Chemistry

Course summary

Module Content Module 1 Development of practical skills in Chemistry - Practical skills assessed in a written examination; planning, implementing, analysis and evaluating - Practical skills assessed in the practical endorsement; practical skills and use of apparatus and techniques. Module 2 Foundations in Chemistry - Atoms, compounds, molecules and equations, amount of substance, acid–base and redox reactions, electrons, bonding and structure. Module 3 Periodic table and energy - Periodicity, group 2 and the halogens, qualitative analysis, enthalpy changes, reaction rates and equilibrium (qualitative). Module 4 Core organic chemistry - Basic concepts, hydrocarbons, alcohols and haloalkanes, organic synthesis, analytical techniques (IR and MS). Module 5 Physical chemistry and transition elements - Reaction rates and equilibrium (quantitative), pH and buffers, enthalpy, entropy and free energy, redox and electrode potentials, transition elements. Module 6 Organic chemistry and analysis - Aromatic compounds, carbonyl compounds, carboxylic acids and esters, nitrogen compounds, polymers, organic synthesis, chromatography and spectroscopy (NMR). Quality of written communication and mathematical skills are assessed in all units and credit may be restricted if communication is unclear.