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General Chemistry

Course code

MLK6001.LT

old course code

MLK6001

Course title in Estonian

Üldkeemia

Course title in English

General Chemistry

ECTS credits

4.0

Assessment form

Examination

lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester

Kert Martma (language of instruction:Estonian)

lecturer of 2024/2025 Spring semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

Course aims

Ability to understand and use principal chemical laws of the material world. Practical applications and skills developed on the basis of quantitative methods.

Brief description of the course

A brief history of chemistry. Principles of the classification and the nomenclature of compounds. Structure of atoms, s-, p-, d- and f-elements. Promotion and hybridisation. Types of chemical bond. Complex compounds. Aggregative states. Gas laws. Crystal lattices. The Periodic system. Chemical kinetics. Le Chateliers principle. Thermochemistry. Surface phenomena. Catalysis. Dispersoids, sols. Raoult' law. Osmosis. Electrolytic dissociation and pH. Hydrolysis. Redox reactions. Electrochemistry. Exercises and training: structure of the chemical bonds of atoms and molecules, the periodic system, kinetics. Calculations of molar concentration, masses and yields of reagents. Exercises concerning gas laws, solutions, hydrolysis, redox reactions, electrolysis, etc. Individual work with literature and solving of training exercises.

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
- has general and integrated knowledge about chemical foundations in the context of fundamental regularities;
- has ability to create connections between different areas of chemistry and to apply quantitative methods;
- has skills to solve the lessons as follows: calculations about per cent and molar concentrations, redox equations, calculations according to chemical formulae and equations;
- has knowledge in the field of chemical nomenclature and terminology.

Teacher

dotsent Kalle Truus, lektor Kert Martma

The course is a prerequisite

Biochemistry (MLK6013.LT)
Biochemistry (MLK6922.LT)
Biochemistry (MLK6008.LT)
Chemistry Seminar (MLK6934.LT)
Chemistry Seminar (MLK6931.LT)
Chemistry Seminar (MLK6918.LT)
Environmental Analytical Chemistry (MLK6016.LT)
Environmental Analytical Chemistry (MLK6903.LT)
Environmental Analytical Chemistry (MLK6911.LT)
Environmental Chemistry (MLK6901.LT)
Environmental Chemistry (MLK6019.LT)
Food Chemistry (MLK6128.LT)
Hydrochemistry (MLG6046.LT)
Inorganic Biochemistry (MLK6906.LT)
Inorganic Chemistry I (MLK6003.LT)
Inorganic Chemistry I (MLK6905.LT)
Introduction to Analytical Chemistry and Instrumental Analysis (MLK6907.LT)
Learning and Teaching in Chemistry (MLK6015.LT)
Organic Chemistry (MLK6005.LT)
Organic Chemistry I (MLK6904.LT)
Organic Chemistry I (MLK6926.LT)
Peptide and Protein Chemistry (MLK7108.LT)
Physical and Colloid Chemistry (MLK6009.LT)
Physical and Colloid Chemistry (MLK6920.LT)
Plant Physiology (MLB6037.LT)
Principles of Analytical Chemistry and Instrumental Analysis (MLK6924.LT)
Water Management (MLJ6018.LT)
Water Management (MLJ6118.LT)

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