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CHE144 - Foundations of Chemistry

Overview

The unit is organised into four blocks:

1. Matter structure of atoms and molecules, bonding
2. Water chemical equilibria in aqueous solutions, acid-base theory
3. Energy thermodynamics and kinetics of chemical reactions
4. Organic chemistry nomenclature and chemical properties of organic substances

Academic Contacts

To view unit coordinator information, please refer to the specific offering details.

Offerings

The following offerings are available:

• MURDOCH-S1-EXT-2018-ONGOING
  • Teaching period code: Semester 1-S1
  • Location: Murdoch
  • Attendance mode: External
  • Start year: 2018
  • End year: Ongoing
  • Self enrol: Yes
• MURDOCH-S1-INT-2018-ONGOING
  • Teaching period code: Semester 1-S1
  • Location: Murdoch
  • Attendance mode: Internal
  • Start year: 2018
  • End year: Ongoing
  • Self enrol: Yes
• MURDOCH-S2-EXT-2018-ONGOING
  • Teaching period code: Semester 2-S2
  • Location: Murdoch
  • Attendance mode: External
  • Start year: 2018
  • End year: Ongoing
  • Self enrol: Yes
• MURDOCH-S2-INT-2018-ONGOING
  • Teaching period code: Semester 2-S2
  • Location: Murdoch
  • Attendance mode: Internal
  • Start year: 2018
  • End year: Ongoing
  • Self enrol: Yes

Requisites

The following units are excluded from this offering:

• PEC114: Chemistry For Biological Sciences
• PEC115: Chemistry For Environmental Science
• PEC116: Chemistry For Physical Sciences
• PEC144: Chemical Principles

Enrolment Rules

A thorough knowledge of Chemistry ATAR is assumed. Students who did not achieve a final scaled score of 50 percent or more in Chemistry ATAR within the three years immediately preceding this enrolment are required to pass CHE140 Fundamentals of Chemistry before enrolling in this unit.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:

1. Describe the main theories of atomic and molecular structure and utilise these to predict the shape and reactivity of molecules.
2. Recognise that many of the tools we use for measuring the presence/absence of elements and molecules have a chemical basis, e.g. UV-visible spectroscopy, titration.
3. Provide quantitative analysis of chemical equilibria and reaction kinetics and use these to predict the outcome of a reaction under specific conditions.
4. Recognise the usefulness of thermodynamic and energy data and use those to predict if a reaction is likely to produce or consume energy and be spontaneous under specific conditions.
5. Recognise those molecules essential to biological chemistry and be able to identify the functional groups that lead to their specific reactivity.

Unit Details

• Unit version: 10
• Version start date: 01/01/2022
• End date: 31/12/2022
• Owning college: College of Science, Health, Engineering and Education (PRE 2023)
• Owning school: Mathematics, Statistics, Chemistry and Physics (PRE 2023)
• Credit points: 3