Chemistry 151
General Chemistry (1st semester)
Fall 2011
Syllabus
(subject to change by the instructor at any time)
Approximate associated sections of the text are in parenthesis.
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31 Aug Introduction, Molecular view of Matter (2.1-2.2; skim 1.1-1.4)
02 Sep Measurements (1.5-1.14)
05 Sep Labour Day
07 Sep Atomic Structure (2.3-2.5)
09 Sep The Mole (2.1-2.2,2.6; Worked examples 6.4-6.6 on pp 195-196; alsoskim 6.5-6.6 for lab), Isotopes (2.7)
12 Sep Nuclear Chemistry (2.8-2.9)
14 Sep Properties of Light, Electromagnetic Spectrum (3.1-3.3)
16 Sep Spectra of Hydrogen, Wave-Particle Duality (3.8, 3.4-3.5)
19 Sep Quantum Numbers (3.6)
21 Sep Orbitals (3.7)
23 Sep Electron Configurations, Periodic Table (3.9-3.11)
26 Sep Electron Configurations, Periodic Table (3.12-3.14, 4.2)
28 Sep Quantum strangeness
30 Sep Exam #1
03 Oct Ions, Periodic Trends (4.1 to 4.6)
05 Oct Ionic Bonding (4.7-4.10)
07 Oct Ionic Bonding (4.7-4.10)
10 Oct Properties of Ionic compounds (4.10-4.13)
12 Oct Special Topic
14 Oct Fall Holiday
17 Oct Covalent Bonds (5.1-5.4,10.1)
19 Oct Lewis Structures (5.4-5.9)
21 Oct Molecular Shape (5.10)
24 Oct Theories in Chemical Bonding (5.11-5.16)
26 Oct Properties of Covalent Molecules
28 Oct Molecules in the Origin of Life
31 Oct Metallic Bonding and Band Theory
02 Nov Exam #2
04 Nov Balancing Chemical Equations, Stoichiometry (6.1-6.3)
07 Nov Yield and Limiting Reactant (6.4-6.5)
09 Nov Determining Chemical Formulae (6.9-6.12)
11 Nov Reactions in Solution, Precipitation Reactions (7.1-7.4)
14 Nov Acid-Base Reactions (7.5)
16 Nov Redox Reactions (7.6-7.8,7.10-7.11)
18 Nov Interesting Chemical Reactions
21 Nov Exam #3
23 Nov Thanksgiving
25 Nov Thanksgiving
28 Nov Forms of Energy (8.1 to 8.2), Work (8.3)
30 Nov Heat, Enthalpy and Calorimetry (8.4-8.7)
02 Dec Heat, Enthalpy and Calorimetry (8.4-8.7)
05 Dec Hess's Law (8.8) and Standard Enthalpies of Formation (8.9)
07 Dec Bond Energies and Other Standard Enthalpies (8.10-8.11)
09 Dec Introduction to Entropy and Free Energy (8.12-8.13)
12 Dec Review (Question and Answer Session)
Final Exam is Wednesday, December 14, 2-4pm
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