ECTS - PWSZ im. Witelona w Legnicy

The Witelon University of Applied Sciences in Legnica - Field: Management and production engineering
Basic subjects:
ECTS credits
6
1. Course title
Chemistry.
2. Course contents
Lecture
Basic terms in chemistry – physical and chemical phenomena, simple and complex compounds, atom, nuclide, isotope,
atomic mass, mole. Atom structure. Periodic table of elements in connection with atomic structure. Chemical reactions
– chemical reaction equation, types of chemical reactions, speed and yield of reactions, catalysis and catalyst.
Oxidation-reduction reactions. Chemical bondings – types of chemical bondings: ionic, covalent and hydrogen.
Electronegativity of elements, dipole moments of molecules. Hydrogen bonding – simple version. Chemical
equilibrium – dynamic equilibrium idea, equilibrium constant. Aqueous solutions – solubility, dissociation, solvatation,
hydrolysis, solubility product, ionic strength, activity. Basic information about electrochemistry – electrochemical cells,
scheme of electrochemical cell, cell potential, half-cell potential, electrochemical order of metals. Corrosion of iron.
Electrolysis – processes of oxidation and reduction on electrodes, examples of electrolysis. Architecture of organic
compounds. Stereochemistry of organic compounds. Alkanes and cykloalkanes. Diens and alkynes. Aromatic
hydrocarbons. Halogenoorganic compounds. Alcohols, phenols and ethers. Amines. Aldehydes and ketones. Organic
and fatty acids, amino acids, fats and proteins.
Laboratory
Regulations of laboratory and safety code. Introduction in chemistry. Cleaning of chemical substances by
crystallization, sublimation and destilation. Chromatography. Properties of physicochemical substances – melting and
boiling temperature. Spectrosopy. Estrfication reactions. Obtaining of chosen organic compounds. Soap obtaining
3. Prerequisites
None
4. Learning outcomes
The purpose of the course is to introduce the students into elementary academic inorganic and organic chemistry. Basic
chemical terms, chemical laws, cycle of chemical transformations, architecture of organic compounds, stereochemistry
of organic compounds, the most important groups of organic compounds
5. Recommended reading
1. P. Mastalerz, Elementarna chemia nieorganiczna, Wyd. Chemiczne, Wrocław 2000.
2. P. Mastalerz, Elementarna chemia organiczna, Wyd. Chemiczne, Wrocław 1998.
3. I. Barycka, K. Skudlarski, Podstawy Chemii, Wyd. Pol. Wrocławskiej, Wrocław 2001.
4. M. J. Sienko, R. A. Plane, Chemia - podstawy i zastosowania, Wyd. Naukowo-Techniczne, Warszawa 2002.
5. J. McMurry, Chemia Organiczna, Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, Warszawa 2003.
6. Type of course
Obligatory
7. Teaching team
Department of Environmental Protection.
8. Course structure
Form Number of hours Semester Year
Lecture
Classes
30/18 I 1
Laboratory
Project
Seminar
Other
15/12 I 1
Total student’s workload 180
9. Assessment methods
Lecture test, and passing of the laboratory
10. Language of instruction
Polish
ECTS Course Catalogue 2010/2011
1144