Mina MAZZEO | GENERAL AND INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

cod. CB12800002

GENERAL AND INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

	CB12800002
	DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY AND BIOLOGY "ADOLFO ZAMBELLI"
	EQF6
	BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
	2025/2026

PERCORSO SHARED STUDY PATHWAY

	OBBLIGATORIO
	YEAR OF COURSE 1
	YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2025
	FULL ACADEMIC YEAR

TEACHING UNITS

SSD	CFU	HOURS	ACTIVITY	TYPE OF ACTIVITY
CHIM/03	8	64	LESSONS	BASIC COMPULSORY SUBJECTS
CHIM/03	2	24	EXERCISES	BASIC COMPULSORY SUBJECTS

PROFESSORS

	MINA MAZZEO T Curriculum
	MARIA STRIANESE Curriculum

	Objectives
	GENERAL OBJECTIVE: THE COURSE IS DESIGNED TO INTRODUCE STUDENTS TO THE OBSERVATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF NATURAL PHENOMENA THROUGH THE APPLICATION OF THE GALILEAN SCIENTIFIC METHOD. STUDENTS WILL BECOME FAMILIAR WITH THE PROPERTIES OF MATTER AND THE KINETIC AND THERMODYNAMIC LAWS GOVERNING ITS TRANSFORMATION, AND WILL DEMONSTRATE THE ABILITY TO APPLY THESE PRINCIPLES TO SPECIFIC CASES. BY THE END OF THE COURSE, STUDENTS ARE EXPECTED TO HAVE DEVELOPED A SYSTEMATIC LOGICAL REASONING ABILITY AND ACQUIRED A FOUNDATIONAL KNOWLEDGE OF CHEMISTRY, ENABLING THEM TO SUCCESSFULLY PURSUE FURTHER STUDIES IN ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY. KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING THE COURSE AIMS TO PROVIDE KNOWLEDGE OF THE FOLLOWING TOPICS: * HISTORICAL ORIGINS OF ATOMIC THEORY * ATOMIC THEORY AND THE PERIODIC TABLE OF ELEMENTS * STOICHIOMETRY * CHEMICAL BONDING * THE SOLID STATE * THE GASEOUS STATE * THE LIQUID STATE AND SOLUTIONS * THERMODYNAMICS * ACIDS AND BASES * SOLUBILITY * CHEMICAL KINETICS * ELECTROCHEMISTRY UPON COMPLETION OF THE COURSE, STUDENTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO PREDICT THE PROPERTIES OF CHEMICAL ELEMENTS BASED ON THEIR POSITION IN THE PERIODIC TABLE, AS WELL AS THOSE OF THEIR CORRESPONDING COMPOUNDS, ACCURATELY INTERPRET THE MEANING OF CHEMICAL EQUATIONS AND STOICHIOMETRIC COEFFICIENTS, EVALUATE THE FACTORS DETERMINING THE SPONTANEITY, REVERSIBILITY, AND RATE OF A CHEMICAL TRANSFORMATION KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: STUDENTS MUST BE ABLE TO APPLY FUNDAMENTAL CHEMICAL LAWS TO ACCURATELY INTERPRET THE PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES (BOILING, EVAPORATION, FREEZING, SOLUBILITY, AND PH) OF PURE SUBSTANCES AND SOLUTIONS. THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO USE BASIC ANALYTICAL METHODS (SUCH AS VOLUMETRIC ANALYSIS AND PH INDICATORS), AND UNDERSTAND AND DESCRIBE THE FUNCTIONING OF SIMPLE AND COMMONLY USED ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICES (E.G., BATTERIES, ELECTRIC ACCUMULATORS). INDEPENDENT JUDGEMENT STUDENTS SHOULD BE CAPABLE OF INDEPENDENTLY APPLYING BASIC PHYSICAL AND MATHEMATICAL KNOWLEDGE TO QUANTITATIVELY DESCRIBE AND UNDERSTAND COMMON PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL TRANSFORMATIONS. THEY MUST ALSO BE ABLE TO CRITICALLY ASSESS THE RELIABILITY OF EXPERIMENTAL SCIENTIFIC RESULTS AND INTERPRET THEIR SIGNIFICANCE. COMMUNICATION SKILLS THE COURSE AIMS TO FOSTER A LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE THAT ENABLES STUDENTS TO COMMUNICATE SCIENTIFIC CONCEPTS CLEARLY AND EFFECTIVELY, INCLUDING TO AUDIENCES WITHOUT ANY SPECIFIC BACKGROUND OR EXPERTISE. LEARNING SKILLS BY THE END OF THE COURSE, STUDENTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE AND VALUE THE INTERDISCIPLINARY NATURE OF CHEMISTRY, PARTICULARLY IN RELATION TO PHENOMENA STUDIED IN OTHER ACADEMIC FIELDS SUCH AS BIOLOGY, NATURAL SCIENCES, AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE.

