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Agenda

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    First Semester

    FIRST UNIT: ATOMIC STRUCTURE

    FIRST WEEK

    First Lecture: Mathematical review, units significant figures

    SI units length: Mass, time, temperature, derived units: Volume, density

    Uncertainty in measurement

    Units and dimensional analysis (Factor label method)

    Second Lecture: Discovery of the atom

    Old atomic theory

    Dalton’s atomic theory

    Some comments on historical basis

    Atomic symbols

    The role of models in science

    Structure of the atom

    Electron properties

    Rutherford model

    Nuclear structure

    Protons, neutrons Isotopes

    SECOND WEEK

    Third Lecture: Quantum theory of the atom

    Wave nature of light

    Relationship between wavelength and frequency

    Planck’s quantization of energy

    Black body problem

    Photoelectric effect

    Bohr theory of the hydrogen atom

    Atomic line spectra

    Bohr’s postulates

    Transitions between energy levels

    Quantum mechanics

    de Broglie relation

    Uncertainty principle

    Wave function

    Fourth Lecture: Wave functions

    Quantum numbers and atomic orbitals

    Atomic orbital shapes

    Pauli exclusion principle

    THIRD WEEK

    Fifth Lecture: Electron configurations

    Electron configurations

    Sixth Lecture: Periodic Table

    Historical development of the periodic table

    Electron configuration and the Periodic Table

    Effective nuclear charge

    Size of Atoms and Ions

    Ionization energy

    Electron affinity

    FOURTH WEEK

    Seventh Lecture: Periodic properties

    Metals, Non Metals and Metalloids

    Group trends for groups 1 and 2

    Group trends for non metals

    Review

    FIRST TEST

    SECOND UNIT: Molecular Bonding

    FIFTH WEEK

    Eighth Lecture: Chemical bonding

    Chemical bonds,

    Lewis symbols and the octet rule

    Ionic bonding

    Covalent bonding

    Bond polarity and negativity

    Ninth Lecture: Lewis structures

    Drawing Lewis structure

    Resonance structures

    SIXTH WEEK

    Tenth Lecture: More bonding structures

    Exceptions to the Octet Rule

    Strengths of Covalent Bonds

    Eleventh Lecture: Molecular Geometry

    Molecular Shapes

    The VSEPR model

    Molecular shape and molecular polarity

    SEVENTH WEEK

    Twelfth Lecture: Covalent bonding

    Covalent bonding and orbital overlap

    Hybrid orbitals

    Multiple Bonds

    Thirteenth Lecture: Molecular Orbitals

    Molecular orbitals

    Review

    SECOND TEST

    THIRD UNIT: Descriptive Chemistry

    EIGHTH WEEK

    Fourteenth Lecture: States of matter

    States of matter

    Physical state and chemical composition

    Solids, liquids and gases

    Elements, compounds and mixtures

    Properties of Matter

    Fifteenth Lecture: Nomenclature

    Chemical formulae

    Molecular formula

    Ions, cation, anion

    Ionic compounds, empirical formulas

    Binary ionic compound nomenclature - prefixes

    Stock system

    Traditional system

    Polyatomic ions, ite, ate, hypo, per

    Acids, Hydrates

    Simple Organic Compounds

    Nomenclature assignment for Spring Break

    TENTH WEEK

    Sixteenth Lecture: Calculations with Chemical Formulas and Equations

    Chemical equations

    Patterns of reactivity

    Formula weights

    Why do we need the concept of formula weight?

    Mole concept (bridge between atomic and human scales)

    Mole calculation moles to grams, grams to moles

    Empirical formulas

    ELEVENTH WEEK

    Seventeenth and Eighteenth Lecture: Stolichiometry

    Combining chemical equations and the mole concept

    Limiting reactants

    Theoretical yield

    TWELFTH WEEK

    Nineteenth Lecture: Aqueous reactions and solution stoichiometry

    Aqueous solutions and the properties of water Electrolytes, solubility rules

    Precipitation reactions

    Acid-Base reactions

    Oxidation-Reduction Reactions

    Twentieth Lecture: Solutions

    Concentration of solutions

    Writing reactions in molecular/ionic forms

    Complete ionic reactions Net ionic reactions

    Review

    THIRD TEST

    FOURTH UNIT: Thermochemistry

    THIRTEENTH WEEK

    Twenty-first Lecture: Thermochemistry

    The nature of energy Kinetic and potential energy Internal energy Heat (Thermal energy)

