14041 - Biochemistry Lab-based Course (C1A)

Academic Year 2013/2014

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Medicine and Surgery (cod. 8415)

Course contents

Chemical behaviour of different ions (metal character, amphoteric character, ions of transition metals) in aqueous solutions.

Formation of complexes.

Redox reactions.

pH indicators.

Acid-base titrations: strong acid-strong base (followed with the use of a pH-indicator); weak acid-strong base (potentiometric titration). The choice of indicator and its color changes as a function of pH. Elaboration of the obtained experimental data. Determination of the ionization constant of a weak acid (Ka). Composition and properties of buffer solutions.

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