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Course Catalog 00/01


Chemical and Metallurgical Eng

KMK604 Chemistry A 30.0 ECTS credits

TIMEPERIOD:
Q I-II or Q I-IV

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.
Chemical bonding in organic chemistry
Organic nomenclature
Structure and isomerism
Physical and chemical properties of organic compounds
Theories and modells for reaction mechanisms in organic chemical reactions
Organic chemical reactions
Methods of analysis and purification of organic compounds
Protein structure and function
Carbohydrate structure and function
Fats, lipids and biological membranes - structure and function
Transport of materia and information within, and between, cells
Models for enzymatic catalysis and regulation of enzyme activity
The organisation and expression of the genetic material
Recombinant DNA-techniques
Main pathways in carbohydrate, fatty acis, and amino acid metabolism
Photosynthesis



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.
Zumdahl, S.H.: Chemical Principles, 3rd edition, Houghton Mifflin 1998.
Complete Solutions for Chemical Principles, 3rdedition
Compendium
Kemiska Data

Item 2.
Fox and Whitesell: Core Organic Chemistry, Jones and Bartlett 1997
Horton, Moran, Ochs, Rawn, Scrimgeour: Principles of Biochemistry, 2nd ed., Prentice Hall 1996





REMARKS
See also the web-page
(http://www.km.luth.se/ugst/chemit/kmk604/introeng.htm)

Further information: international Office

Further information: International Office
Valid for the academic year 00/01.

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