6 ECTS credits
155 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 1015508ANR for all students in the 2nd semester at a (A) Bachelor - preliminary level.

Semester
2nd semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Impossible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Enrollment Requirements
Students who want to enroll for this course', must have passed or be enrolled for ‘Chemistry: Structure of Matter and Chemical Reactions I’
Taught in
Dutch
Faculty
Faculty of Science and Bio-engineering Sciences
Department
Chemistry
Educational team
Frank De Proft (course titular)
Activities and contact hours
26 contact hours Lecture
39 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
Course Content

Ch8 Properties of (aqeous) solutions
Ch9 Acid-base equilibria in aqueous solutions
Ch10 Solubility and precipitation reactions in aqueous medium
Ch11 Chemical thermodynamics
Ch12 Electrochemistry.

Introduction to Organic Chemistry:
Ch1 The carbon skeleton and functional groups
Ch2 Organic acids and bases
Ch3 Stereochemistry.

 

Seminars: problem solving sessions about all chapters.

Lab sessions: Kinetics, Electrical conductance of aqueous solutions, acid-base, and precipitation titrations. Qualitative analysis of anions and cations. Stereochemistry.
 

Course material
Course text (Required) : Chemie: Bouw van de Materie en Chemische Reacties en Aanvullingen van Chemie, Volume 2, P.Geerlings, F. De Proft, Dienst Uitgaven - VUB, 2220170001111, 2013
Practical course material (Recommended) : Bouwdoosje voor de constructie van molecuulmodellen, Ter beschikking in het Centrum voor Studie en Begeleiding-kan ook aangekocht worden in de VUB Boekhandel., Ter beschikking in het SBC kan ook aangekocht worden in de Standaard Student Shop, 9781090173843
Digital course material (Required) : Transparanten gebruikt tijdens het hoorcollege, Ter beschiking op PointCarré, Pointcarré
Course text (Required) : Chemie en Aanvullingen van Chemie: Practicum, Practicum, G.Van de Woude,A.Boyen en P.Geerlings, Dienst Uitgaven - VUB, 2220170005638, 2018
Handbook (Recommended) : Chemical Priciples.The Quest for Insight, The Quest for Insight, P.W. Atkins, L. Jones en L. Laverman, 6th Edition, W.H. Freeman and Co, New York, 9781319154196, 2016
Course text (Required) : Chemie: Bouw van de Materie en Chemische Reacties en Aanvullingen van Chemie, Volume 3, P.Geerlings, F. De Proft, Dienst Uitgaven - VUB, 2220170001135, 2013
Course text (Required) : Chemie: bouw van de materie en chemische reacties en aanvullingen van chemie, Volume 3, P.Geerlings, F. De Proft, VUB, 2220170001142, 2013
Additional info

A complete text including the exercises (problems, numerical results and detailed solutions of selected problems) has been edited by the Dienst Uitgaven V.U.B. : P. GEERLINGS : Chemie:bouw van de materie en chemische reacties en Aanvullingen van Chemie (3 volumes). Further references are cited in this text. Basic references are :
P.W. Atkins en L. Jones, "Chemical Principles. The Quest for Insight", Third Edition, W.H. Freeman and Co, New York, 1999.and J. McMurry "Organic Chemistry", Sixth  Edition, Brooks Cole Thomson Learning,Belmont, California 2004.
Transparencies used during the lectures are available in electronic version through the Pointcarré platform.


Complementary study material:
A kit for the construction of molecular models is provided in the "Centrum voor Studie en Begeleiding"- it may also be purchased in the VUB-bookshop.

