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Course Catalog 1999/2000


Chemical and Metallurgical Eng

KMK604 Chemistry A 30.0 ECTS credits

TIMEPERIOD:
Q I-II

LANGUAGE:Swedish

EXAMINER
Mats Lindberg Univ lekt


PREREQUISITES
Basic qualifications.

COURSE AIM
Item 1. General chemistry
The course provides basic knowledge and skills in chemistry.
Item 2. Organic chemistry and biochemistry.
The course provides basic knowledge and skills in organic chemistry and biochemistry.


CONTENTS
Item 1.
Fundamental concepts and general laboratory skills.
Inorganic nomenclature and chemical equations.
Ideal and real gases.
Gas kinetics
Basic thermochemistry and thermodynamics.
The structure of the atom and the periodic table.
Chemical bonding and molecular orbital theory.
The acid-base concept.
Chemical equilibria in homogenous and heterogeneous systems.

Item 2.
Chemical bonding in organic chemistry
Structure and isomerism
Physical and chemical properties of organic compounds
Reaction mechanisms
Methods of analysis and purification of organic compounds
Synthetic and natural polymers
Metabolic processes, organisation and regulation
The organisation and expression of the genetic material
Recombinant DNA-techniques



TEACHING
The instruction consists of lectures and laboratory classes. The laboratory classes are compulsory.

EXAMINATION
Written exams, which are graded.
Laboratory reports.


COURSE GRADE SCALE: U,G,VG

ITEMS/CREDITS

Written exam - Biochemistry 6.00ECTS
Written exam - Organic chemistry 6.00ECTS
Laboratory work 3.00ECTS
Laboratory work 4.50ECTS
Written exam 10.50ECTS

COURSE LITERATURE
Item 1.
Petrucci, R.H. and Harwood, W.S.: General chemistry, Principles and Modern Applications, 7th edition, MacMillan 1996.
Compendium
Kemiska Data

Item 2.
Fox and Whitesell: Core Organic Chemistry
Stryer: Biochemistry, 4th ed.


Further information: International Office
Valid for the academic year 1999/2000.

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