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Terminated in academic year 2021/2022

Chemistry

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 617-2031/01
Abbreviation CH
Course title Chemistry
Credits 8
Coordinating department Department of Chemistry
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Michal Ritz, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Introduction to chemistry. Elementary particles. Atomic nucleus. Nuclear reactions.
2. Electron housing. Periodic table of elements.
3. Chemical bond. Molecular orbitals. Hybridization. Parameters of chemical bonds. Intermolecular forces.
4. Systems of substances. Dispersion systems. Solutions. Reaction kinetics
5. Reaction thermodynamics. Chemical equilibrium. Effect on equilibrium.
6. Acid-base equilibria. Theory of acid and alkali. pH. Protolytic reactions.
7. Oxidation-reduction equilibria. Redox potential. Electrochemical series of metals.
8. Hydrogen, oxygen, water, air, noble gases.
9. Halogens. Chalkogens
10. Elements of the 15th group. Elements of group 14.
11. Elements of the 13th group. Carbon and silicon in engineering practice.
12. Metals: General properties. Manufacture of metals.
13. Alkali metals. Group 2 elements. Elements 3 - 7 groups.
14. Elements of the 8th - 12th group.

E-learning

See web site of VŠB-TU Ostrava

Literature

Langová Šárka, Lešková Jana. Basic Chemistry, Ostrava: ES VŠB - TU Ostrava, 2005. ISBN 80-248-0988-5.

Advised literature

Housecroft C.E., Sharpe A.G.: Inorganic Chemistry, 3rd edition. Pearson Education Limited, Harlow, 2008. ISBN 978-0-13-175553-6