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CHEM202 Inorganic Chemistry
Updated: 22 December 2008
| Credit Points |
6 |
| Offering |
| Responsible Campus |
Teaching Period |
Mode of Study |
|
Armidale
|
Semester 2
|
Off Campus
|
|
Armidale
|
Semester 2
|
On Campus
|
|
| Online level |
Level B - Internet access required
|
| Intensive School(s) |
| Start |
Finish |
Attendance |
Notes |
|
17 September 2009
|
20 September 2009
|
Mandatory
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|
|
| Supervised Exam |
November
|
| Pre-requisites |
CHEM120 or CHEM120A or candidature in a postgraduate award in the School of Environmental and Rural Science or School of Science and Technology
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| Co-requisites |
None
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| Restrictions |
CHEM202A
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| Notes |
None |
| Combined Units |
None
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| Coordinator(s) |
Peter Lye
(plye@une.edu.au)
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| Unit Description |
Valence-bond and molecular orbital theories of bonding and structure in polyatomic molecules of s- and p-block elements; hybridisation, resonance and electronegativity. Simple band theory of metals and semiconductors. The ionic bond - structures of inorganic solids; lattice energy. Transition metal coordination chemistry; introductory ligand field theory; stability constants, mechanisms, and magnetism.
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| Materials | Text information will be published prior to commencement of the teaching period. |
| Disclaimer |
Offer of some subjects is subject to viability. Information in these unit descriptions is subject to change prior to commencement of semester. |