Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Department of Basic Sciences
Syllabus for General chemistry I
Thursday 16th of March 2023
PRESENTED TO: SENATE
PRESENTED BY: Department of Basic Sciences
YEAR: 2
MODULE TITLE: General chemistry I
COURSE CODE: CHE32101
DURATION: 13 WKS
NO. OF LECTURES HOURS/WEEK: 2 HRS
NO. OF TUTORIALS HOURS/WEEK: 0 HRS
NO. OF PRACTICAL HOURS/WEEK: 3 HRS
TOTAL MODULE CREDITS: 3.5 HRS
SUMMARY:
The course covers the fundamental facts that include laws, principles, theories and concepts of chemistry necessary for
further work in science as well as science related courses.
ASSESSMENT:
Continuous assessment (Practical activities, Tutorials, Assignments, Mid Semester examination): 40% End of Semester
Examination: 60%
AIMS OF STUDY:
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
LECTURE TOPICS:
1. Properties of Acids and Bases
I. The Lewis Acid-Base concept and self-ionisation of water
II. Strengths of acids and bases: Acidity constant, Ka and Basicity constant, Kb
III. pH of aqueous solutions of strong acids and bases
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IV. pH of aqueous solutions of weak acids and bases
V. Buffer systems
VI. Preparation of buffers
2. Acid-Base Titration and Titration curves
I. Titration curves of a strong acid and a strong base
II. Titration curves of a weak acid and a strong base
III. Acid-base indicators
3. Oxidation - Reduction reactions
4. Rates of Chemical reactions
I. The concept of the reaction rate
II. The rate laws
III. Integrated laws and half-lives of reactions
IV. Experimental determination of rate laws – The initial-slope method
5. Gases and Gas laws
I. Properties of gases and kinetic theory of gases
II. Gas pressure
III. Gas laws: Boyle’s Law, Law of Gay-Lussac and Charles, The Ideal Gas Law, Avogadro’s law, The Law of
Partial Pressures and The deviation from the Ideal Gas Law
IV. Kinetic theory of gases and the Absolute Temperature Scale
6. Heats of Chemical reactions
I. The Nature of Energy and Types of Energy
II. Energy Changes in Chemical Reactions
III. Introduction to Thermodynamics
IV. Enthalpy of Chemical Reactions
V. Calorimetry
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