Inorganic Chemistry by Chrispin Kowenje - HTML preview

6.2 Outline

120 hours

Unit 1. Periodic Table of elements (14 hours)

- Introduction and history to Periodicity in chemical elements

- Terminologies used in the periodic table of elements

- Classification of periodic table elements

- Electronic configuration of s-Block elements

- Electronic configuration of p-Block elements

- Electronic quantum numbers and electronic orbitals

- s-, p-, d-, and f-block elements

- Matals, non-metals and metalloids

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Unit 2. Atomic Structures and trends in s and p Block elements ( 30 hours)

- Atomic size across and down the table

- Melting and boiling points of s and p block elements

- Electronegativities

- Ionization Energy trends

- Electron affinities

- Nuclear binding energies

- Effective nuclear charge

Unit 3. General Properties of s and p Block Elements (40 hours)

- Valency and formula of s-, and p-block elements and their compounds

- Naming of simple s-, and p-block compounds

- General characteristics of metals, non-metals and metalloids

- Physical Properties of S block elements

- Physical and chemical Properties of s-Block elements

- Physical and chemical Properties of p-Block elements

Unit 4. Occurrence, abundance and Extraction of s and p block elements

(16 hours)

- Occurrence, abundance and extraction of group 1 elements

- Occurrence, abundance and extraction of group 2 elements

- Occurrence, abundance and extraction of group 13 - 16 elements

- Occurrence, abundance and extraction of group 17 elements

- Occurrence, abundance and extraction of group 18 elements

Unit 5. Economic uses of s and p Block Elements (20 hours)

- Economic use of selected group 1 elements

- Economic use of selected group 2 elements

- Economic uses of selected group 13 – 16 elements

- Economic uses of selected group 17 elements

- Economic uses of selected group 18 elements

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The Flow of the Module: A Learner’s Progression through the units.

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VII. General objective(s)

By the end of this module you are expected to be able to:

• Undestand the placements of elements in the periodic table

• Classify elements into s, p, d and f blocks of the periodic table

• Describe and explain the periodicity in the physical properties of the s- and

p-block elements

• Describe and explain the general features in the chemical properties of the

s- and p-block elements

• Describe, explain and predict the physical and chemical properties of the

compounds of s- and p-block elements

• Describe and even predict the methods used for extraction of the s- and p-

block elements

• State and predict the economic uses of the s- and p-block elements

VIII. specific learning objectives

(Instructional objectives)

Unit

Learning objective(s)

At the end of this unit the learner should be able to: