After successful completion of the course, students are able to understand simple chemical processes (reactions, thermodynamics, kinetics). Students can discuss basic properties of the elements or derive them from their position in the periodic table, as well as ther applications in industry and technology. Further, chemical bonding can be described based on quantummechanical principles (atom orbitals --> molecular orbitals...) and compounds as molecules can be classified based on the nature of their bonding. Balanced chemical and electrochemical reactions can be formulated, and chemical thermodynamics as well as reaction mechanism analysis can be applied to arbitary problems. Studenst are also able to link chemical and physical problems in the different areas of chemistry, and they will be able to develop skills with software such as Matlab for plotting and analysis.
Chapter I Physical principles of chemistry
01 - Synthesis of the elements
02 - Stucture of the atom (Schrödinger equation/ Hydrogenatomic orbitals, molecular orbitals)
Chapter II Chemical binding, and physical description of chemical reactions
01 - Chemical binding and structure of matter
02 - General and chemical thermodynamics
03 – Introduction to chemical kinetics
04– Complex chemical kinetics
III Einblick in verschiedene Fachgebiete der Chemie
Overview of main group elements(Online self education)
Overview of transition elements (Online self education)
Overview of rare earth elements (Online self education)
Selected topics of various chemical areas
Lecture with online self assesment tests, digital audiofiles for self-education (home and distance learning), Lehrversuche.
CD-ROM and Webserver (http://teachme.tuwien.ac.at/printedbooks/) is maid accessable during the lecture Mortimer Chemie- Basiswissen , Shriver- Atkins Anorganische Chemie
