Chemistry Laboratory I (Inorganic Chemistry)

Course Information
TitleΕργαστήριο Χημείας Ι - Ανόργανη Χημεία / Chemistry Laboratory I (Inorganic Chemistry)
CodeEX1
FacultyEngineering
SchoolChemical Engineering
Cycle / Level1st / Undergraduate
Teaching PeriodWinter
CommonNo
StatusActive
Course ID20000688

Class Information
Academic Year2018 – 2019
Class PeriodWinter
Faculty Instructors
Weekly Hours3
Class ID
600125364
Course Type 2016-2020
  • Background
  • Scientific Area
Course Type 2011-2015
General Foundation
Mode of Delivery
  • Face to face
Digital Course Content
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
  • Greek (Instruction, Examination)
  • English (Instruction, Examination)
Prerequisites
General Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites for the specific course. For an unimpeded participation in class work, prospective students are expected to a) have good background knowledge of Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics, and) possess creative vision. Knowledge of a foreign language is necessary.
General Competences
  • Apply knowledge in practice
  • Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
  • Make decisions
  • Work autonomously
  • Work in an interdisciplinary team
  • Demonstrate social, professional and ethical commitment and sensitivity to gender issues
Course Content (Syllabus)
LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS 1. Redox Processes – Metal Reactivity Chapter 1 Laboratory Book Pages 97-103 Chapter 3 Pages 88-125 Chapter 4 Pages 126-180 Chapter 12 Pages 499-518 2. Voltaic Cells Chapter 4 Laboratory Book Pages 130-138 Chapter 19 Pages 796-831 3. Buffers - Hydrolysis Chapter 2 Laboratory Book Pages 104-120 Chapter 3 Laboratory Book Pages 121-129 Chapter 16 Pages 704-724 4. Preparation of the Double Salt Potassium Aluminum Sulfate (alum) Chapter 9 Laboratory book Pages 253-262 5. Determination of a complex composition. Job’s Method. Chapter 8 Laboratory Book Pages 216-225 6. Determination of the Concentration of Permanganate and Dichromate ions in a Mixture through UV-Visible spectrophotometry Chapter 5 Laboratory Book Pages 156-166 7. Compound Identification by FT-IR Spectroscopy. Chapter 5 Laboratory Book Pages 167-182 8. Chromatographic Separation of cis- and trans- isomers of the Co(III)-iminodiacetato Complex Chapter 11 Laboratory Book Pages 275-292 9. Chemical Kinetics Determination of rate constants of chemical reactions Chapter 6 Laboratory Book Pages 183-193 Chapter 13 Pages 549-606 10. Chemical Equilibrium Determination of Equilibrium Constant of a Chemical Reaction Chapter 7 Laboratory Book Pages 194-202 Chapter 14 Pages 607-649 Chapter 16 Pages 680-703 Caution! The laboratory experiments will be carried out in the order given above. The aforementioned chapters come from the text book of the course "General Chemistry by D.D. Ebbing and S.D. Gammon, Sixth Edition, 2002, Prentice Travlos." References in the experiments come from the corresponding chapters in Lab Book of the Course. Chapter 7 Laboratory Book Pages 194-202 Chapter 14 Pages 607-649 Chapter 16 Pages 680-703
Keywords
Reactions, redox processes, materials synthesis, environmental recycling materials processes, kinetics and thermodynamics of reactions, materials separation, spectroscopic detection and quantitative determination of metal ions in the environment, electronic and vibration spectroscopy.
Educational Material Types
  • Notes
  • Multimedia
  • Interactive excersises
  • Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
  • Use of ICT in Course Teaching
  • Use of ICT in Laboratory Teaching
  • Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Description
During class recitations the following Information Technology and Communications means are employed: 1. Personal PCs and University Servers 2. Scientific videos For student communication the following media are employed: 1. E-mail 2.Phone communication 3. Skype During Lab Experimental Sessions the following media are employed: 1. Personal PCs and University Servers 2. Scientific videos 3.Internet searches
Course Organization
ActivitiesWorkloadECTSIndividualTeamworkErasmus
Lectures
Laboratory Work
Interactive Teaching in Information Center
Written assigments
Total
Student Assessment
Description
The fundamental criteria for student performance evaluation are listed in the following Web Site: http://bioinorglab.web.auth.gr/gr_site/Labs/
Student Assessment methods
  • Written Exam with Short Answer Questions (Formative, Summative)
  • Written Assignment (Formative, Summative)
  • Written Exam with Problem Solving (Formative, Summative)
  • Labortatory Assignment (Formative, Summative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
1. Γενική Χημεία των D. D. Ebbing and S. D. Gammon, Έκτη Έκδοση, 2002, Εκδόσεις Τραυλού. 2. Εργαστηριακές Ασκήσεις Ανόργανης Χημείας, Α. Σαλίφογλου, Εργαστήριο Ανόργανης Χημείας, Τμήμα Χημικών Μηχανικών, Αριστοτέλειο Πανεπιστήμιο Θεσσαλονίκης.
Additional bibliography for study
1. Ασφάλεια και Κανόνες Συμπεριφοράς στο Εργαστήριο Χημείας, Α. Σαλίφογλου, Εργαστήριο Ανόργανης Χημείας, Τμήμα Χημικών Μηχανικών, Αριστοτέλειο Πανεπιστήμιο Θεσσαλονίκης. 2. Γενική Χημεία, D. D. Ebbing and S. D. Gammon, Εκδοτικός Οίκος Τραυλός, Αθήνα 2002 3. Ανόργανη Χημεία, Αρχές Δομής και Δραστικότητα, Απόδοση στην Ελληνική γλώσσα Ν. Χατζηλιάδης, Θ. Καμπανός, Σ. Περλεπές - James E. Huheey, Τρίτη Έκδοση, Εκδόσεις ΙΩΝ, 1993.
Last Update
20-06-2018