Chemistry

Contenu du cours

The course examine matter according to three levels of description and understanding: microscopic (e.g. atoms, molecules, photons...), macroscopic (e.g. temperature, pressure, viscosity, color, conductivity...) and symbolic (writing molecules in the form of symbols and transformations in the form of equations). Where applicable, certain transformations will be studied both from a thermodynamic and kinetic point of view. The notion of dynamic equilibrium will be abundantly illustrated.

The course material is divided in twelve chapters:

Introduction and fundamental concepts
Atomic structure
Molecular structure and chemical bonds
The states of matter
Thermodynamics
Physical equilibrium
Chemical equilibrium
Acid-base reactions
Precipitation and complexation reactions
Reduction-oxidation reactions - electrochemistry
Chemical kinetics
Chemistry and environment

Objectifs (et/ou acquis d'apprentissages spécifiques)

Give future business engineers an understanding of the fundamental concepts of chemistry, and the ability to communicate with chemistry specialists and follow their scientific reasoning.

Apply the scientific method to approach problems.

Méthodes d'enseignement et activités d'apprentissages

Lectures complemented by exercise sessions.

Références, bibliographie et lectures recommandées

Chemical principles : the quest for insight: Atkins, P. W. (Peter William), and Loretta Jones. Chemical Principles : The Quest for Insight. New York: Freeman. Any edition.
Chemical principles: Zumdahl, Steven S, and Donald J DeCoste. Chemical Principles. 8th ed. Australia: Cengage Learning, 2017.

Support(s) de cours

Université virtuelle

Contribution au profil d'enseignement

This course aims to provide all concepts to understand the physical and chemical properties of matter from the atomic and molecular scale to the macroscopic scale.

It contributes to the following objectives of the Bachelor's in Economics:

1. Integrate sustainable development in analyses.
2. Adopt a scientific approach for data collection, research and analysis and communicate results with clear, structured and sophisticated arguments.
3. Demonstrate critical thinking, logical reasoning and develop an antonomous approach to learning.

Autres renseignements

Contacts

Cédric Theunissen
Laboratoire de Chimie Organique (LCO)
Service de Chimie et PhysicoChimie Organiques, C.P. 160/06,
Office: S.UC.4.131 (access via S.UD.4.116)
Building U, level 4, Solbosch campus.
02 650 22 98
Cedric.Theunissen@ulb.be

Campus

Solbosch

Evaluation

Méthode(s) d'évaluation

Autre

Autre

Written exam covering both numerical applications and theory questions.

Construction de la note (en ce compris, la pondération des notes partielles)

The first evaluation is organized during the January session. It is a written exam that includes exercises and theory questions. Understanding of the theory is essentially evaluated through the student's ability to solve problems presented in the form of exercises. The result of the evaluation is a score out of 20, which can be increased by one point if the student succeeds in the "Journey to success" (online exercises, only validated by corretly answering a specific question during the January evaluation - further details will be provided during the first lecture). Students who obtain a grade of 7/20 or higher in January may choose to keep their grade and are not required to take the exam covering the first semester's material in May/June.

A second evaluation is organized during the May/June session.
The first part covers the second semester material and is intended for all students.
The second part concerns the first semester material and is only intended for students who scored less than 7/20 in January or who chose not to keep their January grade. Any bonus point obtained through the "Journey to success" will no longer be taken into account in May/June.

The final grade is composed of 50% of the first-semester grade (obtained in January or May/June) and 50% of the second-semester grade, provided that both grades are equal to or higher than 7/20. If the student obtains a grade lower than 7/20 in either semester, the lower grade will be considered as the final grade.

In case of failure in the final grade, the second session (written) exam is organized in August. It covers the entire course material (exercises and theory from both semesters) and counts for 100% of the final grade, regardless of the results obtained in the January evaluation. In addition, bonus points are all no longer taken into account.

Langue(s) d'évaluation

anglais

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