Calculations in Chemistry
| Code | School | Level | Credits | Semesters |
| CHEM1016 | Chemistry | 1 | 10 | Full Year UK |
- Code
- CHEM1016
- School
- Chemistry
- Level
- 1
- Credits
- 10
- Semesters
- Full Year UK
Summary
• Scientific notation and significant figures. Units and conversions between them.
• Rearrangement of chemical expressions. Indices and powers and their reduction to linear formulae.
• Solving equations (quadratic, simultaneous, using logarithms).
• Exponential and logarithms; applied to pH, pKa and simple kinetic expressions.
• Functions commonly used in chemistry, their graphical representation and their reduction to linear formulae.
• Use of differentiation to calculate the rate of change of chemical functions. Application to kinetic problems.
• Stationary points. Finding maxima and minima values of relevant chemical expressions.
• Integration and its application to solve chemical problems.
• Differential equations in chemical problems.
• The use of trigonometry in chemistry.
• Vector algebra.
• Complex numbers.
• Matrices and determinants.
Target Students
Only available for BSc/MSci Chemistry OR Medicinal & Biological Chemistry students AND Only available for Level 1 students.If not offering A level Mathematics grade C (or equivalent) then students must also take CHEM1018.
Classes
- One 1-hour workshop each week for 19 weeks
- One 1-hour lecture each week for 10 weeks
Assessment
- 100% Exam 1 (2-hour): Second re-assessment: If a further re-assessment is allowed by satisfying the conditions of Undergraduate Course Regulation 19, the form of the further re-assessment for this module will be 100% coursework.
Assessed by end of designated period
Educational Aims
To provide a firm understanding of the use of mathematical tools in a chemical context. Emphasis will be put on recognizing whether an answer is reasonable or not. On completion of the module, students are expected to be able to carry out calculations and solve chemical problems with confidence and competence.Learning Outcomes
At the end of the module, a student is expected to be able to:
- Manipulate and rearrange algebraic chemical expressions with confidence
- Evaluate and manipulate chemical expressions involving the exponential and logarithm functions
- Recognize linear expressions and obtain chemical quantities from them
- Obtain linear plots
- Graphically represent polynomial, exponential and logarithm functions for chemical problems
- Find the maxima and minima of relevant chemical functions
- Differentiate and integrate simple functions, such as chemical rate equations and manipulate differential equations in chemical problems.
- Be familiar with the use of complex numbers.
- Use and manipulate vectors in a chemistry context
- Use and manipulate matrices and calculate determinants.