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Course, academic year 2026/2027
  
   
Chemistry Fundamentals - B101015
Title: Chemický start
Form of teaching: practicals
Guaranteed by: Department of Inorganic Chemistry (101)
Faculty: Faculty of Chemical Technology
Actual: from 2026
Duration in semesters: 1
Semester: both
Points: 2
E-Credits: 2
Examination process:
Hours per week, examination: 0/1, C [HT]
Capacity: winter:unknown / unlimited (unknown)
summer:unknown / unknown (unknown)
Maximum number of enrolled students: unlimited
Min. number of students: unlimited
State of the course: taught
Language: Czech
Teaching methods: full-time
Level:  
Additional information: http://Předmět je vyučován povinně s předmětem Anorganická chemie.
Repeated enrollment: - / - / - / 9
Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan
enabled for web enrollment
you can enroll for the course in winter and in summer semester
Guarantor: Rubešová Kateřina doc. Ing. Ph.D.
Classification: Chemistry > Inorganic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry
Is co-requisite for: B101016
Examination dates   Schedule   
Annotation -
The course is intended for first-year students of bachelor's degree programs. Its goal is to systematically review and deepen key chemical concepts and skills that are assumed to be mastered at the beginning of the first semester of study and that are necessary for successful completion of university studies. The course focuses on basic orientation in the periodic table, chemical nomenclature, types of chemical bonds and compounds, balancing of chemical equations, working with units and basic chemical calculations. The course also focuses on understanding the structure of the atom, the concept of orbitals, oxidation numbers and valency, and the ability to analyse the role of individual substances in chemical reactions. The course also introduces students to basic laboratory concepts. In regular seminars, students will solve an extensive set of tasks and problems that will allow them to effectively move on to more advanced topics in university chemistry.
Last update: Rubešová Kateřina (21.05.2025)
Course completion requirements -

Assessment is awarded if the student obtains a sufficient number of points from the Entrance Test (this threshold is determined based on the statistical distribution of the results of all students). If the student does not obtain the required number of points, credit is awarded if two conditions are met:

1) at least 70% participation in seminars (i.e. participation in 5 seminars out of 7); in case of illness, it will be possible to join the seminar online or provide a doctor's note

2) students complete the assigned homework in electronic form on the e-learning website of the course, within the deadline specified on the website

No substitute seminars or additional homework will be organized for the award of credit.

Last update: Rubešová Kateřina (15.07.2026)
Literature -

Obligatory:

Recommended:

  • Sedmidubský, David. Základy chemie pro bakaláře. Praha: Vysoká škola chemicko-technologická v Praze, 2011, 125 s. s. ISBN 978-80-7080-790-3.
  • Flemr, Vratislav, Holečková, Eva. Úlohy z názvosloví a chemických výpočtů v anorganické chemii. Praha: Vysoká škola chemicko-technologická, 2001, 224 s. ; s. ISBN 80-7080-435-1.

Last update: Rubešová Kateřina (21.05.2025)
Teaching methods -

The course will have a form of two-hour seminars over a period of 7 weeks. A significant emphasis will be placed on independent voluntary work by students with the help of e-learning materials. The seminars will be based on explaining concepts and relationships, but will mainly serve as consultations for students' homework.

Last update: Rubešová Kateřina (21.05.2025)
Requirements to the exam -

Studets write an introductory test covering the expected high-school level of chemistry. If a student obtains enough points, the assessment is recieved.

If the result is lower, the assessment is awarded upon meeting two conditions:

1) at least 70% participation in seminars (i.e., participation in 5 seminars out of 7); in case of higher absence due to illness, a doctor's note must be provided

2) students complete the assigned homework in electronic form on the e-learning pages of the course, within the deadline specified on the course pages

No substitute seminars or additional homework will be organized for the award of the assessment.

Last update: Rubešová Kateřina (15.07.2026)
Syllabus -

1. Composition and structure of the atom - electron configuration of elements, atomic orbitals, valence electrons. Relationship between the position of an element in the periodic table (PTP) and its oxidation number, maximum valency.

2. Chemical bonding and periodic table of elements - electronegativity, bond polarity. Types of bonds. Lewis formula of a molecule. Positions of elements in PTP, their properties, trends in PTP.

3. Chemical nomenclature - names and chemical formulae of binary compounds, acids and their salts, trivial names of common compounds.

4. Chemical equations and reactions - classification of chemical reactions. Balancing of chemical equations without changes in ox. numbers; ionic notation. Protolytic reactions - theory of acids and bases. Neutralization.

5. Redox reactions - change in oxidation numbers, reducer/oxidizer, balancing of redox equations, electropotential series of metals.

6. Chemical calculations - unit conversions; mass, relative mass of atoms and molecules, amount of substance, Avogadro's constant, use in basic calculations. Basic techniques in the laboratory.

7. Physical chemistry - basics of thermochemistry, chemical equilibrium and equilibrium constant, effect of reaction conditions on the rate of chemical reactions, influences violating the equilibrium state.

Last update: Rubešová Kateřina (21.05.2025)
Learning resources -

Electronic supplementary materials:

e-learning course Repetitorium chemie

e-learning courses Připrav se - Obecná a anorganická chemie a připrav se - Chemické výpočty

Last update: Rubešová Kateřina (21.05.2025)
Learning outcomes -

Students will be able to:

  • name inorganic compounds and create their formulae
  • write down the electron configuration and understand its relation to chemical reactivity
  • navigate the periodic table and describe significant trends
  • estimate the type of bonding in substances and the related basic behaviour, determine the shape of molecules
  • distinguish different types of reactions and estimate which products are formed in them
  • solve basic types of chemical calculations including unit conversion
  • describe basic operations in a chemical laboratory
  • understand the principles of chemical equilibria and the rate of chemical reactions

Last update: Rubešová Kateřina (21.05.2025)
Registration requirements -

Chemistry, physics, mathematics: high school level.

Last update: Rubešová Kateřina (21.05.2025)
Teaching methods
Activity Credits Hours
Konzultace s vyučujícími 0.3 7
Příprava na přednášky, semináře, laboratoře, exkurzi nebo praxi 1 28
Účast na seminářích 0.5 14
Semester tests 0.2 6
2 / 2 55 / 56
 
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