Course Description:
Introduction to chemistry with emphasis on physical and electronic structure of matter, including gases, liquids and solids. Topics include behaviour of gases; thermochemistry; atomic structure and periodic table; chemical bonding and architecture; structure of liquids and solids; frontiers of chemistry. Two and one-half lecture hours per week, one tutorial hour per week, six three-hour laboratory sessions. One term. Three credits. Prerequisites: OAC chemistry, 12U chemistry or SC/CHEM 1500 4.00 or equivalent. Course credit exclusions: SC/CHEM 1000 6.00, SC/CHEM 1010 6.00.
Language of Instruction:
English
Course Description:
This course complements SC/CHEM 1000 3.00 - with emphasis on chemical change and equilibrium. Topics include chemical kinetics; chemical equilibrium; entropy and free energy as driving forces for chemical change; electrochemistry; frontiers in chemistry. Two and one-half lecture hours per week, one tutorial hour per week, six three-hour laboratory sessions. One term. Three credits. Prerequisites: OAC chemistry, 12U chemistry or SC/CHEM 1500 4.00 or equivalent. Course credit exclusions: SC/CHEM 1000 6.00, SC/CHEM 1010 6.00.
Language of Instruction:
English
CHEM 2030.04 - Inorganic Chemistry and Qualitative Analysis
The descriptive chemistry of the more common elements is discussed within the context of qualitative inorganic analysis. Principles of ionic equilibria in aqueous solution, elementary coordination chemistry and electrochemical potentials are presented.
Prerequisite
both SC/CHEM 1000 3.0 and SC/CHEM 1001 3.0, or SC/CHEM 1000 6.0
Term
FALL - Three lecture hours, three laboratory hours, one tutorial hour.
Texts
"General Chemistry", 6th edition, Petrucci and Harwood, Prentice Hall, 1993 or any SC/CHEM 1000 6.0 text.
"Introduction to Semimicro Qualitative Analysis", C.H. Sorum and J.J. Lagowski, 7th edition, (Prentice-Hall, 1991) or "Qualitative Analysis", Wismer, (McMillan 1991).
Content
Ionic equilibria in aqueous solutions.
Elementary coordination chemistry.
Redox potentials and electrochemistry.
Descriptive chemistry of the common elements.
Laboratory - qualitative elemental analysis.
CHEM 3031.03, 04 - Physical Inorganic Chemistry
An introduction to physical and theoretical methods in inorganic chemistry. Topics selected from the following: Atomic structure and spectra, molecular orbital and ligand field theory, bonding, electronic spectroscopy, and magnetism of metal complexes, photochemistry, electrochemistry, solid state chemistry, metal metal bonding.
Prerequisite
SC/CHEM 3030 4.0
Degree Credit Exclusion
SC/CHEM 3030 8.0
Term
WINTER - Three lecture hours per week, eight three-hour laboratories.
Texts
See SC/CHEM 3030 4.0 plus
Schlafer and Gliemann Ligand Field Theory
DeKock and Gray Chemical Structure and Bonding
Kettle Coordination Compounds
Gerloch and Constable Transition Metal Chemistry
Content
Atomic structure and atomic spectra. Term symbols, Slater orbitals.
Ligand Field Spectra. Tanabe Sugano diagrams.
Charge Transfer Spectra.
Molecular Orbital Methods. Ligand Field Theory. Angular Overlap Model. Application to simple hydrides, diatomics, polyatomics, clusters, metallocenes.
Magnetic properties of transition metal compounds.
Band Theory. Metals. Semiconductors. Solid state devices.
Electrochemistry of transition metal complexes.
Inorganic Photochemistry.
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CHEM 5260.03 - The Chemistry of Electronic Materials (Graduate Level)
Introduction to the chemistry and materials science of modern electronic materials. Topics include introduction to band theory, metals, semiconductors and insultators, band structure and reciprocal space, one-dimensional conductors, moleuclar and polymeric conductors, molecular and polymeric light emitting diodes, molecular electrolumenscent materials, ionic conductors, synthetic and characterization methods for conductive materials (including Van de Pauw methods, Hall effect and thermopower measurements, spectroscopy, etc.), and an introduction to nanophase technology.
NATS 1820.06 - Molecules and the Mind (non-science majors only)
Every day we are affected by science, and to a relatively great degree, chemistry. This course will cover a number of chemical topics with much relevance to our everyday lives. We will introduce the basic philosophies of science, some fundamental scientific principles, scientific experimentation, and basic principles of chemistry, then focus on examples of how research in chemistry lead to discoveries such as drug design, DNA tesing and manipulation, modern materials, and how chemistry and chemical technology is even affecting our sex lives.
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NATS 1720.06 - Science and Technological Change (non-science majors only)
The purpose of this course is to introduce you to the basic patterns of scientific thought, and how techological change emerges from scientific research. In this course we will learn about the way scientists approach basic questions and how they properly design and carry out scientific experiments. We will begin by introducing the fundamentals of scientific philosophy and cover a brief history of science. The remainder of the course will focus on examples of modern technologies which have emerged from top-quality science. How the researchers designed their experiments to provide unambiguous answers and how they used the scientific method to analyse the results will be emphasized. Although the focus if to learn through example the tenets and philosophies of scientific investigation, the topics chosen are timely, pertinent, interesting, and do not require a mathematical or scientific background to appreciate.