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 subsequent General Chemistry and Laboratory 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 (vide infra).

Knowledge at preparatory schools level required.

Some concepts on atom and its structure.
Chemical elements and Periodic Table.
Compounds and formulae.
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.

Any General Chemistry text used in preparatory schools.

Being an introductory course, no final test with mark is scheduled. A self-evaluation test is scheduled at the end of the course.

Lectures with the support of exercises.

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.
STRUCTURE AND CONTENT OF THE COURSE COULD CHANGE AS A RESULT OF THE COVID-19 EPIDEMIC.

written and oral