Faculty of Science

Objectives

To introduce students to basic concepts, principles and properties involving the atom, the Periodic Table; the solid, liquid and gaseous states; acids and bases; chemical bonding and chemical changes that accompany chemical reactions.

Contents

The Atom; properties of the electron; the Bohr atom; energy levels in atoms; atomic orbitals; atomic structures and periodicity; bonding in molecules; molecular orbitals; hybridisation; shapes of molecules; stoichiometry; chemical equation; the gas laws; kinetic theory; explaining the gas laws; the structure of solids; types of solids; liquid state; changes of state; properties of solutions; solubility; acids and bases; hydrolysis and solution stoichiometry; chemical kinetics; reaction rate theory; chemical equilibrium; equilibrium calculations.