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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