CHM101: INTRODUCTORY INORGANIC CHEMISRTY
Inorganic Chemistry is the study of chemical elements and their compounds excluding compounds of carbon; but compounds of carbon and oxygen, Sulphur and metals are generally included in inorganic chemistry.
An element is a substance which cannot be resolved into two or more simpler substances following any known chemical process. Combination 0f two or more elements chemically form a new substance called compounds.
The student will learn about the periodic table, how it came to be, and the periodic law. Scientist that contributed to the development of periodic table. Hydrogen, chemical properties and reactions. Alkali and Alkaline earth metals, their physical and chemical properties. Reactions and uses
The course objectives are stated below:
i. To understand the scope and the basic principle of introductory inorganic chemistry
ii. To understand the elemental arrangement in the periodic table, electronic configuration of element and periodic law. iii. To understand the work of scientist that led to the development of the periodic table, properties and reactions of elements according to positions in the periodic table, atomic radius.
iv. To understand hydrogen, its manufacture, reactions, its ionic salts-like hydrides, bonding, alkali and alkaline earth metals, their compound and reactivity
The aim of this course is tailored towards teaching the students to understand periodic classification of elements, various contributors to the development of periodic table. Modern periodic law, electronic configuration and rules governing its atomic radii, ionization energy, affinity of electrons, electronegativity, Hydrogen, its properties, its bonding, manufacture, ionic salt, Alkali and Alkaline earth metals, their general physical and chemical properties, compounds and reactions.