SSS010 Introduction to Chemistry (6)
CSU Discipline Area: Unallocated to a CSU Discipline code (OTHER)
Duration: One session
Abstract:
This subject is designed to cover those concepts and skills in chemistry required by a student who is enrolling into a typical first year tertiary chemistry subject. Included in the subject is a section on basic mathematics that the student may need to review in order to cope with the rest of the subject.
+ Subject Availability Modes and Locations
| Term 1 | |
|---|---|
| Distance | Wagga Wagga | Term 2 |
| Distance | Wagga Wagga | Term 3 |
| Distance | Wagga Wagga |
Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: SSS010
Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.
Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:
Upon successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Define and give examples of various chemical terms;
- Distinguish between physical and chemical change;
- Understand basic atomic structure, chemical bonding and the formation of compounds;
- Distinguish between ionic and molecular compounds;
- Understand how chemical compounds are named;
- Write and balance chemical equations;
- Determine atomic weights and molecular weights;
- Calculate percentage composition of elements in compounds;
- Express concentration of a solution in various ways;
- Appreciate the diversity and complexity of organic compounds; and
- Identify and name simple hydrocarbons.
Syllabus:
The subject will cover the following topics:
* Classification of matter. * The nature of matter. * Atomic structure. * The formation of compounds - bonding. * The physical properties of ionic and molecular compounds - a comparison. * Nomenclature - naming chemical compounds. * Chemical equations. * Stoichiometry - chemical arithmetic. * Solution stoichiometry. * Organic chemistry.
The information contained in the 2013 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 24 April 2013. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.