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ATOMIC THEORY OF THE MATTER. HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE ATOMIC THEORY OF MATTER. CHEMICAL EQUATIONS. FUNDAMENTAL SUBATOMIC PARTICLES. ATOMIC NUMBER, MASS NUMBER. ISOTOPES. ATOMIC WEIGHTS AND ATOMIC MASS UNIT. THE CONCEPT OF MOLE. AVOGADRO'S NUMBER. ABSOLUTE ATOMIC (OR MOLECULAR) MASSES. ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE OF THE ATOMS. PLANETARY ATOMIC MODEL AND ATOMIC SPECTRA. BOHR'S ATOMIC MODEL. DE BROGLIE'S EQUATION. HEISENBERG'S UNCERTANTY PRINCIPLE. QUANTUM OR WAVE MECHANICS. POLYELECTRONIC ATOMS. PERIODIC PROPERTIES. ATOMIC STRUCTURE: ELECTRONIC ATOMIC CONFIGURATIONS AND PERIODIC TABLE.

CHEMICAL BOND. BOND ENERGY. IONIC BOND. COVALENT BOND: LEWIS' THEORY, VALENCE BOND (VB) THEORY. MULTIPLE BONDS. MOLECULAR GEOMETRY, ELECTRON DELOCALIZATION AND RESONANCE. HYBRID ORBITALS. METALLIC BONDING. WEAK BONDINGS: DIPOLAR INTERACTIONS, HYDROGEN BONDING.

NOMENCLATURE OF INORGANIC COMPOUNDS AND CHEMICAL REACTIONS. OXIDATION NUMBER. OXIDATION-REDUCTION (REDOX) REACTIONS.

GAS PHASE. PROPERTIES OF THE IDEAL AND REAL GASES. IDEAL GAS LAW. LIQUID PHASE. PROPERTIES OF LIQUIDS. EVAPORATION, CONDENSATION AND VAPOR PRESSURE. BOILING POINT OF A LIQUID. SUBLIMATION. MELTING AND FREEZING POINTS OF A LIQUID. STATE DIAGRAMS OF H2O AND CO2. SOLID STATE. AMORPHOUS AND CRYSTALLINE SOLIDS AND THEIR PROPERTIES.

SOLUTIONS. NATURE OF THE SOLUTIONS. CONCENTRATIONS OF THE SOLUTIONS. COLLIGATIVE PROPERTIES.

CHEMICAL THERMODYNAMICS. STATE FUNCTIONS. HEAT AND WORK. THE FIRST LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS. THERMOCHEMISTRY: HESS LAW. THE SECOND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS. ENTROPY. VARIATION OF FREE ENERGY AND SPONTANEITY. CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIUM. USE OF THE EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FREE ENERGY AND THE EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT OF A REACTION. LE CHATELIER'S PRINCIPLE. TEMPERATURE DEPENDANCE OF EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT.

SOLUTION EQUILIBRIA. SOLUBILITY EQUILIBRIA. ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIA. THE PH AND POH SCALE. HYDROLYSIS. BUFFER SOLUTIONS.

ELECTROCHEMISTRY. GALVANIC AND ELECTROLYTIC CELLS. FARADAY'S LAWS. ELECTRICAL AND CHEMICAL WORK. ELECTROMOTIVE FORCE (EMF) OF A GALVANIC CELL. NERNST EQUATION. ELECTROLYSIS.

ELEMENTS OF CHEMICAL KINETICS. RATE LAW. INFLUENCE OF THE REAGENTS CONCENTRATION. INFLUENCE OF TEMPERATURE ON THE REACTION RATE.

ELEMENTS OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY. MAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CHEMICAL ELEMENTS. PERIODIC PROPERTIES OF THE ELEMENTS.

- NIVALDO J. TRO "Chemistry: A Molecular Approach";
- A.M. MANOTTI LANFREDI. A. TIRIPICCHIO; "FONDAMENTI DI CHIMICA", CASA EDITRICE AMBROSIANA, MILANO;
- F. CACACE E M. SCHIAVELLO "STECHIOMETRIA" BULZONI EDITORE, ROMA;
- SLIDES SUMMARISING THE THEORETICAL LESSONS (DESCRIPTION OF LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS INCLUDED) CAN BE FOUND ON THE COURSE WEBSITE.