• KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: Know and describe the atomic system. Describe the basis of the periodic system of elements. Know the naming conventions for inorganic compounds. Understand the concept of mole. Understand chemical reactions and their description by chemical equations. Understand and describe the gas phase, correlating physical and chemical quantities required to describe the system. Understand the concept of chemical equilibrium. Know and understand Le Chatelier's principle and its application to chemical equilibria. Describe solutions and their properties. Understand the equilibria between chemical species in a solution. Know the concepts of pH, neutralization and buffer solution. Understand acid and basic hydrolysis equilibria and their relation. Understand and describe atomic bonds forming molecules, the forces involved in their formation and their geometry. • APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: Describe a system from the chemical and physical point of view and using chemical formulas. Use concepts of mole and molar mass to solve stoichiometry exercises. Balance chemical reactions, including redox reactions. Apply stoichiometry calculations to simple chemical systems. Solve exercises on quantities that describe a gas phase system. Calculate chemical quantities that describe an equilibrium, applying the law of mass action. Predict the effects of external changes on an equilibrium, considering Le Chatelier's principle. Calculate the pH of solutions of acids and bases and buffer solutions. Predict molecular geometries of the most common compounds. Apply theoretical concepts to real situations in laboratory, demonstrate chemical laws through experiments. • MAKING JUDGMENTS: Identify strategies to solve simple chemical problems, applying concepts studied during the course. Acquire the ability to identify chemical reactions that can occur and the effects on the system of external changes. Considering the theory studied, understand the potential dangers connected with the use of chemicals and the precautions to apply in order to manage the risks. Recognize the goodness of the experimental data collected. • COMMUNICATION SKILLS: Fully describe a chemical system using appropriate physical and chemical quantities and the specific terminology acquired during lectures. Write an assay regarding a practical experience, highlighting theoretical principles, experimental protocols, results and conclusions. • LEARNING SKILLS: Identify the possible sources to deepen the knowledge of the curriculum of the course. Acquire the ability of consult a chemical textbook, owning the basic ideas necessary to understand more complex concepts. Acquire the conceptual framework and the terminology helpful for the continuation of the academic career of the student and its application in the professional field.

• Basic mathematics and physics. • For the laboratory practical experiences, students are required to attend the online safety training offered by the University, and to pass the exam at the end of the training. Access to the laboratory will be allowed only to students exhibiting the final certificate of the safety training.

The course consists of a theory module of 6 CFU and a laboratory module of 3 CFU. • THEORETICAL MODULE: General Introduction to the Theoretical and Practical Course. Matter. The mole and the percentage composition. The atom. The Periodic Table: Nomenclature and stoichiometry and units of solutions. Gases. Liquids and the Colligative Properties. Chemical Equilibrium. Acid-Base Equilibrium. Hydrolysis equilibrium, buffers. The chemical bond. The structure of molecules. Regular performance of exercises, final exercises preparatory to the written test. Tutorial - exercises. • LABORATORY MODULE: Introduction to the Laboratory (equipment and operations, measurements and errors, substances and chemical risk, laboratory safety and rules of behavior); description of Experiences and their protocols. Three to four experiences will be conducted (depending on the cohort size); examples of possible experiences are:: Experience 1 - Determination of the stoichiometry of a chemical reaction; Experience 2 - Verification of the principles of chemical equilibrium in solution; Experience 3 - Determination of the degree of acidity of a commercial vinegar by means of acid-base titration with an indicator; Experience 4 - Verification of the properties of a buffer system and its buffering power.

• "Chimica principi e reazioni", Authors: William L. Masterton and Cecile N. Hurley, Publisher: Piccin-Nuova Libraria, VI Edition. • "Chimica", Authors: Kenneth Whitten, Raymond Davis and Larry Peck,Publisher: Piccin-Nuova Libraria, X Edition. • "Stechiometria per la chimica generale", Authors: Paola Michelin Lausarot and G. Angelo Vaglio, Publisher: Piccin-Nuova Libraria. • ON MOODLE Platform: - Course Program; - Periodic Table and useful Tables; - Slides of the lectures of both theoretical and practical; - Suggested exercises for consolidation of knowledge and preparation to the exam; - Protocols for the 4 practical experiences.

