CHEM 1124, General Chemistry II, lectures
Syllabus and Course Schedule
Course description and objectives: The primary objective of this course is to develop your understanding of the empirical and theoretical foundations of the chemical sciences. Topics include the foundations of thermodynamics and energetics of chemical processes; principles of chemical equilibrium; acid-base and other solution equilibria; rates of chemical reactions and reaction mechanisms; electron transfer reactions and electrochemistry; the transition metals and the main group elements; nuclear chemistry and radiochemistry, macromolecules and polymers.
Prerequisites: CHEM1123.
Required Texts: Chemistry – Third Edition, J. Olmsted III & and G.M. Williams, John Wiley, 2002, ISBN-0-471-39071-2 (with Technology Integrator CD).
Chemical Principles in the Laboratory, Seventh Edition, E.J. Slowinski, W.C. Wolsey, & W.L. Masterson, Saunders, 2001.
Semester schedule: A day by day schedule of all course activities including exams, labs, and lectures is available. Please refer to this schedule on a daily basis.
Required Tools:
Calculators: You must have a scientific calculator for this course. The calculator must be able to do the following: scientific notation (EXP or EE). logarithms (log and ln), inverse functions (INV or 10x or yx), square roots. You are responsible for having your own calculator available for use during quizzes and exams.
Grading:
Quizzes: There will be a number of unannounced quizzes given during lecture periods throughout the semester. The subject of each quiz will generally be a class topic discussed since the last quiz.
Mid-term and Final Exams: There will be one mid-term and a final exams.
Final (comprehensive) exam will be based on the material covered in Chapters 11-21 of the text.
The final grade will reflect the following distribution of course contributions:
| Points/each | Points total | % in the final grade | |
| Mid-term exam | 100 | 100 | 25% |
| Final exam | 200 | 200 | 50% |
| Quizes | 10 | Normalized to 100 | 25% |
| Total (max) | 400 | 100% |
The final letter grades will be calculated as follows:
A≥95; A->90%; B+≥85%; B≥82%; B->80%; C+≥75%; C≥70%; D≥60%; F<60%)
Course Schedule
| Day | Reading | Lecture Topic |
| M | 10.6 | Introduction. Phase equilibria. |
| W | 10.7 | Osmosis, Cell membranes, Surfactants |
| R | No classes. Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday | |
| M | 12.1 | Thermodynamic definitions |
| W | 12.2-12.3 | Energy, Heat, Work. The 1-st Law |
| R | 12.4-12.5 | Enthalpy, Heats of reactions |
| M | 13.1-13.2 | Spontaneity. Energy and disorder |
| W | 13.3 | Entropy and the 2-d Law |
| R | 13.4-13.6 | Free energy. Bioenergetics |
| M | Chs. 12 and 13 | Review of Thermodynamics |
| W | 14.1-14.3 | Reaction rates and reaction mechanisms |
| R | 14.1-14.3 | Reaction rates and reaction order |
| M | 14.4-14.6 | Reaction rates and temperature |
| T | Exp. 22 safety briefing and prep | |
| W | 14.6 | Activation energy. |
| R | 14.7 | Catalysis |
| M | Ch. 14 | Review of Kinetics |
| W | 15.1-15.2 | Chemical equilibrium. Equilibrium constant |
| R | 15.3-15.4 | Thermodynamics and equilibrium |
| M | 15.5-15.6 | Working with equilibria I |
| W | 15.5-15.6 | Working with equilibria II |
| R | 16.1-16.3 | Acid-base equilibria I |
| M | 16.4-16.7 | Acid-base equilibria II |
| T | 17.1-17.3 | Buffers |
| W | 17.4-17.5 | Solubility equilibria. Complexes |
| R | Chs. 12-17 |
Mid-term Exam |
| M | 18.1-18.4 | Redox reactions and cell potentials |
| W | 18.5-18.6 | The Nernst equation. |
| R | 18.7 | Electrolysis |
| M | Chs. 15-18 | Review of chemical equilibria |
| W | 19.1-19.3 | Transitional metals. Complexes |
| R | 19.4 | Metallurgy |
| M | 19.5-19.6 | Transitional metals. Applications |
| W | 20.1-20.3 | The main group elements. Metals |
| R | 20.4-20.5 | The main group elements. Phosphorus |
| M | 20.6 | The main group elements. Sulfur, Halogens |
| T | ||
| W | 21.1-21.2 | Nuclear chemistry and nuclear decay |
| M | Easter Monday | |
| W | 21.3-21.4 | Nuclear fission and nuclear fusion |
| R | 21.5-21.7 | Radioactivity |
| M | 11.1-11.4 | Polymerization and polymers |
| W | 11.5-11.6 | Types of polymers |
| R | 11.7 | Biopolymers |
| M | Chs. 12-14 | Review Thermodynamics and Kinetics |
| T | Chs. 15-18 | Review Chemical Thermodynamics |
| W | Chs. 19-21 | Review Transitional metals, Main group elements, and Nuclear chemistry |
| T | Chs. 11-21 |
Final Exam (Comprehensive). Period 4 |
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