Overview

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Offerings

MURDOCH-S1-EXT-2018-ONGOING
MURDOCH-S1-INT-2018-ONGOING
MURDOCH-S2-EXT-2018-ONGOING
MURDOCH-S2-INT-2018-ONGOING

Enrolment rules

A thorough knowledge of Chemistry ATAR is assumed. Students who did not achieve a final scaled score of 50 percent or more in Chemistry ATAR within the three years immediately preceding this enrolment are required to pass CHE140 Fundamentals of Chemistry before enrolling in this unit.

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Learning activities

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Learning outcomes

1.
Describe the main theories of atomic and molecular structure and utilise these to predict the shape and reactivity of molecules.
2.
Recognise that many of the tools we use for measuring the presence/absence of elements and molecules have a chemical basis, e.g. UV-visible spectroscopy, titration.
3.
Provide quantitative analysis of chemical equilibria and reaction kinetics and use these to predict the outcome of a reaction under specific conditions.
4.
Recognise the usefulness of thermodynamic and energy data and use those to predict if a reaction is likely to produce or consume energy and be spontaneous under specific conditions.
5.
Recognise those molecules essential to biological chemistry and be able to identify the functional groups that lead to their specific reactivity.

Assessments

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Additional information

Unit content:The unit is organised into these blocks: 1. Matter – structure of atoms and molecules, bonding 2. Water – chemical equilibria in aqueous solutions, acid-base theory 3. Energy – thermodynamics and kinetics of chemical reactions 4. Organic chemistry – nomenclature and chemical properties of organic substances