Basic Chemistry Course

I MODULE: Field of study and birth of chemistry: knowledge of the electronic structure of atoms at the basis of conventional chemistry. II MODULE: The mass number and the atomic number; Molecular mass and molar mass; The molecules and the chemical bond; Chemical bonds and electronegativity; The valence and the oxidation state; The various types of bonds. MODULE III: The solutions; Various types of solutions; Factors affecting solubility; Methods to express the concentration of solutions; The colligative properties of the solutions. Concept of concentration gradient and osmosis. MODULE IV: The various types of chemical reactions. The concept of balancing the charges of a chemical reaction. V MODULE: The reaction rate and the catalysts. The chemical equilibrium. What is meant by acidity and pH MODULE VI: The various applications of basic chemistry: chemistry and industry, chemistry and medicine, chemistry and the environment. The study of carbon compounds in organic chemistry