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CH1020:03

Preparatory Chemistry

Townsville

HECS Band 2

30 hours lectures, 10 hours tutorials, 36 hours practicals. Semester 2. January block mode.

Staff:

Professor R Keene.

Chemistry as a science discipline; chemistry and matter; Periodic Table; stoichiometry; bonding; acids and bases; kinetics; chemical equilibrium; chemistry and energy; redox reactions; carbon compounds.

Learning Objectives:

to acquaint students with basic chemical principles and terminology;

to give students an appreciation of the central relevance in science of the discipline of chemistry;

to prepare students with limited background (or in need of remedial assistance) in the discipline to be able to undertake level 1 chemistry;

to introduce students to simple laboratory skills in chemistry.

Assessment by examination (70%); practical (20%); on-course tutorial assessment (10%).