Programme
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Course Commencement
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PART I: Atomic structure, chemical bonding and categories of chemical
- Introduction
- Atomic structure, atomic mass & number, electron shells, isotopes & the periodic table
- Chemical bonding: Covalent (including polar covalent), ionic and metallic bonding & their properties
- Electronegativity and polar bonds/molecules (including their impact on physicochemical properties, such as boiling point)
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Refreshment break
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PART II: Chemical identity
- States of matter
- Substance type – Mono-constituent, multi-constituent substances, UVCB, Nanomaterials, impurities
- Chemical identification (Smilies, IUPAC naming, EC number, CAS number, EINECS and REACH Registration Number)
- Mixtures and articles
- Chemical nomenclature (Organic, inorganic)
- Molecular and structural formula
- Isomers
- Functional groups (including use as structural alerts)
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Lunch
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PART III: Physicochemical properties -and how they can be used
- Boiling point and melting point
- Vapour pressure & volatility
- Density and specific gravity
- Water solubility
- Octanol water partition coefficient
- pH and pKa
- Viscosity
- How physicochemical properties can be used to help likely human and ‘environmental’ exposures
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Refreshment break
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PART IV: Chemistry in action
- Chemical reactions and equations
- Hydrolysis
- Oxidation reactions (with examples from metabolism)
- Acid – base (neutralisation) reactions
- Flashpoint and flammability
- Explosives
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Questions and close of day
