Course: Fundamentals of Inorganic Chemistry

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Course title Fundamentals of Inorganic Chemistry
Course code KCH/ZACH
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 1
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Sirotek Vladimír, PaedDr. CSc.
  • Sedláček Pavel, MUDr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Nomenclature og inorganic compounds. 2. Chemical reactions and their notation. 3. Periodic system. Periodicity of elements properties and their compounds. 4. The structure of crystalline matters. Stereochemistry of inorganic compounds. 5. Hydrogen and hydrides. Oxygen, oxides. Water. 6. Characteristics of s-elements. 7. Characteristics of p-elements. Inert gases. Halogens. 8. Chalcogens. Nitrogen and its homologues. 9. Carbon and its homologues. Boron group. 10. Chemistry of transition elements and their compounds.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Interactive lecture
  • Contact hours - 20 hours per semester
  • Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40) - 10 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
Basic skills related to the nomenclature of simple inorganic compounds and registration of chemical reactions by equations. Basic knowledge of construction materials and chemical processes.
learning outcomes
Students know the basic knowledge in periodicity of chemical and physical elements (and thei compounds) properties, nomenclature of inorganic compounds, framework and system of inorganic matters. Students apply the basic theoretical knowledge to practice.
teaching methods
Interactive lecture
assessment methods
Test
Recommended literature
  • Učebnice obecné a anorganické chemie pro gymnázia.
  • Brown G. I. Úvod do anorganické chemie. SNTL Praha, 1982.
  • Pavelka V., Schűtz A. Anorganická chemie. SPN Praha, 1979.
  • Sirotek, Vladimír; Karlíček, Jiří. Chemické výpočty a názvosloví anorganických látek. 3. vyd. Plzeň : Západočeská univerzita, 2005. ISBN 80-7043-399-X.
  • Vacík J. Přehled středoškolské chemie. SPN Praha, 1999.


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