Chemistry for the Non-Chemist

• 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)

• States of matter

• Substance type – Mono-constituent, multiconstituent 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)

• 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

• Chemical reactions and equations

• Hydrolysis

• Oxidation reactions (with examples from metabolism)

• Acid – base (neutralisation) reactions

• Flashpoint and flammability

• Explosives