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UNIWERSITY OF WARSAW

1 Pasteura Str., 02-093 Warsaw, Poland, phone: +48 (0)22 822 02 11

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Subject

General Chemistry


No / course unit code


Semester

1

Type of course

Lecture


Teaching hours
 per semester    per week

45         3

ECTS credits

6


Lecturer:

Prof. dr. bab. Zbigniew Stojek
Room: 153     Phone extn.: 336     email: stojek@chem.uw.edu.pl
Prof. dr. bab. Paweł Kulesza
Room: 274     Phone extn.: 289     email: pkulesza@chem.uw.edu.pl
Prof. dr. bab. Karol Jackowski
Room: 156E     Phone extn.: 115     email: kjack@chem.uw.edu.pl

Teaching Division:

Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry

Educational and
professional goals:


Introduction to chemistry and English in chemistry.

Course description:

What is chemistry? Structure of atoms. Chemical bonds. Geometry of molecules. Acids and bases. Activity vs. concentration. Introduction to spectroscopy. Thermodynamics and kinetics of chemical reactions. Solubility and solutions. Properties of liquid, solid and gas phases. Chemical purity and purification. Red-ox reactions, batteries, corrosion. Significance of chemistry to biology and medicine. Review of properties of selected elements and compounds that have industrial and economical significance.

Required background:


High school level chemistry and physics. Basic knowledge of English.

Form of assessment:


Exam

Remarks:

The lecture delivers a combination of fundamental rules in chemistry and examples of chemical applications vital to men. Lecture offered in English.




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