Boswell‑Bèta

The chemistry course will be offered as a summercourse in the months June and July. This course has five classes a week (total: 20 hours / week)

Keep in mind that each contact hour requires one hour of homework (preparation and practice).

Topics:

• Atomic Model: protons, neutrons, electrons, isotopes
• The Periodic Table: alkali metals, earth metals, halogens, nobel gasses
• The Periodic Table: reactivity, ionic charge
• Ionic solids, solubility
• Atomic bond, electronegativity, dipole
• Intermolecular interactions: van der Waals forces, dipole-dipole, hydrogen bonds
• Hydrophylic and hydrophobic solvents, solubility
• Chemical calculations: the mole, stochiometric amount and excess, efficiency
• Chemical calculations: concentration
• Ideal gasses: Gas Law, molar volume
• Energy diagrams, reaction rate, order of a reaction, catalysts
• Equilibrium: partitioning, solubility constant, gas equilibria
• Equiulibrium: influence of temperature and pressure
• Acid-base equilibria, strong and weak acids and bases, Ka, Kb, pH, pKa and pKb
• Buffers, conjugated base and conjugated acid
• Titration, equivalence point, back titration
• Redox: half reaction, total reaction, standard potential, predicting reactions
• Redox: the electrochemical cell, the car battery, Ni-Cd battery
• Electrolysis
• Corosion
• Organic chemistry: alkanes, alkenes and alkynes, alcohols, amines
• Organic chemistry: ethers, ketones, aldehydes, carboxylic acids, aromatic compounds
• Reactions in organic chemistry: substitution and addition, esters and condensation reactions
• Organic chemistry: cis-trans isomerism, asymmetric centre, optical activity, stereo isomerism
• Polymers: addition polymerisation, condensation polymerisation, thermoplastic and them setting materials
• Biochemistry: amino acids, dipeptides, proteins, DNA, RNA, tRNA, translation, transcription
• Biochemistry: carbohydrates, poly-carbohydrates
• Chemical Analysis: chromatography, gas chromatography, mass spectra, IR-spectra
• Chemical Industry: bulk processing, continuous and batch processing

Work method

Explanation of the theory by the teacher after which you work on exercises with the help of the teacher or an assistant.

Study hours and commitment

128 contact hours and ca. 128 hours of self-study.

Student commitment

Active participation during the classes and doing your homework.

Study Lab

Next to the regular class hours, you are welcome to join Study Lab.

Study Lab is the place where you can self-study and/or ask additional questions. At least one teacher will be available during Study Lab.

• Textbook: included in the course
• BINAS English edition, Wolters-Noordhoff, Groningen, 5th print
• Protractor
• Simple calculator with logarithmic and goniometric functions. A graphing calculator is not permitted.

Sufficient basic knowledge of chemistry and mathematics is an important ingredient for success.

Basic mathematical skills consist of:

1. The number line
2. Calculations with fractions
3. Calculations with exponents and logarithms
4. Basic Algebra
5. Linear equations
6. Quadratic equations

Eliminate deficiencies before starting a course. If in doubt contact the chemistry department.