Course code:
101E2		 Course name:
Laboratory Work in General Chemistry

Academic year:

2024/2025.

Attendance requirements:

There are no requirements.

ECTS:

4

Study level:

basic academic studies, integrated basic and graduate academic studies

Study programs:

Chemistry: 1. year, winter semester, compulsory course

Chemical Education: 1. year, winter semester, compulsory course

Teacher:

Sanja R. Grgurić Šipka, Ph.D.
full professor, Faculty of Chemistry, Studentski trg 12-16, Beograd

Assistants:

Jelena M. Poljarević, Ph.D.
assistant professor, Faculty of Chemistry, Studentski trg 12-16, Beograd

Teodora S. Vitomirov
teaching assistant, Faculty of Chemistry, Studentski trg 12-16, Beograd

Hours of instruction:

Weekly: four hours of labwork (0+0+4)

Goals:

The goal of the course Laboratory Work in General Chemistry is to help students develop practical skills of working safely in a chemistry laboratory and the basic experimental techniques which will be used in the subsequent courses. Students will also be taught how to correctly present the result of a measurement or an experiment they have performed and how to use basic chemical calculations for solving practical problems.

Outcome:

Mastering the fundamentals of experimental work, mastering the basic chemical calculations; ability to understand and participate in the subsequent chemistry courses.

Teaching methods:

Experimental exercises.

Extracurricular activities:

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Coursebooks:

Main coursebooks:

  1. Maja Gruden-Pavlović, Sanja Grgurić-Šipka, Sonja Grubišić, S. R. Niketić: Praktikum iz opšte hemije, Hemijski fakultet, Beograd
  2. K. Anđelković. G. Vučković, S. Zarić, I. Hodžić, E. Milosavljević, N. Juranić: Zbirka iz opšte hemije sa rešenim primerima u redakciji dr Nenada Juranića
  3. Z. Miodragović, T. Sabo: Zbirka zadataka iz opšte hemije

Supplementary coursebooks:

  • M. Popović, D. Vasović, Lj. Bogunović, D. Poleti, O. Ćuković: Zbirka zadataka iz opšte hemije

Additional material:

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  Course activities and grading method

Labwork:

30 points (4 hours a week)

Syllabus:

  • Laboratory glassware and equipment
  • Basic chemical operations and separation methods
  • The condensed state
  • The properties of gases
  • Solutions
  • Chemical kinetics
  • Calculation problems
  • Calculation test
  • Chemical equilibrium
  • Equilibria in electrolyte solutions
  • Ionic reactions
  • Equilibria in aqueous solutions of salts
  • Electron transfer reactions
  • Calculation problems
  • Calculation test
  • The last class in which students can make up for what they have missed and in which their lab notebooks are checked and signed by the teacher.

Note: Laboratory classes are organized in the winter semester. Students have to attend the laboratory classes. They have to do and defend every exercise. A student has to meet the following requirements in order to take the exam:

  • a) completed all laboratory exercises planned by the syllabus, which means that the exercises have been done experimentally and defended in writing (at least 2 out of 3 questions done correctly), which should be verified by the signature of the course assistant in the lab notebook.
  • b) at least 51% of the total number of points assigned for the pre-exam activities, i.e. at least 15.3 out of 30 points.
  • A student can be assigned a maximum of 6 points for being active in laboratory classes.
  • A student can be assigned a maximum of 12 points for each calculation test, which makes a total of 24 points.

Written exam:

70 points