Chemistry of Materials 2
SCC200
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Level of study: What does Undergraduate Level 2 mean?
Undergraduate Level 2
EFTSL: What does EFTSL mean?
0.125
Delivery Method: What does delivery method mean?
Fully Online
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Duration:
13 weeks
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Fee: Fees (current and planned)
- Domestic student fee:
- $1,539.00 (AUD)
- International student fee:
- $1,759.00 (AUD)
Description
This unit is designed for students who have completed Year 12 chemistry or the OUA unit SCI18 Introduction to Chemistry; as well, students should have also completed Chemistry of Materials 1, or be taking it concurrently. Students will study: acid-base equilibria; periodic trends of the elements; transition metals; alkenes and alkynes; aromatics; chemistry of carbonyl compounds: aldehydes and ketones, carboxylic acids and acid derivatives; addition and condensation polymerisation; phase equilibria and solution chemistry; conductance and kinetics.
Students will need to attend for two days of laboratory exercises at RMIT University, Melbourne
Please note: The unit fee includes $550 as this unit includes on-campus lab work.
Prerequisites
Recommended prerequisites
You are recommended to have completed the following unit(s) or have equivalent knowledge before starting this unit:
Assessment
- Invigilated Exam (60%)
- Report — Laboratory Reports (16%)
- Test (24%)
Learning Outcomes
At the completion of this unit students will be able to:
- describe chemical equilibria and its application to acid-base properties
- describe the solid-state structures of metals and ionic compounds
- describe periodic trends in chemical properties in the elements
- understand the chemistry of the transition metals
- describe the reactions of organic functional groups including aromatics, alkenes and alkynes, aldehydes and ketones, carboxylic acids, and carboxylic acid derivatives
- apply an understanding of phase equilibria to ideal and real solutions
- describe the use of conductance in the study of chemical systems
- describe chemical kinetics and apply the integrated rate law
- undertake university-level chemistry experiments in a scientific and safe fashion.
Topics
This unit addresses the following topics.
| Number | Topic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Chemical equilibria |
| 2 | Acid-base equilibria |
| 3 | Periodic trends of the elements |
| 4 | Transition metal chemistry |
| 5 | Functional group chemistry of unsaturated hydrocarbons and carbonyl compounds; addition and condensation polymerisation |
| 6 | Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy |
| 7 | Phase equilibria |
| 8 | Solution chemistry |
| 9 | Conductance |
| 10 | Chemical kinetics |
| 11 | Chemistry laboratory |
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