EXPERIMENTAL INORGANIC CHEMISTRY SUBJECT IN THE CHEMISTRY GRADE OF THE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACULTY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY

The subject Experimental Inorganic Chemistry is taught in the second year of the Bachelor of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the Basque Country. The subject has allocated 40 hrs, distributed in 10 laboratory sessions. The remaining credits, 20, complete all the 60 hrs throughout the year course. These are divided between classroom groups (CG) (10 credits) and Seminars (S) (10 credits). In both the theoretical foundation of the practice (CG) is, and those potential and unexpected results obtained in each laboratory session (10 credits), respectively.

The 10 laboratory sessions are:
(i) S block and group XIII elements.
(ii) Group XIV elements, reactivity of the elements. Preparation and study of the oxides and hydroxides of tin and lead in different oxidation states.
(iii) Group XV elements, reactivity of the elements; production of ammonia and nitric acid at laboratory scale. Action H(NO3) over the elements of the group.
(iv) Group XVI elements, most important properties of hydrogen peroxide; reactivity of sulfur containing anions in various oxidation states.
(v) Group XVII elements, physical properties of the halogen, redox behavior of the elements of the group and solubility of halide ions.
(vi) and
(vii) Redox and acid-base behavior of the first transition series elements.
(viii) Introduction to Coordination Chemistry.
(ix) Geometric Isomers.
(x) Simple identification of inorganic salts.