Learning Outcomes

General competencies

Learning Aims

The basic knowledge which has been built up during the first part of the chemistry course "Chemie: bouw van de materie en chemische reacties I", the physical chemistry, is gradually applied in the study of inorganic compounds and their reactions (acid-base, redox reactions in aqueous medium). Thermodynamics focuses on the endo/exotherm and spontaneous character of reactions and reinforces the study of chemical equilibrium in Chemie I. Also an introduction to organic chemistry is given paying particular attention to the structure of organic compounds. Throughout the course a systematic, rational approach has been pursued. Understanding is far more important than encyclopeadical knowledge; by far the most importance is payed to the structuring of the data. Memorizing the course is clearly not the object; it should be minimalized. During the "seminars" (guided problem sessions) and the lab sessions, the concepts that were introduced during the theoretical course are practised and illustrated. In the lab sessions the phenomena discussed in the lectures are "observed" and their characteristics are measured. Particular attention is devoted to critical analysis of the results and to adequately reporting them. Working in the lab taking care of safety rules is an evident point of interest Theory and practice - lectures, seminars and the lab course are maximally integrated.


Competences

Having a basic knowledge  of and insight into the relation between the atomic/molecular world and the macrosopic properties of matter and the most important reaction types in inorganic chemistry.
Having the ability to apply this knowledge when studying the very basics of organic chemistry.
Having the ability to apply the basics of thermodynamics in estimating the exo/endothermicity and the spontaneity of reactions.
Showing a critical attitude towards the models used.
Solving simple problems using in a correct way concepts and laws, with correct numerical computations and a critical attitude towards the results.
Working both individually or as group member.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Other Exam determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the Other Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Written exam with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

    Note: Many open questions (no multiple choice) both about theory and problems in order to get an overview of knowledge of and insight in the subject.

Additional info regarding evaluation

The final mark for this course is composed out of two partial scores, a score on “theory” (70 % of the overall mark) and a partial score on “laboratory” (30 % of the overall mark).

If, for the part on “theory” or the part on “laboratory”, a score of 7/20 or less was obtained, the final score for the course will not be higher than 07/20.

 

Theory

The score for the part on “theory” is composed of the partial scores of the student for the written and oral examination

In a written exam paper (accounting for 2/3 or 66.6 % of the mark on “theory”), identical for all students, it is attempted to obtain a global view of knowledge and insight in the subject by means of a lot of small open questions (theory as well as problems). During the oral examination (accounting for 1/3 or 33.3% of the mark on “theory”), a few days later, this view is refined through a discussion concerning theoretical questions after the student has had the occasion for a written preparation. Synthetic, analytic and problem solving skills are assessed in this way.

If a score of 7/20 or less was obtained on either the written or oral exam of the “theory” part, the score of the “theory” part will not be higher than 7/20.

 

 

Labsessions

The mark for “laboratory” (30% of the overall mark) is based for 1/3 (33.3%) on permanent evaluation (mark on preparation of the labs, lab attitude and execution, written lab reports), 1/3 (33.3 %) on an exam titration and 1/3 (33.3 %) on specific questions in the written exam.

Participation in the lab sessions is obligatory.  Incomplete participation to these sessions will give rise to a reduction of the mark for this part depending on the percentage of incomplete participations. 

Unauthorized absences amounting to 30 % or more will automatically give rise to a mark of 0/20 for the permanent evaluation part and 0/20 for the total mark for “laboratory”. 

For the lab sessions, there is no possibility for a second examination session; only the theory part which was included in the written examination can be retaken in the second examination session.  The mark for the permanent evaluation is automatically taken over from the first examination session.

The mark for the permanent evaluation, which is obtained during the academic year, is automatically taken over from the first examination session.

Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Bachelor of Physics and Astronomy: Default track (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Chemistry: Default track (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Bioengineering Sciences: Profile Cell and Gene Biotechnology (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Bioengineering Sciences: Profile Chemistry and Bioprocess Technology (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Bioengineering Sciences: Initial track (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Teaching in Science and Technology: biologie (120 ECTS, Etterbeek) (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Teaching in Science and Technology: geografie (120 ECTS, Etterbeek) (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Teaching in Science and Technology: fysica (120 ECTS, Etterbeek) (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Teaching in Science and Technology: wiskunde (120 ECTS, Etterbeek) (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Teaching in Science and Technology: ingenieurswetenschappen (120 ECTS, Etterbeek) (only offered in Dutch)