GENERAL OBJECTIVE:
THE COURSE IS DESIGNED TO INTRODUCE STUDENTS TO THE OBSERVATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF NATURAL PHENOMENA THROUGH THE APPLICATION OF THE GALILEAN SCIENTIFIC METHOD. STUDENTS WILL BECOME FAMILIAR WITH THE PROPERTIES OF MATTER AND THE KINETIC AND THERMODYNAMIC LAWS GOVERNING ITS TRANSFORMATION, AND WILL DEMONSTRATE THE ABILITY TO APPLY THESE PRINCIPLES TO SPECIFIC CASES.
BY THE END OF THE COURSE, STUDENTS ARE EXPECTED TO HAVE DEVELOPED A SYSTEMATIC LOGICAL REASONING ABILITY AND ACQUIRED A FOUNDATIONAL KNOWLEDGE OF CHEMISTRY, ENABLING THEM TO SUCCESSFULLY PURSUE FURTHER STUDIES IN ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY.

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
THE COURSE AIMS TO PROVIDE KNOWLEDGE OF THE FOLLOWING TOPICS:

* HISTORICAL ORIGINS OF ATOMIC THEORY
* ATOMIC THEORY AND THE PERIODIC TABLE OF ELEMENTS
* STOICHIOMETRY
* CHEMICAL BONDING
* THE SOLID STATE
* THE GASEOUS STATE
* THE LIQUID STATE AND SOLUTIONS
* THERMODYNAMICS
* ACIDS AND BASES
* SOLUBILITY
* CHEMICAL KINETICS
* ELECTROCHEMISTRY

UPON COMPLETION OF THE COURSE, STUDENTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO PREDICT THE PROPERTIES OF CHEMICAL ELEMENTS BASED ON THEIR POSITION IN THE PERIODIC TABLE, AS WELL AS THOSE OF THEIR CORRESPONDING COMPOUNDS, ACCURATELY INTERPRET THE MEANING OF CHEMICAL EQUATIONS AND STOICHIOMETRIC COEFFICIENTS, EVALUATE THE FACTORS DETERMINING THE SPONTANEITY, REVERSIBILITY, AND RATE OF A CHEMICAL TRANSFORMATION

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING:
STUDENTS MUST BE ABLE TO APPLY FUNDAMENTAL CHEMICAL LAWS TO ACCURATELY INTERPRET THE PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES (BOILING, EVAPORATION, FREEZING, SOLUBILITY, AND PH) OF PURE SUBSTANCES AND SOLUTIONS. THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO USE BASIC ANALYTICAL METHODS (SUCH AS VOLUMETRIC ANALYSIS AND PH INDICATORS), AND UNDERSTAND AND DESCRIBE THE FUNCTIONING OF SIMPLE AND COMMONLY USED ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICES (E.G., BATTERIES, ELECTRIC ACCUMULATORS).

INDEPENDENT JUDGEMENT
STUDENTS SHOULD BE CAPABLE OF INDEPENDENTLY APPLYING BASIC PHYSICAL AND MATHEMATICAL KNOWLEDGE TO QUANTITATIVELY DESCRIBE AND UNDERSTAND COMMON PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL TRANSFORMATIONS. THEY MUST ALSO BE ABLE TO CRITICALLY ASSESS THE RELIABILITY OF EXPERIMENTAL SCIENTIFIC RESULTS AND INTERPRET THEIR SIGNIFICANCE.

COMMUNICATION SKILLS
THE COURSE AIMS TO FOSTER A LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE THAT ENABLES STUDENTS TO COMMUNICATE SCIENTIFIC CONCEPTS CLEARLY AND EFFECTIVELY, INCLUDING TO AUDIENCES WITHOUT ANY SPECIFIC BACKGROUND OR EXPERTISE.

LEARNING SKILLS
BY THE END OF THE COURSE, STUDENTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE AND VALUE THE INTERDISCIPLINARY NATURE OF CHEMISTRY, PARTICULARLY IN RELATION TO PHENOMENA STUDIED IN OTHER ACADEMIC FIELDS SUCH AS BIOLOGY, NATURAL SCIENCES, AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE.

	Prerequisites
	BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF MATHEMATICS (ALGEBRAIC OPERATIONS, LOGARITHMS, FUNCTIONS) AND PHYSICS (FUNDAMENTAL QUANTITIES, TEMPERATURE, ENERGY) AS PROVIDED IN A STANDARD SECONDARY EDUCATION CURRICULUM

	Contents
	STRUCTURE OF THE ATOM – 4 HOURS PERIODIC TABLE AND PERIODIC PROPERTIES – 4 HOURS CHEMICAL BONDING – 6 HOURS STATES OF MATTER – 4 HOURS STOICHIOMETRY OF CHEMICAL REACTIONS – 10 HOURS CHEMICAL THERMODYNAMICS – 6 HOURS CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIUM – 6 HOURS ACIDS AND BASES, EQUILIBRIA IN SOLUTION – 6 HOURS NUMERICAL EXERCISES IN CLASS ON SOLUTION EQUILIBRIA – 10 HOURS NUMERICAL EXERCISES ON TITRATIONS – 4 HOURS ELECTROCHEMISTRY – 4 HOURS INTRODUCTION TO CHEMICAL KINETICS – 4 HOURS

