Note: This topic has been designed specifically for students who have not studied chemistry beyond elementary levels at secondary school or who have not studied Chemistry at stage 2 SACE level in recent years. It may not be taken for credit by students who have already passed CHEM1101 and/or CHEM1102.
The subject matter in the topic has been chosen and organised to provide students with a background of chemical knowledge. It will be of special value to students who are insufficiently prepared in chemistry to enter CHEM1101 and who intend to proceed to a degree in chemistry, another area of science or social science.
Successful completion of this topic together with CHEM1101 and CHEM1102 provides a one year pathway to second year programs in chemistry.
The topic deals with classification of matter, chemical symbols, formulae and equations, laws of chemical combination, atomic and molecular structure, bonding, relationships between bond type and physcial properties, intermolecular forces, acids and bases, molarity, gas laws, liquids and their vapour pressures, elementary kinetics and thermodynamics.