COURSE UNIT TITLE

: GENERAL CHEMISTRY 2

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KMY 1002 GENERAL CHEMISTRY 2 COMPULSORY 4 0 0 4

Offered By

Chemistry Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ŞENOL ALPAT

Offered to

Chemistry Teacher Education

Course Objective

The main aim of this course is to understand the basic concepts of chemical kinetics, equilibrium, acid-bases, solubility equilibrium, chemical thermodynamics, electrochemistry and radioactivity and gain problem-solving skills.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1. To be able to calculate different concentration units of a solution
2   2. To be able to calculate the speed of a chemical reaction
3   3. To apply Le-Chatelier principle on various reactions
4   4. To explain the conditions of precipitation
5   5. To be able to calculate the pH of all kinds of acid-base solutions
6   6. To understand the difference between galvanic and electrolytic cells
7   7. To be able to explain the difference between system and environment, endothermic and exothermic reactions together with thermodynamic laws
8   8. To understand nuclear reactions and factors affecting radioactivity

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Solutions: Properties of solutions, units of concentrations in solutions and colligative properties
2 Chemical reactions and species (precipitation reactions, acid-base reactions, redox reactions)
3 Chemical kinetics: Reaction rate relationships, factors affecting reaction rate
4 Chemical Equilibrium: Equilibrium properties, equilibrium constant, factors effecting chemical equilibrium (Le-Chatelier principle)
5 Solubility equilibrium and solubility product: Precipitation conditions, equilibrium with complex ions
6 Acids-bases: Acid-base theories, strong acids and bases
7 Acids-Bases: Weak acids and bases, pH, pOH, acid-base balances Buffer solutions, acid-base titrations
8 General Review, Course Evaluation, Midterm Exam
9 Chemical thermodynamics: Three laws of thermodynamics and spontaneous events
10 Chemical thermodynamics: Entropy (DS) and Gibbs free energy (DG)
11 Electrochemistry: Oxidation-reduction reactions
12 Electrochemistry: Electrochemical batteries and electrolysis, Faraday laws
13 Nuclear Chemistry: Radioactivity, radioactive decay rate
14 Nuclear Chemistry: Core Reactions, Fission and Fusion
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Main source: Mortimer , C. E. (Çev Edt: Altınata, T). Modern Üniversite Kimyası II, Istanbul: Çağlayan Kitapevi

Auxiliary sources:

Petrucci, R.H, Harwood, W.S. and Herring, F.G. (Çev edt.: Uyar, T; Aksoy, S) Genel Kimya-2 Ilkeler ve Modern Uygulamalar, Ankara: Palme Yayınevi

Chang, R. ( Çev: Uyar, T; Aksoy, S; Inam, R ) Genel Kimya Temel Kavramlar. Ankara: Palme Yayınevi

Atkins, P, Jones, L. (Çev Edt: Kılıç, E, Köseoğlu, F, Yılmaz, H). Temel kimya-2 Moleküller, maddeler ve değişimler. Ankara: Bilim Yayıncılık

Erdik, E., Sarıkaya,Y. (2004). Temel Üniversite Kimyası. Ankara: Gazi Kitabevi

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Discussion, Problem Solving, Question and Answer Technique, Lecture

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 VZ Midterm
2 FN Semester final exam
3 BNS BNS Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examFN * 0.60
4 BUT Make-up note
5 BBN End of make-up grade Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examBUT * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Midterm, final and assignment determine the success grade of the student.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

nalan.akkuzu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday, between 10:00-12:00 am

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 4 56
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 5 5
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 108

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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