Chemistry 151H
General Chemistry (1st semester)
Fall 2008
Syllabus
(subject to change by the instructor at any time)
Approximate associated sections of the text are in parenthesis.
Blank lines delimit separate weeks.
03 Sep Introduction, Molecular view of Matter (1.2, 1.4, 2.1; skim 1.3)
05 Sep Atomic Structure (2.2)
08 Sep Atomic Structure (2.3, 2.5)
10 Sep Measurements (1.5, 1.6; skim 1.7)
12 Sep The Mole (2.4, 3.4, 3.5)
15 Sep Determining Chemical Formulae (3.5)
17 Sep Aqueous Solutions (3.6; Skim 2.5, 3.3)
19 Sep Electrons, Wave properties of light, Electromagnetic
Spectrum (7.1, 7.2)
22 Sep Photoelectric Effect, interaction of light and matter
(7.2)
24 Sep Spectra of Hydrogen, wave/particle duality (7.3)
26 Sep Quantum numbers, Orbital shapes (7.4, 7.5)
29 Oct Orbital energies (7.6, 8.1)
01 Oct Exam #1
03 Oct Electronic configurations, Periodic Table (8.2, 8.3)
06 Oct Electronic configurations, Periodic Table (8.4, 1.3)
08 Oct Ionic Bonding (2.5, 8.5)
10 Oct Properties of Ionic compounds (8.6, 3.3)
13 Oct Metallic Bonding and Properties of Metals
15 Oct Covalent Bonding (9.1), Localized Bonds (10.1)
17 Oct Fall Holiday -- no
class
20 Oct Lewis Structures (9.2)
22 Oct Bonding and Molecular Shape (9.3, 9.4)
24 Oct Bonding and Molecular Shape, Polar Covalent Bonds (9.3,
9.4, 9.1)
27 Oct Properties of Covalent Molecules, Bond Lengths (9.5)
29 Oct Bond Energies (6.3), Line Structures (3.1, 3.2)
31 Oct Exam #2
03 Nov Hybridization (10.2)
05 Nov Multiple bonds, pi-bonded systems (10.3, 10.5, 10.6)
07 Nov Balancing Chemical Equations and Stoichiometry (4.1,
4.2)
10 Nov Yield, Limiting Reagent (4.3, 4.4)
12 Nov Precipitation Reactions (4.5)
14 Nov Acid-base Reactions (4.6)
17 Nov Redox Reactions (4.7)
19 Nov Molecules in Motion, Ideal Gas Equation (5.1, 5.2)
21 Nov Molecular View of Gases, Gas Properties (5.3, 5.4)
24 Nov Gas Mixtures and Stoichiometry (5.5, 5.6)
26 Nov Thanksgiving -- no
class
28 Nov Thanksgiving -- no
class
01 Dec Gas Mixtures and Stoichiometry (5.5, 5.6)
03 Dec Chemistry of the Atmosphere (5.7)
05 Dec Exam #3
08 Dec Real Gases, van der Waals equation (11.1)
10 Dec Special Topic
12 Dec Special Topic
Final Exam is Wednesday, December 17, 2:00-4:00pm
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