Course: Basics of chemistry

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Course title Basics of chemistry
Course code TUCH/TP2ZC
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Prucková Zdeňka, Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Elements, periodic table, periods, groups, electronegativity. Basic principles of inorganic nomenclature, nomenclature of some groups of inorganic compounds - halides, oxides, sulfides. Biogenic elements. Carbon and its compounds. 2. Nomenclature of hydroxides and cyanides. Relative atomic mass, relative molecular mass. Expression of the amount of substance from the number of particles. Hydrogen and its compounds, oxygen and its compounds. 3. Nomenclature of acids. Expression of the amount of substance from the mass. Nitrogen and its compounds, Phosphorus and its compounds. 4. Nomenclature of acids - more difficult examples. Mass fraction. Mineral (trace) elements. Toxicologically significant elements. Solutions - preparation and related quantities. 5. Nomenclature of ions. Mass fraction (more complex examples). Volume fraction. Water and its physical and chemical properties, importance in the organism. Water compounds. 6. Nomenclature of salts. Molar concentration. Practical use of mass and volume fraction. 7. Salt hydrates. Mass concentration. Solutions - dissolution and solubility, influence of solubility, saturated solutions. Diffusion, osmosis. 8. Nomenclature of hydrogen salts. Theory of acids and bases. 9. Writing a chemical equation. Enumeration of chemical equations. Dissociation, buffers, calculation of pH, importance in the organism. 10. Ratio of substance amounts in a chemical reaction. Calculation from the equation. Reactions in inorganic chemistry. Acid-base reactions. pH and calculation of pH 11. Repetition of calculations from the equation. Redox reactions. Oxidation, reduction. Becket's voltage series of metals. 12. Electrolysis. Calculation of electrolysis. 13. Precipitation reactions. Solubility product, complexes and amphoteric metals. 14. Energetics of chemical reactions, Gibbs energy and entropy, applications to metabolic processes, chemical reactions and chemical equilibrium, kinetics and energetics of reactions with a focus on reactions occurring in biological systems.

Learning activities and teaching methods
  • Preparation for examination - 120 hours per semester
learning outcomes
Knowledge
water and its properties, biogenic elements, types of chemical bonds
water and its properties, biogenic elements, types of chemical bonds
chemical structure of proteins, nucleic acids, carbohydrates and lipids
chemical structure of proteins, nucleic acids, carbohydrates and lipids
representatives of proteins, nucleic acids, carbohydrates and lipids
representatives of proteins, nucleic acids, carbohydrates and lipids
acid-base reactions
acid-base reactions
oxidation reaction and precipitation reaction
oxidation reaction and precipitation reaction
Skills
create names and formulas of simple inorganic and organic compounds
create names and formulas of simple inorganic and organic compounds
determine the composition of living matter
determine the composition of living matter
determine the structure of simple biomolecules
determine the structure of simple biomolecules
perform calculations based on substance quantity and concentration
perform calculations based on substance quantity and concentration
perform conversions between the concentrations of strong acids or bases and the pH values of their aqueous solutions
perform conversions between the concentrations of strong acids or bases and the pH values of their aqueous solutions
teaching methods
Knowledge
Educational trip
Educational trip
Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing)
Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing)
Methods for working with texts (Textbook, book)
Methods for working with texts (Textbook, book)
Skills
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Educational trip
Educational trip
Practice exercises
Practice exercises
assessment methods
Knowledge
Oral examination
Oral examination
Grade (Using a grade system)
Grade (Using a grade system)
Recommended literature
  • DVOŘÁČKOVÁ, S. Chemie na dlani. (Edice Na dlani).. Olomouc: Rubico, 2022. ISBN 80-85839-70-9.
  • GÄRTNER, H. Kompendium chemie: vzorce, pravidla a principy, úlohy a jejich řešení, periodická soustava prvků, výkladový slovník. 2. vyd. Universum.. Praha: Knižní klub, 2013. ISBN 9788024239934.
  • HOUSECROFT, C.E., SHARPE, A.G. Anorganická chemie. Praha: VŠCHT, 2014. ISBN 978-80-7080-872-6.
  • KODÍČEK, M., VALENTOVÁ, O., HYNEK, R. Biochemie: chemický pohled na biologický svět. 3. přeprac. vyd.. Praha: VŠCHT, 2022. ISBN 978-80-7592-124-6.
  • Kolektiv autorů. Biochemie: základní kurz. 4. vyd. Učební texty UK v Praze. 229 s.. Praha: Karolinum, 2009. ISBN 9788024616780.
  • McMURRY, J. Organická chemie. Překlady vysokoškolských učebnic.. Brno: VUTIUM, 2015. ISBN 9788070809303.
  • MIČKA, Z., LUKEŠ, I. Teoretické základy anorganické chemie. 4. vyd. Učební texty UK v Praze. Praha: Karolinum, 2016. ISBN 9788024632094.
  • MYERS, R. The Basics of Chemistry. Westport: Greenwood Publishing Group, 2003. ISBN 9780313361340.
  • SEDMIDUBSKÝ, D., FLEMR, V., SVOBODA, J., CIBULKA, R. Základy chemie pro bakaláře. Praha: VŠCHT, 2011. ISBN 978-80-7080-790-3.
  • SKOOG, D.A., WEST, D.M., HOLLER, F.J., CROUCH, S.R. Analytická chemie. Praha: VŠCHT, 2019. ISBN 978-80-7592-043-0.
  • TIMBERLAKE, K.C. Basic Chemistry. 5th Ed.. Harlow: Pearson Education, 2017. ISBN 978-0134138046.


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