| Unit name | The Physical Basis of Chemistry |
|---|---|
| Unit code | CHEM10400 |
| Credit points | 20 |
| Level of study | C/4 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 4 (weeks 1-24) |
| Unit director | Professor. Smith |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
None |
| Co-requisites | |
| School/department | School of Chemistry |
| Faculty | Faculty of Science |
This is a first year optional course for students taking a Chemistry degree programme who enter without A-level Physics. The course will introduce the physical concepts which underlie the Chemistry degree programme and provide a foundation so that important results in Chemistry are understandable. Topics covered are: forces, kinetic and potential energy, harmonic motion, wave motion, electromagnetic waves, reflection and refraction, diffraction, difference between waves and particles, wave-particle duality, electricity, electric fields, intermolecular forces, ideal gases, heat transactions. Some lectures running in parallel with the Chemistry 1A course will also draw together explicitly these ideas with the material taught in the mainstream Chemistry lectures.
