of the atom: generalities, orbitals, ideal construction of atoms: Hund's principle of maximum multiplicity, the Aufbau rule, Pauli's exclusion principle, the periodic system of elements; The chemical bond: general information, valence bond theory, bond types: covalent bond (homeopolar, heteropolar), dative or coordination covalent bond, ionic bond, hydrogen bond, hints on molecular hybridization; Chemical reactions: generalities, oxidation number, formation of oxides, anhydrides, acids, bases and salts, nomenclature and balancing, redox and balancing reactions. Moles, equivalents and stoichiometry calculations. The gaseous state: pressure, volume, temperature. The laws of ideal gases (Boyle, Charles and Gay Lussac) and the gas equation of state. Avogadro's law; Solutions of electrolytes and non-electrolytes: generalities, passage in solution, concentrations: percentage composition, molality, molarity, normality. General information on colligative properties. Electrolytic dissociation; Chemical equilibrium: general information, chemical equilibrium law, equilibrium constant, factors that affect the chemical equilibrium; Ionic equilibria in solutions: generalities, acid and base according to Arrhenius, Bronsted and Lowy, strength of an acid and a base, ionic product of water, pH, pH indicators, hydrolysis, buffer systems, acid-base titrations; chemical kinetics; Inorganic chemistry of the main elements of the sp series.
Textbook Information
Title: Chimica Generale e Inorganica ISBN: 9788836232574 EDISES
Title: Stechiometria per la chimica generale. P. M. Lausarot, G. A. Vaglio. Piccin
Learning Assessment
Learning Assessment Procedures
The final exam consists of a written test based on all the topics of the program.
Examples of frequently asked questions and / or exercises
All teaching topics are possible exam questions (eg Nomenclature, Lewis structures of model
molecules: energy diagrams, molecular geometry according to VSEPR
and central atom hybridization, Stoichiometric calculations,
Colligative properties, Chemical equilibria, acid-base reactivity ,
Balancing redox reactions, The periodic table, Electronic configuration
of the elements, chemical bond, hybrid orbitals)