After successful completion of the course, students are able to understand simple chemical processes (reactions, thermodynamics, kinetics). Students can discuss basic properties of the elements or derive them from their position in the periodic table, as well as ther applications in industry and technology. Further, chemical bonding can be described based on quantummechanical principles (atom orbitals --> molecular orbitals...) and compounds as molecules can be classified based on the nature of their bonding. Balanced chemical and electrochemical reactions can be formulated, and chemical thermodynamics as well as reaction mechanism analysis can be applied to arbitary problems. Studenst are also able to link chemical and physical problems in the different areas of chemistry, and they will be able to develop skills with software such as Matlab for plotting and analysis. 

Chapter I Physical principles of chemistry

01 - Synthesis of the elements

02 - Stucture of the atom (Schrödinger equation/ Hydrogenatomic orbitals, molecular orbitals)

Chapter II Chemical binding, and physical description of chemical reactions

01 - Chemical binding and structure of matter

02  - General and chemical thermodynamics

03 – Introduction to chemical kinetics

04– Complex chemical kinetics

III Einblick in verschiedene Fachgebiete der Chemie

Overview of main group elements(Self education)

Overview of  transition elements (Self education)

Overview of rare earth elements (Self education)

Selected topics of various chemical areas and invited guest lectures

Flipped classroom, digital audioslides for offline self-education, self education based on suggested online literature and textbooks, application and discussion of concepts in VO and accompanying voluntary homework, support of self assesment.

Books for this lecture (as pdf available via catalogplus.tuwien.at):

(1) Anorganische Chemie Riedel, Erwin; Janiak, Christoph [VerfasserIn]. Berlin : Boston : De Gruyter 2015

(2) Organische Chemie: Chemie-Basiswissen II Latscha, Hans Peter ; Kazmaier, Uli ; Klein, Helmut, Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

(3) Stryer Biochemie Berg, Jeremy M ; Tymoczko, John L ; Gatto jr, Gregory J ; Stryer, Lubert, Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

(4) Methods in Physical Chemistry Schäfer, Rolf ; Schmidt, Peter C ; Schfer, Rolf, Weinheim: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated 2012

written and oral

Nach Anmeldung im TISS weiter ins TUWEL.

Fundamental high-school chemistry (simple reactions, general knowledge of elements, molecules and areas of chemistry)