PREPARATORY COURSE ON GENERAL CHEMISTRY

The target of this course is to give the students a remind of some basic
knowledge, refreshing preparatory schools contents in chemistry and
making them able to follow profitably the following General Chemistry
and Lab. lectures and numerical exercises.

The expected results in learning are those of establishing a common ground
of knowledge for students coming fron different kind of schools, at
least on a fundamental set of points (see infra).

No previous knowledge is required other then those given at preparatory schools level.

Some concepts on atom and its structure.
Chemical elements and Periodic Table.
Compounds and formulas.
The mole concept.
Oxidation states.
Inorganic compounds nomenclature: oxygenated and hydrogenated compounds.
Ion nomenclature: cations and anions.
Salt nomenclature.
Acids and bases and their nomenclature.
Reaction balancing; redox reaction.
An outline on solids, liquids and gases, phase transitions and the kinetic theory. Intermolecular forces, hydrogen bonds.

Any General Chemistry text used in preparatory schools.

Being an introductory course, no final test is scheduled.

Lectures with the support of Power-Point slides for images/graphics etc.

Italian

Accessibility, Disability and Inclusion
Accommodation and support services for students with disabilities and students with specific learning impairments:
Ca’ Foscari abides by Italian Law (Law 17/1999; Law 170/2010) regarding support
services and accommodation available to students with disabilities. This includes students with mobility, visual, hearing and other disabilities (Law 17/1999), and specific learning impairments (Law 170/2010). In the case of disability or impairment that requires accommodations (i.e., alternate testing, readers, note takers or interpreters) please contact the Disability and Accessibility Offices in Student Services: disabilita@unive.it.

written and oral

This subject deals with topics related to the macro-area "Climate change and energy" and contributes to the achievement of one or more goals of U. N. Agenda for Sustainable Development