Course detail

General and Inorganic Chemistry II

FCH-BA_ACH2Acad. year: 2021/2022

Introduction in systematic inorganic chemistry, chemical periodicity, origin and distribution of elements on the Earth. General characteristic of transition and intransition metals, metalloids and non-metals. Hydrogen and its isotopes, types of hydrides. Oxygen, ozone, types and structure of oxides, water, hydrogen peroxide. Alkali metals, hydrides, oxides, peroxides, hyper oxides, ozonides, halogens hydroxides, salts of oxoacids, organometalic and complex compounds. Boron, borides, borans. Aluminium, aluminothermy, binary compounds, hydroxides, salts of oxoacids, organometalic and complex compounds. Carbon, fullerens, graphite, carbides, oxides, oxo, peroxo and thioacids. CN compounds, organometalic compounds. Silicon, silanes, halogen derivates, oxides and oxoacids, silicates and aluminosilicates, siloxans. Germanium, tin and lead. Nitrogen, nitrides, ammonia and ammoniac salts. Phosphorus, oxoacids and their derivates. Sulphur and group of selenium, chalcogens hydrogen compounds. Halogens, halogens hydrogen compounds, types of halogenides. Rare gases and their compounds. Scandium group. Titanium, zirconium, hafnium and their compounds. Vanadium, niobium, tantalum. Chromium, molybdenum and tungsten. Manganese, technetium and rhenium. Iron, cobalt and nickel, complex compounds. Light and hard platinum metals compounds of ruthenium, osmium, rhodium, rhodium, palladium and platinum. Copper, silver and gold. Zinc, cadmium and mercury, organometallic and complex compounds.

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

5

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Offered to foreign students

Of all faculties

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Basic knowledge of inorganic chemistry required to understand more advanced chemical subjects.

Prerequisites

Knowledge of high school chemistry

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

The course uses teaching methods in form of Lecture - 2 teaching hours per week. The e-learning system (LMS Moodle) is available to teachers and students.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Examination is granted upon written and oral final examination.

Course curriculum

1. Introduction of periodic table basic principles
2. Hydrogen and water
3. Alkali metals
4. Alkali earth metals
5. Group 13 elements: boron, aluminium, gallium, indium, thallium
6. Carbon
7. Group 14 elements: silicon, germanium, tin, lead
8. Nitrogen
9. Group 15 elements: phosphorus, arsenic, antimony, bismuth
10. Oxygen
11. Group 16 elements: sulfur, selenium, tellurium, polonium
12. Group 17: Halogens; Group 18: Noble gases
13. Transition and inner transition elements

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The aim of the class is to inform students about systematic inorganic chemistry. To present summary about the chemical elements and inorganic compounds, their physical and chemical properties, occurrence, preparation, production and utilization.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Attendance of the lectures is voluntary. Every week there is a tutorial day for students of all types of study programs.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Not applicable.

Recommended reading

Earnshaw, A., Greenwood, N. N.: Chemistry of the Elements. 2nd Ed. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann, 1997. 1600 p. ISBN 0080379419. Earnshaw, A., Greenwood, N. N.: Chemistry of the Elements. 2nd Ed. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann, 1997. 1600 p. ISBN 0080379419. (EN)

eLearning

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme NPAP_ENVI Master's, 1. year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Seminar

13 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

eLearning