Chemistry 151
General Chemistry (1st semester)
Fall 2009
Syllabus
(subject to change by the instructor at any time)
Approximate associated sections of the text are in parenthesis.
Blank lines delimit separate weeks.
02 Sep Introduction, Molecular view of Matter (2.1-2.2; skim 1.1-1.4)
04 Sep Measurements (1.5-1.14)
07 Sep Labour Day
09 Sep Atomic Structure (2.3-2.5)
11 Sep The Mole (2.1-2.2,2.6; skim 6.5-6.6 for lab), Isotopes (2.7)
14 Sep Nuclear Chemistry (2.8-2.9)
16 Sep Properties of Light, Electromagnetic Spectrum (3.1-3.3)
18 Sep Spectra of Hydrogen, Wave-Particle Duality (3.8, 3.4-3.5)
21 Sep Quantum Strangeness
23 Sep Exam #1
25 Sep Quantum Numbers (3.6)
28 Sep Orbitals (3.7)
30 Sep Electron Configurations, Periodic Table (3.9-3.11)
02 Oct Electron Configurations, Periodic Table (3.12-3.14)
05 Oct Ions, Periodic Trends (4.1 to 4.6)
07 Oct Ions, Periodic Trends (4.1 to 4.6)
09 Oct Ionic Bonding (4.7-4.9)
12 Oct Properties of Ionic compounds (4.10; skim 4.11-4.13)
14 Oct Metallic Bonding, Properties of Metals
16 Oct Exam #2
19 Oct Covalent Bonds (5.1-5.3)
21 Oct Polar Covalent Bonds, Lewis Structures (5.4-5.6, 10.1)
23 Oct Fall Holiday
26 Oct Complexity in Lewis Structures (5.7-5.9)
28 Oct Molecular Shape (5.10)
30 Oct Theories in Chemical Bonding (5.11-5.16)
02 Nov Properties of Covalent Molecules
04 Nov Balancing Chemical Equations, Stoichiometry (6.1-6.3)
06 Nov Yield and Limiting Reactant (6.4-6.5)
09 Nov Determining Chemical Formulae (6.9-6.12)
11 Nov Determining Chemical Formulae (6.9-6.12)
13 Nov Exam #3
16 Nov Reactions in Solution, (7.1-7.3)
18 Nov Precipitation (7.4), Acid-Base Reactions (7.5)
20 Nov Redox Reactions (7.6-7.8,7.10-7.11)
23 Nov Forms of Energy (8.1 to 8.2), Work (8.3)
25 Nov Thanksgiving
27 Nov Thanksgiving
30 Nov Enthalpy and the First Law of Thermodynamics (8.4, 8.5)
02 Dec More on enthalpy, Calorimetry (8.6-8.7)
04 Dec Hess's Law (8.8)
07 Dec Exam #4
09 Dec Standard Enthalpies of Formation (8.9, 8.11)
11 Dec Bond Energies (8.10)
14 Dec Introduction to Entropy and Free Energy (8.12-8.13)
Final Exam is Monday, December 21, 8-10am
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