James Cook University Subject Handbook - 2000

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CH3022:03

Inorganic Chemistry

Townsville

Prerequisites: CH2021 or CH2022

30 lectures, 6 tutorials, 36 hours practicals. First semester.

Staff: Dr P Junk, Professor R Keene.

Metal carbonyls. Organometallic chemistry and its applications. Kinetics and mechanism of inorganic reactions. Aspects of bioinorganic chemistry.

Learning Objectives:

  1. to provide students with a broad knowledge of modern inorganic chemistry;
  2. to provide a suitable background for students who wish to embark in the study of advanced topics in inorganic chemistry either at the final year undergraduate or the postgraduate level;
  3. to provide knowledge of the application of inorganic chemistry in a number of chemical processes and techniques;
  4. to provide insight into the philosophical basis of science as expressed though inorganic chemistry.

Assessment by a three-hour examination (75%); practical reports (25%).


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