General and inorganic chemistry

Course code: 1.2

Semester: 1^st

Category: Mandatory 

Course hours: 4 Th +2 L

ECTS units: 6

 

LEARNING OUTCOMES

After completion of the course the students must be able to:

• Understand and interpret simple chemical phenomena.
• Know some of the fundamentals chemical properties of characteristic chemical elements and their compounds, and their role in nature, everyday use and common industrial applications.
• Solve methodically simple Chemistry problems.
• Use safely the laboratory equipment to carry out simple experiments.

 

General Skills

• Search, analyze and synthesize data and information using the necessary technologies
• Autonomous work
• Teamwork
• Respect for the natural environment

 

COURSE CONTENT

Theoretical part

Α. General Chemistry:

1. Unit systems. Atomic structure. Periodical system of the elements.
2. Nomenclature of inorganic compounds.
3. Chemical reactions, chemical equations and stoichiometry.
4. Chemical bonds.
5. Molecular geometry.
6. Introduction to chemical thermodynamics.
7. Introduction to the states of matter.
8. Introduction to the ideal, non-ideal solutions and the colloidal systems.
9. Introduction to chemical kinetics.
10. Chemical equilibrium in acids, bases, salts and complex compounds.

Β.  Inorganic Chemistry (Chemistry of selected chemical elements and their compounds).

11. Groups 1, 2, 13 of the Periodic table. Properties of the elements Na, K, Mg, Ca, Ba, B, Al and their compounds.
12. Groups 14,15,16,17 of the Periodic table. Properties of the elements C, Si, Pb, N, P, As, O, S, F, Cl, Br, I and their compounds.
13. Groups 6, 7, 8, 8, 10, 11, 12 of the Periodic table. Properties of the elements Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Ag, Zn, Cd, Hg and their compounds.

 

Laboratory part

1.Labware – materials – reagents. Safety in the laboratory.

2.The analytical balance – Treatment of experimental measurements.

3.Density measurements.

4.Solutions: preparation and dilution of solutions from a concentrated and from solid substances.

5.Groups of chemical reactions – Stoichiometry of a reaction – Reactions of the Main Groups elements.

6.Solubility of the substances.

7.Phase separation – Drying of samples.

8.Colligative properties of solutions: molar mass determination of a substance from the freezing point depression of its solutions.

9.Chemical kinetics and balance – Le Chatelier’s principle.

10.Chemical equilbrium – pH measurement.

11.Buffer solutions.

12.Qualitative analysis of the Groups I, II, III cations.

13.Qualitative analysis of characteristic anions.

 

Suggested bibliography

1. In Greek

A1: Βιβλία από την πλατφόρμα ΕΥΔΟΞΟΣ:

• Σεχάντε A., Παπακωνσταντίνου Σ, Χατζηλαζάρου Α. (2022), «Εργαστηριακές Ασκήσεις Γενικής και Ανόργανης Χημείας», Κωδικός Βιβλίου στον Εύδοξο: 112704782.
• RobinsonJ.K. & al (2022) “Γενική χημεία”, Κωδικός Βιβλίου στον Εύδοξο: 112691121.
• BrownTh.L. κ.ά. (2015), “Χημεία: Η κεντρική επιστήμη”,Κωδικός Βιβλίου στον Εύδοξο: 50655974.
• EbbingD. & GammonSt.  (2014), “Σύγχρονη Γενική Χημεία”, Κωδικός Βιβλίου στον Εύδοξο: 41964283.

Α2: Αλλα βιβλία και βοηθήματα:

• Παπακωνσταντίνου Σ.Π. (2019), «Σημειώσεις Ανόργανης Χημείας» (αρχείο pdf διαθέσιμο δωρεάν στους φοιτητές του Τμήματος).
• Σπηλιόπουλος Ι. κ.ά. (2015) – “Χημεία – Στοιχεία γενικής, οργανικής και βιολογικής χημείας” (αρχείο pdf & epub διαθέσιμο δωρεάν από την πλατφόρμα: www.kallipos.gr).

Β. In english

Β1: Books:

• “Chemistry – Atoms First” – OpenSTAX, (free from chem.libretexts.org),
• “Chemistry for Changing Times” – Hill & McCreary,  (free from chem.libretexts.org),
• “General Chemistry”, Wikibook, free from  Wikipedia,
• Parsons P. & Dixon G. (2014), “The Periodic Table: A Field Guide to the Elements”, Quersus Publishing, ISBN: 9781780873275.
• Shugar G.J. & Ballinger J.T. (2011), “Chemical Technicians’ Ready Reference Handbook”, McGraw-Hill Co,  ISBN: 978-0071745925.

Β2: Others:

• “Periodic Table Explorer for Windows”, free application from: https://sourceforge.net/projects/periodic-table-explorer/.