Guia docente 2014_15 Facultad de Química

Contents

Topic	Sub-topic
Subject 1: Atomic Structure	Structure of the hydrogenoid atoms : atomic orbitais, function of radial distribution, forms of the atomic orbitais. Polyelectronic atoms: Penetration and shielding, effective nuclear charge, "aufbau". Atomic parameters: atomic ionic, covalent and van der Waals radio. Lanthanide contraction. Electron affinity. Polarizability.
Subject 2: Chemical Bonding	Theory of OM. Types of orbitais: sigma, pi, delta. Molecular orbital diagram for homo- and heteronuclear molecules. Bonding in alkene and alkyne.
Subject 3: Nuclear Chemistry	Nuclear reactions. Types of radiactive disintegration. Stability of the nucleous. Kinetic of the disintegrations. Artificial transmutations. Nuclear fission. Nuclear fusion. Nuclear radiation: effects and units. Applications of the radiactivity.
Subject 4: Solid State	Structure of the simple solids. Sphere packing. Structure of the metals. Alloys. Metallic bonding. Semiconductors. Ionic solids. Energetic aspects.
Subject 5: Elements of the main groups	Elements of the main groups. Physical properties. Chemical properties. Natural resources. Methods of obtainting.
Subject 6: Acid-base	Acid-base theories. Acid and bases of Brönsted: acid strength. Concept of pKa. Relationship between structure and acidity. Acids and bases of Lewis: Definition, examples. Fundamental types of acid-base reactions of Lewis. Solvente as ácida or bases. Hard and soft acids and bases.
Subject 7: Electrochemistry	Eº and Gibbs free energy. Nerst Equation. Concentration cells. Batteries. Fuel cells. Electrolysis. Commercial electrolytic processes. Corrossion.
Subject 8: Organic compounds and functional groups	Structure and geometry. Formulation and nomenclature of organic compounds. Physical properties.
Tema 9: Isomerism	Geometrical isomerism. Conformational stereoisomerism. Configurational stereoisomerism.
Subject 10: Polymers	Type of polymers by origin, composition, structure and beat behaviour. Copolymerization. Mechanisms of polymerization. Molecular structure of the polymers. Biopolymers. Colloids and surfaces. Surface tension and tensioactives.