3146.20 - Chemistry for Energy Engineers


Course number
3146.20
Title
Chemistry for Energy Engineers
ECTS
5
Prerequisites
A-level in mathematics, B-level in physics and C-level in chemistry from upper secondary school.
Purpose
To give the students a solid base for chemical appraisals in energetic and environmental matters.
Content
Gas laws. Stoichiometry. Elementary thermodynamics. Electrochemistry. Equilibria. Bonding theories. Colligative properties. Kinetics. Crystal lattices. Electronic configurations of atoms. Chemical bonding. Chemical properties of representative elements.
Learning and teaching approaches
Lectures and problem solving.
Learning outcomes
On completion of the course, the successful student should be able to: o Demonstrate and apply knowledge about ideal and non-ideal gas laws o Solve problems about energy relationships in chemical reactions, o Demonstrate knowledge about the laws of thermodynamics o Describe and explain the periodic table and the electronic structure of atoms o Describe the most important properties of the elements in the periodic table. o Categorize different forms of intramolecular and intermolecular chemical bondings o Cateogorize different crystal structures o Master calculations with different concentration units o Demonstrate and use knowledge about colligative properties o Solve problems in chemical kinetics and chemical equilibrium o Apply knowledge about acids, bases, acid-base equilibria and solubility equilibria o Solve basic electrochemical problems o Describe coordination compounds in living organisms o Explain natural radioactivity and dating based on radiactive decay
Assessment method
Compulsory coursework must be handed in on time for evaluation and be graduated/accepted in order to be allowed to sit the examination. A four-hour written examination.
Examination
External
Marking scale
7-
Bibliography
Raymond Chang: General Chemistry The Essential Concepts 6. Edition (2011). ISBN 978-007-131368-1, pp.779 Preben Hartmann-Petersen: Almen, uorganisk og organisk kemi. 7. edition (1999). ISBN 87-502-0963-9, pp 396 (copies handed out)
Contact
Hóraldur Joensen