Class Chemistry

The course intends to provide the student with a global view on the constitution and organization of matter, as well as its transformations, including chemical stability and reactivity. It is intended that the student understands the importance of Chemistry in the evolution of phenomena in the various scientific and technological areas, as well as to promote the student's scientific and technical culture that will provide cognitive and methodological support for both the continuation of studies as for the insertion in the active professional life.

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Atomic structure, periodic table, atomic stability and reactivity. Ionic covalent and metallic bonds. Nomenclature of the main classes of inorganic substances. Nomenclature of organic compounds (brief notions). Characterization of solution composition. Gases. Total and partial pressures. The perfect gas equation. Real gases. Stoichiometry of chemical reactions. Related Laws.  Chemical thermodynamics. Body heating / cooling. Notions of enthalpy and entropy. Enthalpy of a reaction. Chemical kinetics. Law of velocities. Chemical balance. Balance constant. Acids and bases. Notions of pH, pOH and Kw. Brief notions about poorly soluble solids. Brief notions of redox equations, electrochemical potential and corrosion. Nuclear chemistry. Radioactivity. Nuclear fission and fusion

  In this Curricular Unit, several laboratory activities will be carried out which, despite not being, in themselves, contemplated as innovative teaching methodologies, allow the consolidation of contents and the acquisition of practical skills. These activities allow the application of innovative teaching methodologies such as Problem Based Learning, which will be applied in the UC.

Chang, R. e Goldsby (2013). Química (11.ª Edição). McGraw-Hill, Lisboa, Portugal.