- Department: Chemistry
- Module co-ordinator: Dr. Seishi Shimizu
- Credit value: 20 credits
- Credit level: I
- Academic year of delivery: 2022-23
- See module specification for other years: 2021-22
Occurrence | Teaching period |
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A | Spring Term 2022-23 to Summer Term 2022-23 |
The purpose of this Year 2 module is to extend students’ understanding of key concepts of structure, bonding, chemical reactivity, equilibrium and change through a blend of lectures, practicals, tutorials and workshops. The module dips down to material taught to chemists at Stage 1, marrying the reactivity of haloalkanes/alkenes/alkynes, and solid state chemistry together with including more advanced topics such as catalysis, vibrational spectroscopy and excited states. The students will also carry out integrated chemistry practical projects, which will provide them with skills in project planning, development, execution and presentation of results. Carried out during a 2-week period (after the exam period), this project provides students with their first real insight into life as a research scientist.
Module Structure
Catalysis |
SBD |
8 lectures |
Tutorial |
Haloalkanes, Alkenes and Alkynes |
ASM |
9 lectures |
Tutorial |
Solid State |
MAB | 6 lectures | Tutorial |
Vibrational Spectroscopy |
MCRC | 6 lectures | 1x 2h Central Workshop |
Excited States and Photochemistry |
JNM | 6 lectures | Tutorial |
Integrated Chemistry Practical |
NJW |
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Task | Length | % of module mark |
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Closed/in-person Exam (Centrally scheduled) Closed exam : Chemistry for Natural Sciences V, Paper 1 |
1 hours | 35 |
Closed/in-person Exam (Centrally scheduled) Closed exam : Chemistry for Natural Sciences V, Paper 2 |
1.5 hours | 50 |
Practical Practical : Integrated Chemistry Practical |
N/A | 15 |
Non-reassessable
Two closed examinations. For paper 1, 2 from 2 questions should be answered containing the following topics: 'Solid State' and 'Haloalkanes, Alkenes and Alkynes'. For paper 2, 2 from 3 questions should be answered containing the following topics: 'Vibrational Spectroscopy', 'Excited States and Photochemistry' and 'Catalysis'.
The Integrated Chemistry Practicals consist of lab sessions in Summer weeks 8 and 9, with additional group work sessions, finishing with a group presentation in Summer week 10.
Task | Length | % of module mark |
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Closed/in-person Exam (Centrally scheduled) Closed exam : Chemistry for Natural Sciences V, Paper 1 |
1 hours | 35 |
Closed/in-person Exam (Centrally scheduled) Closed exam : Chemistry for Natural Sciences V, Paper 2 |
1.5 hours | 50 |
Written feedback will be given for tutorial work within a week. Written and/or oral feedback for workshops will be given either during the sessions or within a week. Feedback will be provided on all summative practical work within 25 working days. Closed exam results with per-question breakdown are returned to the students via supervisors within 5 weeks (as per special approval by the University Teaching Committee). Outline answers are made available via the Chemistry web pages when the students receive their marks, so that they can assess their own detailed progress/achievement. The examiners’ reports for each question are made available to the students via the Chemistry web pages
"Chemistry3: Introducing Inorganic, Organic and Physical Chemistry, 2nd edition" by Burrows, Parsons, Price, Holman and Pilling (published by Oxford University Press, 978-0-19-969185-2)