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Introduction to Chemistry

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction English
Code 651-0018/04
Abbreviation ZCH
Course title Introduction to Chemistry
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Chemistry and Physico-Chemical Processes
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Michal Ritz, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Chemistry and its importance. The mass and its properties. Chemical formulas and equations. Basic terms. Amount of substance. Composition systems. Solutions. Construction of an atom. Atomic nucleus. The arrangement of the electron package. Periodic table of elements.

Chemical bond. Properties of materials. Latent states of matter. Latent transition. The course of chemical reactions. Energy changes during the course of chemical reactions. Kinetics and equilibrium reactions.

Electrolyte solutions. Electrolytic dissociation. Ionic equation. Acids, alkalis and salts. Exponent pH. Electrochemical processes. Oxidation-reduction reactions. Voltage range of metals. Galvanic cells. Electrolysis.

Basic elements and their compounds. Hydrogen, oxygen, water and oxides. Significant non-metals - halogens, sulfur, nitrogen, phosphorus. Carbon. Coal, oil, natural gas. Silicon. Silicates. Technical silicate materials. Metals. Forms of occurrence processing. Technically important metal: s- block elements, p-block elements, d-block elements f-block elements.

Literature

LANGOVÁ, Šárka a LEŠKOVÁ, Jana. Basic chemistry. Ostrava: VŠB - Technical University of Ostrava, 2005. ISBN 80-248-0988-5.

Advised literature

HOUSECROFT, Catherine E. a SHARPE, A. G. Inorganic chemistry. 2nd ed. Harlow: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2005. ISBN 0-13-039913-2.