Chem 115

Chem 115: General Chemistry I

MWF 11:40am-12:40pm Sci Aud

Textbook: Chemistry: The Central Science, 11th ed., Brown/LeMay/Bursten/ Murphy

Homework: MasteringChemistry (CourseID: WILESCHEM115F08)

Announcements

The key for Exam #4 is now posted. (12-1-08, 1:15pm)

PowerPoint slides for the portions of Chapter 8 we will be covering this last week have been posted below. (12-01-08, 11:00am)

Assignment 27 was originally set to be due on the Friday after Thanksgiving. As I know many people left town and may be out of internet contact, I have reset the due date to the Tuesday after Break, Dec. 2nd. Happy Thanksgiving. (11-27-08, 12:00pm)

I have reposted the Chapter 7 slides with the modifications to select slides. (11-19-08, 2:00pm)

A chemistry tutor, Melissa Hayes, has been hired by the Academic Support Center. Melissa's hours in the lab will be: Monday 1 pm - 3:30 pm, Tuesday 8 am - noon, Friday 1 pm - 5 pm, Saturday 9 am - noon (10-29-08, 9:00am)

Powerpoint Presentations
Chapter 1	Chapter 2	Chapter 3	Chapter 4
Chapter 10	Chapter 5	Chapter 6	Chapter 7
Chapter 8

Schedule of Reading

Date		Chapter & Section	Topic
Sept	3	1.1-1.2	intro to chemistry, scientific method, classification of matter
	5	1.3-1.5	properties of matter, measurement, numbers
	8	1.6	conversion factors, dimensional analysis
	10	2.1-2.4	the atomic theory, atomic structure, atomic numbers and weights, isotopes
	12	2.5-2.7	the Periodic Table, molecular and ionic compounds
	15	2.8	chemical formulas and nomenclature
	17	3.1-3.2, 3.4	balancing simple chemical equations, Avagadro’s number and moles, formula and molecular weight
	19		Examination #1
	22	3.3-3.5	percent composition, empirical formulas for data
	24	3.6	quantitative information from balanced equations
	26	3.7	limiting reactants, theoretical/actual/percent yield
	29	4.1-4.2	solutions, electrolytes and dissociation, precipitation reactions, solubility
Oct	1	4.3	acid-base (neutralization) reactions
	3	4.4	oxidation-reduction (redox) reactions
	6	4.5	concentration, dilution
	8	4.6	solution stoichiometry, titration
	10		Examination #2
	13	10.1-10.3	characteristics of gases, pressure, gas laws
	15	10.4-10.5	the Ideal Gas Law
	17	10.6-10.7	Dalton’s Law, Kinetic Molecular Theory
	20	10.8-10.9	effusion and diffusion, deviations from ideal behavior
	22	5.1-5.2	energy, energy changes, the Zeroth and First Laws of Thermodynamics
	24	5.3-5.4	enthalpy of chemical reactions
	27	5.5-5.6	specific heat, calorimetry, Hess’ Law
	29	5.7	standard enthalpy of formation and reaction
	31		review
Nov	3		Examination #3
	5	6.1-6.2	the wave nature of light, the photoelectric effect, Plank’s formula and the photon
	7	6.3-6.4	the Bohr model of the atom, wave/particle duality of the electron
	10	6.5-6.6	quantum mechanics, orbitals and quantum numbers, the hydrogen atom
	12	6.7-6.8	many-electron atoms, electron configurations
	14	6.9, 7.1-7.2	anomalous electron configurations, the Periodic Table, effective nuclear charge
	17	7.3-7.4	periodic variation of atomic and ionic sizes, ionization energy
	19	7.5-7.6	electron affinity, metallic vs. nonmetallic properties
	21	7.7-7.8	trends in chemical properties
	24		Examination #4
	26		Thanksgiving Break
	28		Thanksgiving Break
Dec	1	8.1-8.3	Lewis dot symbols, the octet rule, ionic and covalent bonding
	3	8.4-8.5	bond polarity and electronegativity, Lewis structures
	5		Wrap-up & review