    First Law of Thermodynamics

    Enthalpy

    Calorimetry

    FOURTEENTH WEEK

    Twenty-second Lecture: Enthalpy of reaction

    Enthalpy of reaction

    Hess’s Law

    Enthaply of Formation

    Twenty-third Lecture: Gases

    Characteristics of gases

    Pressure and units of pressure

    Gas Laws

    Ideal gas equation

    FIFTEENTH WEEK

    Twenty-fourth Lecture: Gases

    Stoichiometry and the ideal gas law

    Gas Mixtures and partial pressures

    Real gases

    Twenty-fifth Lecture: Statistical mechanics

    Kinetic theory of gases

    Molecular effusion and diffusion

    Review

    FINAL

    SECOND SEMESTER

    First lecture: Chapter 11 States of Matter

    Properties of liquids, surface tension and viscosity

    Intermolecular forces

    Phase transitions

    Phase diagrams and cooling curve

    SECOND WEEK

    Second lecture: Chapter 11 Liquids

    Third lecture: Chapter 11 Solids

    Classifications of solids by intermolecular forces

    Crystal lattices and Unit Cells

    Crystal Structure

    THIRD WEEK

    Fourth lecture: Chapter 12 Solutions

    Types of solutions

    Effects of temperature and pressure on solubility

    Concentration units

    Fifth Lecture: Chapter 12 Colligative properties

    Vapor pressure of a solution

    Boiling point elevation/Freezing point depression

    FIRST TEST

    FOURTH WEEK

    Sixth Lecture: Chapter 14 Chemical Kinetics

    Definition of reaction rate

    Experimental determination of the rate of reaction

    Dependence of rate on concentration

    Seventh Lecture: Chapter 14 Change of concentration with time

    Change of concentration with time

    Temperature and rate, collision and transition state theories

    Arrhenius equation

    FIFTH WEEK

    Eighth Lecture: Chapter 14 Reaction Mechanisms

    Elementary reactions

    Rate laws and mechanisms

    Ninth Lecture: Chapter 15 Chemical equilibrium

    The nature of the chemical equilibrium

    The equilibrium constant

    Heterogeneous equilibria

    Qualitative interpretation of the equilibrium constant

    SIXTH WEEK

    Tenth Lecture: Chapter 15 Using the equilibrium constant

    Predicting the direction of reaction

    Calculating equilibrium constant

    Eleventh Lecture: Chapter 15 LeChatelier’s principle

    Removing or adding reactants

    What happens when pressure or temperature change

    Effect of a catalyst.

    SECOND TEST

    SEVENTH WEEK

    Twelfth Lecture: Chapter 16 Concepts of acids and bases

    Arrhenius concept of acids and bases

    Bronsted Lowry concept of acids and bases

    Lewis concept of acids and bases

    Relative strengths of acids and bases

    Molecular basis of acid/base strength

    Thirteenth Lecture: Chapter 17 pH

    Self ionization of water

    Solutions of strong acids and bases

    The pH of a solution

    EIGHTH WEEK

    Fourteenth Lecture: Chapter 17 Solutions of weak acids

    Acid ionization equilibria

    Polyprotic acids

    Fifteenth Lecture: Chapter 17 Solutions of weak bases

    Base ionization equilibria

    Acid base properties of a salt solution

    NINTH WEEK

    Sixteenth Lecture: Chapter 17 Common ion effect and buffers

    Common ion effect

    Acid-base titration.

    Seventeenth Lecture: Chapter 18

    The solubility product

    Solubility and the common ion effect

    Precipitation calculations

    TEST 3

    TENTH WEEK

    Eighteenth Lecture: Chapter 19 The laws of thermodynamics

    The first law and enthalpy

    Entropy and the second law of thermodynamics

    Standard entropies and the third law of thermodynamics

    Nineteenth Lecture: Chapter 19 Free energy

    Free energy and spontaneity

    Interpretations of free energy

    ELEVETH WEEK

    Twentieth Lecture: Chapter 19 Free energy and equilibrium

    Relating DGo to the equilibrium constant

    Change of free energy with temperature

    Twenty first Lecture: Chapter 20 Oxidation-reduction reactions

    Balancing oxidation reduction reactions in acidic and basic solutions

    TWELFTH WEEK

    Twenty second Lecture: Chapter 20 Voltaic cells

    Construction of Voltaic Cells

    Notation for voltaic cells

    Electromotive force

    Twenty third Lecture: Chapter 20 Voltaic cells

    Standard emfs and electrode potentials

    Equilibrium concentrations from emfs.

    Dependence of emf on concentration

    TEST 4

    THIRTEENTH WEEK

    Twenty fourth Lecture: Chapter 22 Main Group Elements

    General observations

    Group IA the alkali metals

    Group IIA the alkaline earth metals

    Twenty fifth Lecture: Chapter 22 Chemistry of the nonmetals

    Group IVA the carbon family

    Group VIIA the halogens

    FOURTEENTH WEEK

    Twenty sixth Lecture: Chapter 23 The transition elements

    Periodic trends

    The chemistry of copper and chromium

    Twenty seventh Lecture: Chapter 23 Coordination compounds

    Structure of complexes

    Naming coordination compounds

    Structure and isomers of coordination compounds

    FIFTEENTH WEEK

    Twenty eighth Lecture: Chapter 24 Organic chemistry

    The bonding of carbon

    Alkanes and cycloalkaned

    Alkenes and Alkynes

    Twenty ninth Lecture: Chapter 24 Organic chemistry

    Aromatic hydrocarbons

    FIFTH TEST


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