Guia docente 2020_21 Facultade de Ciencias do Mar

Contents

Topic	Sub-topic
Intermolecular Forces	Molecular geometry and polarity. Types of intermolecular forces: Electrostatic forces, inductive forces, dispersion forces, hydrogen bonding. Some properties of liquids.
Thermochemistry	Internal energy. Heat, work and first principle of thermodynamics. Enthalpy, standard enthalpy. Measure of heats of reaction: Calorimetry.
Chemical Equilibrium in Gas Systems	Chemical equilibrium. Equilibrium constant. Temperature dependence of equilibrium constant. Altering equilibrium: Le Châtelier principle.
Solubility Equilibrium	Solubility and solubility product constant. Altering solubility equilibrium: Common-ion effect. Equilibria involving complex ions.
Acid- Base Equilibrium	Theories of acids and bases. Scale of pH. Strong and weak acids and bases. Acid-base Equilibrium. Reactions of hydrolisys. Buffer solutions. Acid-Base reactions. Acid-Base titrations.
Redox Processes	Adjustment of redox equations. Redox Equilibrium. Thermodynamics of redox reactions: The Nernst equation. Standard electrode potentials. Galvanic cells. Electrolytic cells
Chemical Kinetics	Reaction rate. Rate equation. Analysis of kinetic data. The effect of the temperature on reaction rates. Catalysis.
Introduction to Organic Chemistry	Functional groups. Structure and reactivity. Basic stereochemistry: chirality and configurational stereochemistry.
Laboratory Practices	Application of the experimental techniques related to the subjet. Implementation in the laboratory of the knowledge acquired in themes of thermochemistry, chemical equilibrium and chemical kinetics.