Contents

*STRUCTURE OF THE ATOM – 4 HOURS
*PERIODIC TABLE AND PERIODIC PROPERTIES – 4 HOURS
*CHEMICAL BONDING – 6 HOURS
*STATES OF MATTER – 4 HOURS
*STOICHIOMETRY OF CHEMICAL REACTIONS – 10 HOURS
*CHEMICAL THERMODYNAMICS – 6 HOURS
*CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIUM – 6 HOURS
*ACIDS AND BASES, EQUILIBRIA IN SOLUTION – 6 HOURS
*NUMERICAL EXERCISES IN CLASS ON SOLUTION EQUILIBRIA – 10 HOURS
*NUMERICAL EXERCISES ON TITRATIONS – 4 HOURS
*ELECTROCHEMISTRY – 4 HOURS
*INTRODUCTION TO CHEMICAL KINETICS – 4 HOURS

	Teaching Methods
	THE COURSE INCLUDES: LECTURES WITH MULTIMEDIA SUPPORT IN-CLASS NUMERICAL EXERCISES *DISCUSSION OF PRACTICAL PROBLEMS

	Verification of learning
	THE FINAL ASSESSMENT, AT THE END OF THE COURSE, CONSISTS OF A WRITTEN EXAMINATION FOLLOWED BY AN ORAL EXAMINATION. ONLY STUDENTS WHO SUCCESSFULLY PASS THE WRITTEN EXAM—BY CORRECTLY SOLVING AT LEAST THREE OUT OF SIX PROBLEMS WITHIN A TWO-HOUR TIME LIMIT—ARE ADMITTED TO THE ORAL EXAMINATION. THE WRITTEN EXAMINATION INVOLVES THE QUANTITATIVE RESOLUTION OF PROBLEMS RELATED TO THE TOPICS COVERED THROUGHOUT THE LECTURE CYCLE. THE ORAL EXAMINATION (LASTING AT LEAST 20 MINUTES) ASSESSES THE STUDENT'S UNDERSTANDING OF THE FUNDAMENTAL PROPERTIES OF MATTER IN ITS THREE STATES OF AGGREGATION, AS WELL AS THE PRINCIPLES GOVERNING CHEMICAL TRANSFORMATIONS. THE FINAL GRADE IS EXPRESSED ON A SCALE OF THIRTY (OUT OF 30) AND IS BASED EQUALLY ON THE WRITTEN (50%) AND ORAL (50%) COMPONENTS. EVALUATION CRITERIA: * ACCURACY OF CALCULATIONS * COMPLETENESS OF THEORETICAL DISCUSSION * CLARITY OF EXPOSITION AND USE OF SCIENTIFIC LANGUAGE * AUTONOMY IN PROBLEM-SOLVING

Verification of learning

THE FINAL ASSESSMENT, AT THE END OF THE COURSE, CONSISTS OF A WRITTEN EXAMINATION FOLLOWED BY AN ORAL EXAMINATION. ONLY STUDENTS WHO SUCCESSFULLY PASS THE WRITTEN EXAM—BY CORRECTLY SOLVING AT LEAST THREE OUT OF SIX PROBLEMS WITHIN A TWO-HOUR TIME LIMIT—ARE ADMITTED TO THE ORAL EXAMINATION.
THE WRITTEN EXAMINATION INVOLVES THE QUANTITATIVE RESOLUTION OF PROBLEMS RELATED TO THE TOPICS COVERED THROUGHOUT THE LECTURE CYCLE. THE ORAL EXAMINATION (LASTING AT LEAST 20 MINUTES) ASSESSES THE STUDENT'S UNDERSTANDING OF THE FUNDAMENTAL PROPERTIES OF MATTER IN ITS THREE STATES OF AGGREGATION, AS WELL AS THE PRINCIPLES GOVERNING CHEMICAL TRANSFORMATIONS.
THE FINAL GRADE IS EXPRESSED ON A SCALE OF THIRTY (OUT OF 30) AND IS BASED EQUALLY ON THE WRITTEN (50%) AND ORAL (50%) COMPONENTS.

EVALUATION CRITERIA:
* ACCURACY OF CALCULATIONS
* COMPLETENESS OF THEORETICAL DISCUSSION
* CLARITY OF EXPOSITION AND USE OF SCIENTIFIC LANGUAGE
* AUTONOMY IN PROBLEM-SOLVING

	Texts
	'STECHIOMETRIA UN AVVIO ALLO STUDIO DELLA CHIMICA'; I. BERTINI, C. LUCHINAT, F. MANI; ED. AMBROSIANA CHIMICA, LA NATURA MOLECOLARE DELLA MATERIA E DELLE SUE TRASFORMAZIONI. AUTORE: M.S. SILBERBERG. ED. MAC GRAW HILL. FONDAMENTI DI CHIMICA. AUTORI : SCHIAVELLO PALMISANO. ED. EDISES.

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