Guia docente 2016_17 Facultade de Química

Contents

Topic	Sub-topic
Subject 1: Structure of matter	Structure of the hydrogenic atoms. Polyelectronic atoms. Atomic parameters. Lanthanide contraction. Electronegativity. Polarizability.
Subject 2: Chemical bonding	Theory of OM. Types of orbital: sigma, pi, delta. Diagram of energies for diatomic homo- and heteronuclear molecules. Bonding in alkenes and alkynes.
Subject 3: Nuclear chemistry	Nuclear reactions. Radioactive disintegration. Artificial transmutations. Nuclear fission. Nuclear fusion. Nuclear radiation. Applications of the radioactivity.
Subject 4: Solids	Structure of the simple solids. Structure of the metals. Alloys. Metallic bonding. Semicondutors. Ionic solids. Energetic aspects.
Subject 5: Chemical properties of the main group elements	Brönsted acids and bases. Lewis acids and bases. Oxidants and reductants.
Subject 6: Electrochemisty	Nerst Equation. Concentration cells. Batteries. Fuell cells. Electrolysis. Commercial electrolytic processes. Corrosion.
Subject 7: Organic Compounds and functional groups	Structure and geometry. Approach and nomenclature of organic compounds. Physical properties.
Subject 8: Isomery	Geometrical isomery. Conformational stereoisomery. Configurational stereoisomery.