Hacking the Periodic Table - Chemistry of the Elements

You are a professional, a student, a teacher or just interested in general trends, reactions and applications of chemistry. Then this is the right course for you. The concept of this course is not to only give textbook explanations to things, explain models.

Instead it aims at using your knowledge to understand the bigger picture and apply the knowledge you gained. To provide an appealing curriculum we combined the three big pillars of chemistry which is scientific research, application in industry and you as a student. By this we want to give scientific explanations to industrially relevant topics and show you how often you might meet certain elements without realizing it.

The curriculum of this course will cover the following topics:- - - - - - - - PART 1 - - - - - - - -This curriculum of this course will cover atomic concepts as a foundation to gain an understanding for the reactivity and behavior of elements as well as trends of the periodic table. Subsequently, we will have an in-depth look at the elements of main group 1 to 8 and their most interesting applications. Introduction: The atomic model, orbitals and energy schemesIntroduction: Trends of the periodic tableMain Group I: Alkali metals (Focus lectures: Hydrogen and Lithium)Main Group II: Earth-alkali metals (Focus lecture: Cement, Gypsum and hardness of water)Main Group III: Boron groupMain Group IV: Carbon group- - - - - - - - PART 2 - - - - - - - -In this first part of the course we will cover the basics of the atom concept and cover the main group elements of group 1 to 4.

In the second part of the course we will cover the concept and rules of oxidation states and cover the main group elements of group 5 to 8. Introduction: Oxidation NumbersMain Group V: PnictogensMain Group VI: Chalcogens (Focus lecture: Ozone-Oxygen cycle)Main Group VII: Halogens (Focus lecture: Swimming pool chemistry)Main Group VIII: Noble gases.