On completion of this subject the student should be able to:

1.         Provide information on application of safe working practices in the laboratory,

2.         Name and write the formulae of elements and compounds;

3.         Write balanced chemical, ionic and net ionic equations for chemical reactions, including redox reactions;

4.         Discuss the properties of elements and compounds in terms of their position in the periodic table and Lewis structure;

5.         Discuss chemical bonding and draw Lewis diagrams for different types of bonding;

6.         Do calculations involving moles, molarity concentration, dilution, limiting reagent and empirical formulae.