To develop knowledge and understanding of the influence of material structure (from atomic through to microstructural) on the chemical and physical properties of materials.
Outline Syllabus
States of matter, Gas Laws & Avogadro constant, atom and electronic structure, primary and secondary bonding, polymorphism & carbon hybridisation, hard sphere modelling & crystal lattices & defects, mechanical properties, mechanisms for enhancing properties, thermal properties.
Enthalpy: heats of formation & combustion, Hess' Law, catalysts and activation energy, equilibrium, constant ( Kc), Le Chateliers Principle, organic reaction mechanisms, simple reactions of alcohols, carboxylic acids & amines.