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Inorganic chemistry
5 cr
Basic studies
Chemistry of elements:
- Periodic table as the basis for understanding chemical properties of elements
- trends in periodic table and their effects on properties of elements: atomic radius, ionic radius ionisation energy, electron affinity, electronegatiivity, the most common oxidation states, diagonal effect, inert pair effect
- metal cations and oxoanions in water solutions
- naming of oxoanions and the corresponding acids
- acid/base properties of oxides
- redox chemistry of elements: reduction potentials, Pourbaix diagrammes (E-pH), Ellingham diagramme
- HSAB principle (hard and soft Lewis acids and bases) and its exploitation in predicting reactions
- the most common forms of elements in the environment
- extraction of elements, factors affecting the choice of extraction methods
Solid state chemistry:
- chemical bonds in solid compounds
- the most common structure types
- lattice energy: definition and determination theoretically and experimentally
- lattice defects and their importance
- examples of materials chemistry
Coordination chemistry:
- structure of coordination compounds: central atom, ligand, chelate, coordination number, geometry of a complex
- naming of coordination compounds
- isomerism in coordination compounds
- description of bonding in coordination compounds with crystal field theory
- reaction mechanisms of coordination compounds
- organometallic chemistry: basics and most important applications
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Fields
Natural sciences
Scope
5 cr
Code
KEK104
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Helsingin yliopisto
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