Faculty of Science

Chemistry and Biochemistry

Unit Outline

Chemistry - Properties and Energetics

CHEM1001
SEM-1, 2016
Campus: Crawley
Unit Coordinator: Dr Duncan Wild
Dr. Dino Spagnoli
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Unit details
Unit title
Unit code
Availability
Location

Chemistry - Properties and Energetics

CHEM1001
SEM-1, 2016 (29/02/2016 - 25/06/2016)
Crawley

Credit points

Mode

Face to face, Multimode

Contact details
Faculty
School
School website
Unit coordinator
Email
Telephone
Unit co-coordinator
Email
Telephone
Consultation hours
Lecturers

Faculty of Science
Chemistry and Biochemistry
http://www.biomedchem.uwa.edu.au/
Dr Duncan Wild
duncan.wild@uwa.edu.au
61 8 6488 3178
Dr. Dino Spagnoli
dino.spagnoli@uwa.edu.au
6488 8681
By appointment

Name

Position

Email

Telephone Number

Dr Duncan Wild
Senior Lecturer
duncan.wild@uwa.edu.au
08 6488 3178
Dr Swaminatha Iyer ARC Future Fellow swaminatha.iyer@uwa.edu.au 08 6488 4470
Prof Dylan Jayatilaka Professor
dylan.jayatilaka@uwa.edu.au 08 6488 3138

Tutors

Albany Tutor and Practical Class Demonstrator

Craig Russell
Centre for Natural Resource Management
UWA Albany Centre, Stirling Terrace
Albany, WA 6330 ph: 08 9892-8515

Unit contact hours

Lecture capture system
Online handbook
Unit website

3 x 45 min Lectures per week, as per Univeristy Timetable

6 x 3 hour Laboraotory Practical Sessions throughout semester - See Unit Schedule
LCS is implemented for this unit.
http://handbooks.uwa.edu.au/units/unitdetails?code=CHEM1001
Http://www.lms.uwa.edu.au

Unit rules
Prerequisites
Incompatibility

WACE Chemistry 3A/3B or TEE Chemistry or equivalent or CHEM1105 Introductory Chemistry or CHEM1003
Introductory Chemistry
CHEM1101 Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, CHEM1104 Biological Inorganic and Physical Chemistry

Unit description
This unit focuses on the chemical properties and description of matter at the macroscopic level. It comprises one half of the Level 1
units taken for a Chemistry major, but also acts as a service unit for students in a variety of other majors. The unit introduces essential
knowledge and principles in the areas of thermodynamics, gases, intermolecular interactions and the nature of liquids, solids and
solutions, chemical kinetics, aspects of chemical equilibrium including acids, bases and solubility, electrochemistry and the chemistry
of non-metals. It provides an essential foundation for more advanced studies in these topics.

Learning outcomes
Students are able to (1) understand principles and concepts related to (a) thermochemistry and thermodynamics; (b) the nature of
gases, liquids and solids, and the important intermolecular forces; (c) the description of the rates of chemical reactions; (d) chemical
equilbrium; (e) properties of solutions and solution phenomena including acidbase chemistry and solubility; (f) oxidation and reduction
reactions; and (g) the chemistry of the non-metals; (2) acquire basic practical skills in (a) basic experimental techniques in physical
chemistry; (b) manipulation and use of basic chemicals and standard laboratory apparatus; and (c) recording and analysis of
experimental measurements and procedures; and (3) gain skills in scientific writing, problem solving, critical analysis and teamwork, as
well as basic research skills, through a combination of practical class experimentation and self-paced learning in online quizzes.

Unit structure
3 x 45 min Lectures per week
6 x 3 hour Laboratory Classes, over semester - see unit schedule

Unit schedule
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Week Date Lecture Topic

Lecturer Online Quizzes

29
Feb
7
Mar

Intro (1)
Chemistry of Water (2)
Chemistry of Water (1)
Solutions (2)

DW

14
Mar
21
Mar

States of Matter (3)

DW

Thermochemistry (2)

DW

28
Mar

Thermochemistry (1)
Thermodynamics (2)

DW(1)
SI(2)

4
Apr

Thermodynamics (2) Main Group

Chemistry (1)

SI

11
Apr
18
Apr
25
Apr
2
May
9
May

Main Group Chemistry (2)

SI

3
4

DW

SI

Chemical Equilibrium (3)

SI

Electrochemistry (3)

DJ

11

16
Acid-Base Equilibrium (3)
May

DJ

12

23
Acid-Base Equilibrium (1) Other
May Aqueous Equilibrium (2)
30
Revision
May

DJ

10

13

Notes

Mid Semester Break

Kinetics (3)

Laboratory

1. Online Safety Quiz

(29th Feb-6th Mar)
2. Chemistry of Water 1. Solubility of
and Solutions Quiz
Ca(OH)2
(11th Mar-20th Mar)
3. States of Matter Quiz
(18th Mar-27th Mar)
2. Competing
Good Friday 25th
Chemical
March - No Lecture
Equilibrium
4. Thermochemistry
Quiz
(1st April-10th April)
5. Thermodynamics
3. Thermochemistry
Quiz
(8th April-17th April)
PROSH Day 13th
April - No Lecture

ANZAC DAY 25th

April
6. Kinetics Quiz
4. Kinetics
(6th May-15th May)
7. Chemical Equilibrium
Quiz
(13th May-22nd May )
8. Electrochemistry
5. Electrochemistry
Quiz
(20th May-29th May)
9. Equilibrium Quiz
6. Acids and Bases
(27th May-5th June)

DJ

Assessment
Assessment overview
Typically this unit is assessed in the following ways: (1) practical componentsix laboratory sessions (25 per cent); and (2) theoretical
componentmultiple-choice online quizzes throughout the semester (25 per cent) and a two-hour final examination (50 per cent).
Further information is available in the unit outline.

Supplementary Assessment
Supplementary assessment is not available in this unit except in the case of a bachelor's pass degree student who has obtained a
mark of 45 to 49 overall and is currently enrolled in this unit, and it is the only remaining unit that the student must pass in order to
complete their course.

Assessment mechanism
# Component

Weight Due Date

1 Online Quizzes
25
2 Write-Up of Experiements in Laboratory Notebook 25
3 Final Exam
50

Assessment items
Item Title Description
1
2
3

Relates To Outcomes

9 Throughout Semester 1,3

6 Throughout semester 1,2,3
End of Semester
1,3

Submission Procedure for Assignments

Online Quizzes
Online
Laboratory Reports Submission of Laboratory Book
Final Exam
Paper Submitted After Exam

Textbooks and resources

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Recommended texts
Chemistry, Human activity, Chemical Reactivity. 2nd Edition; Nelson Education (2015)
Mahaffy, Bucat, Tasker, Kotz, Weaver, Treichel, McMurry
ISBN-10: 0176684085 ISBN-13: 9780176684082
(1st Edition is acceptable)

Other important information

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