UNENE Chemistry Primer
(2009 version)

Introduction - This is a primer to get you ready for UN1001

THIS CHEMISTRY PRIMER IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED PREPARATION FOR UN1001

UNENE students come from a wide variety of backgrounds and may or may not have taken the undergraduate courses that are expected in all the areas covered by the UNENE graduate courses. To ensure you are prepared for UN1001, it is strongly recommended that you review and learn this material at the beginning of the course. Your professor will assume you have done so.

ABOUT THE CHEMISTRY PRIMER

The UNENE Chemistry Primer is a review of the fundamentals of chemistry. It is meant to refresh your knowledge on the basic principles of chemical reactions, stoichiometry, the Periodic Table, chemical bonds, thermodynamics, chemical kinetics and electrochemistry, all topics that are necessary for UNENE 1001 to understand corrosion in power plants and the chemistry control practices used to mitigate the effects of corrosion. The material in this course is adapted from the first year chemistry courses at the University of New Brunswick (CHEM 1001 & CHEM 1012) and from the instructor’s own knowledge and experience.

Course textbook: Chemistry, the Central Science – 10th Edition, Pearson Education Inc. 2006, Brown, LeMay and Bursten.

Lecturer: Derek Lister, contact information

COURSE MATERIAL AND STRUCTURE

The course lectures are spilt into fifteen approximately 30-40 minute presentations. Following most of the lectures, time will be allowed for students to complete exercises on the material covered, with the help of the course instructor. The chemistry primer will be completed over a two-day period at UOIT (for Fall 2009 on Saturday & Sunday Oct. 17th and 18th).

Lecture topics covered include:

1. Atoms, molecules and ions (ppt 7.9Mb)
2. Stoichiometry (ppt 2.6Mb)
3. Solutions (ppt 5.6Mb)
4. Thermochemistry (ppt 5.9Mb)
5. Electronic structure (ppt 5.1Mb)
6. Periodic properties of the elements (ppt 10.2Mb)
7. Chemical bonding (ppt 5.7Mb)
8. Gases (ppt 3.7Mb)
9. Intermolecular forces (ppt 8.0Mb)
10. Thermodynamics (ppt 2.6Mb)
11. Properties of solutions (ppt 5.6Mb)
12. Chemical kinetics (ppt 2.1Mb)
13. Chemical equilibrium (ppt 1.1Mb)
14. Acids and bases (ppt 2.9Mb)
15. Electrochemistry (ppt 1.8Mb)

Exercises (pdf 147kb)