Unit name | Intermediate Inorganic & Materials Chemistry |
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Unit code | CHEM20170 |
Credit points | 30 |
Level of study | I/5 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 4 (weeks 1-24) |
Unit director | Professor. Hall |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
CHEM10003, CHEM10004, CHEM10900 (or equivalent mathematics unit as approved by the School). |
Co-requisites |
None. |
School/department | School of Chemistry |
Faculty | Faculty of Science |
This unit develops the introduction to inorganic chemistry given in CHEM10003 to provide the essential base of inorganic chemistry required for advanced study at Levels 6 and 7 (Years 3 and 4). It covers the main areas of the subject e.g. main group chemistry, the organometallic and coordination compounds of transition metals including catalysis, materials chemistry and applications of NMR spectroscopy and an introduction to group theory.
Teaching will be delivered through a blended combination of synchronous and asynchronous sessions. Synchronous sessions include lecture style and interactive delivery and workshops. Workshops will in particular provide opportunity for live interaction with groups of students, feedback on exercises set as independent study and preparation for forthcoming material. There will be associated asynchronous activity involving independent study, problem solving and self-directed exercises. Synchronous revision sessions as well as drop-in clinics will be offered.
'Materials' Coursework which will include an online quiz and a set of asynchronous tasks based on the lectures. (20%) End-of-TB2 timed, open-book examination (80%)
Essential reading will be from the following books:
Inorganic Chemistry 6th Edition, M Weller, T Overton, J Rourke and F Armstrong, Oxford University Press 2014.
Further reading from: Introduction to Organic Spectroscopy, L. M. Harwood and T. D. W. Claridge, Oxford Chemistry Primer 1997; Periodicity and the s- and p-block Elements, N C Norman, Oxford Primer, 1997.