• THEORETICAL MODULE: General Introduction to the Course with indication on the program, practical part, final exams and else., Aggregation states. Phase transformations. Physical and chemical properties. elements and compounds. Elementary particles of the atom. Isotopes. Compounds. Mole. Molar mass. Determination of the chemical formula of a compound. Atomic orbitals. The electronic configuration of atoms. The setting-up of the Periodic Table. Periodic properties. The oxidation number. Chemical formulas of compounds. Nomenclature. Balancing of chemical reactions. Electrolytes and equation in ionic form. Stoichiometry: weight relations. Balancing of redox reactions. Properties of gas phase. Boyle's law. Charles' law. The law of ideal gases. Mixtures of gases and partial pressures: Dalton's law. Henry's law. Properties of liquids. Phase diagram of water. Solutions. Chemical unities of concentration. Colligative properties. Equilibrium in solution. Le Chȃtelier's principle. Acid and basis: strong and weak. pH calculation. Hydrolysis. Neutralization reactions. Buffer solutions. Acid-base indicators. The ionic bond. The covalent bond. Lewis's structures. Electronegativity. Strength of the chemical bond. Structure of molecules: order, distances, energies and bond angles. The shape of molecules: VSEPR. Polarity of molecules. Weak interactions: a snap-shot. Regular solving of exercises. Tutor – additional exercise solving. • LABORATORY MODULE: Laboratory equipment and protocols. The experimental measurement and its error. Classification of chemical substances. Chemical risk. Safety rules in a chemical laboratory. Three to four experiences will be carried out (depending on the cohort size); examples of possible experiences are: Determining the stoichiometry of a chemical reaction; Verifying the principles of chemical equilibrium in solution; Determining the degree of acidity of a commercial vinegar by acid-base titration with an indicator; Verifying the properties of a buffer system and its buffering power.

• THEORETICAL MODULE: Lectures will be held using Power Point presentations that will be available on the MOODLE platform. During lectures, the Professor will solve numerous exercises for consolidation of knowledge and preparation to the exam, particularly in the last lectures. A tutor is available to explain additional correct exercises with the students along the Course. • LABORATORY MODULE: The he laboratory module will be introduced by four hours of lectures covering laboratory equipment and laboratory safety. The laboratory experiences will be introduced by another four hours of lectures in which the main concepts to be demonstrated and experimental procedures will be recalled. The laboratory experiences will take place in the laboratories in Building C11 (Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences). Depending on the size of the cohort, students will work in pairs or individually, and may be divided into shifts. Access to the lab will be allowed only to students who have taken the University's online safety course and passed the final test of that course. All slides of the lab lectures are made available on the MOODLE platform. The lab module will conclude with a written test by the end of the semester, the evaluation of which will be added to that of the theory part (see later).

• The teaching is supported by tutors with expertise in both the theoretical (exercises) and laboratory parts. Students are advised to follow the theoretical lectures and perform the exercises suggested by the lecturer systematically throughout the course of the lectures. • Students are invited to actively participate to exercise sessions with the Professor and the tutor. • For the laboratory, students are required to take the online safety course offered by the University and take the final test for the purpose of obtaining the relevant certificate. Access to the lab requires presentation of the certificate, which can be obtained from MOODLE upon completion of the test. In addition, students will need to bring a white lab coat, with front button opening and long sleeves. Lab goggles and gloves will be provided. • Prior to the lab experiences, students are required to attend the introductory lectures to the experiences, print and read the protocols provided on MOODLE. • Inside the laboratory, students should bring only the printed procedures, calculator and a notepad. In the lab, students are required to follow the rules that will be provided, otherwise they will be excluded from the experiences. • Attendance to the introductory lectures and to at least 75% of the laboratory experiences is mandatory. • Working students: it is planned, within the limits of feasibility, a partly alternative route for the practical part of the laboratory. • Students with certified DSA are requested to contact the appropriate office (disabili.dsa@units.it) for the purpose of being able to best and safely manage both the practical experience part and the final test (exam).

• The methods of learning verification and the requirements for admission to the final exam will be detailed in the introductory hours of the course and in the relevant slides uploaded to the MOODLE platform. A final written test, which will cover the laboratory module and will take place by the end of the semester, is required to be eligible to take the exam. Students' achievement of the course objectives will be verified by a written exam consisting of 8 open-ended exercises. Students whose written test is successful (minimum grade 18/30) will be allowed to take an optional oral examination, approximately 8 days after the written test, or in the immediately following appeal. For scores below 18/30, the written test should be retaken at a subsequent appeal. The evaluation grid adopted is as follows: - Excellent (30 - 30 cum laude): excellent knowledge of the topics, excellent language property, excellent analytical ability, ability to brilliantly apply theoretical knowledge to concrete cases. Very good (27 - 29): good knowledge of topics, remarkable language property, good analytical ability, ability to correctly apply theoretical knowledge to concrete cases. Good (24-26): good knowledge of major topics, fair language property, adequate ability to apply theoretical knowledge to concrete cases. Satisfactory (21-23): possession of the fundamental knowledge of the teaching but incomplete mastery of some main topics, satisfactory ownership of language, and sufficient ability to apply theoretical knowledge to concrete cases. Sufficient (18-20): minimal knowledge of the main topics of the teaching and technical language, limited ability to adequately apply theoretical knowledge to concrete cases. Insufficient: lack of acceptable content knowledge of various program topics. • The evaluation of what was acquired during the laboratory experiences, which will take into account both the final test (mandatory) and the behavior during the practical experiences, will provide an additional score (maximum 2 points) that will be added to the evaluation of the exam if the result of the latter is at least 18/30. In case the evaluation of the exam is 30/30, any additional score from the evaluation of the laboratory part will give access to honors.

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