CHE-20059 - Module Specification
School of Chemical and Physical Sciences
Faculty of Natural Sciences

Programme/Approved Electives for 2020/21

Available as a Free Standing Elective

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2020/21

Employing a variety of assessment methods, this module introduces students to a range of theoretical models that are able to account for many of the experimentally observed properties of quantum systems, f-block chemistry, electrolyte solutions, enzyme catalysis and inhibition, phases, macromolecular systems and the diffraction of x-rays by crystals.

This module aims to provide students with insight into a range of theoretical models that are able to account for many of the experimentally observed properties of quantum systems, f-block chemistry, electrolyte solutions, enzyme catalysis and inhibition, phases, macromolecular systems and the diffraction of x-rays by crystals.

Intended Learning Outcomes

discuss, apply and evaluate theories of electrolyte solutions through problem solving and analysis of experimental data: 1,2
determine analytes and their associated standard deviations through problem solving and analysis of experimental data: 1,2
describe and explain the principles of quantum mechanics and the Schodinger equation, and apply these to the predict the behaviour of model atomic and molecular systems: 2
calculate molecular partition functions and selected thermodynamic quantities from physical and spectroscopic data, and interpret their values at the molecular level: 2
discuss and analyse kinetic models of enzyme catalysis and inhibition to predict their defining characteristics and to determine system parameters and the type of inhibition from experimental data: 1,2
account for the reactivity and properties of the f-block elements and their compounds in terms of modern concepts
in chemistry: 1,2
apply physicochemical principles to describe, illustrate, explain, interpret and deduce selected properties associated with physical equilibria for pure substances, ideal and non-ideal mixtures: 1,2
discuss, apply and evaluate theoretical models of selected macromolecular systems and aggregates through problem solving and analysis of experimental data: 1,2
discuss, apply and evaluate theoretical models of x-ray diffraction phenomena through problem-solving and analysis of x-ray diffraction data to determine the elementary structures of crystalline materials
: 1,2
use advanced features of spreadsheets to manipulate, model and analyse experimental data: 1

Study hours

Scheduled Learning/Teaching:
Lectures, assessment briefings, formative assessments and workshops: 69 hrs
Laboratory work 37 hrs
Independent Study:
Independent Study: 194 hrs

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment