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Office Hours: MTWF 1000-1050; W 1400-1450; other times by appointment
Phone: x 5719
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e-mail: rap1@humboldt.edu
Syllabus: See General Chemistry on my Web Page (http://users.humboldt.edu/rpaselk/)
| Week | Topic | Text* | OWL: Zumdahl Chap.; Due Date** | Discussion Module/Topic§ | Quiz | |
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| 1 (1/17-21) | 17 January-Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday-Campus Closed |
None | No Quiz |
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| Introduction; What is Chemistry? | Chap1 | Chem Readiness (Chap 0); 1/23 | ||||
| Measurements, Units, and Calculations. | Chap1 | Chap 1; 1/23 | ||||
| Atoms & Atomic Theory. | Chap 2 | |||||
| 2 (1/24-28) | The Nuclear Atom: Isotopes, Atomic Mass & Periodicity; Molecules & Ions. | Chap 2 | Chap 2; 1/30 | OWL 1.3d; 1.5a-1.5d(Lab Measurements and Sig.Figures - Discussion Manual - LA & PS-A) | 1/Sig figs |
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| Introduction to Stoichiometry. | Chap 3 | |||||
| 3 (1/31-1-4) | Formula and Reaction Stoichiometry. | Chap 3 | Chap 3; 2/6 | Module 2 (Atomic Structure) & Module 3 (Nomenclature) Zumdahl p 72: 59 & 60; 63–78 |
2/Naming Cmpds; Atomic Structure |
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| Reaction Stoichiometry. | Chap 3 | |||||
| 4 (2/7-11) | Water, Aqueous Solutions, Electrolytes, & Aqueous Reactions. | Chap 4; 18.1 | Chap 4; 2/13 | Module 4 & Module 5a (moles-Rxn Stoich.) Zumdahl p 120: 53-58, 63; p 123: 99-101, 103, 104. |
3/Stoich.; Rxn Stoich. (No Limit Prob.)
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| Solution Stoichiometry. | Chap 4 | |||||
| 5 (2/14-18) | Gases and Gas Laws; The Ideal Gas Law. | Chap 5 | Chap 5; 2/20 | Module 6 & Module 7 (Net ionic reactions - precipitation, acid/base; Redox balancing by half-reactions) See also Zumdahl Chap 18.1 pp 817-22. Zumdahl p 173-4: 45-48, 65, 66; p 862: 29 & 30. |
4/Net Ion & redox balancing in acid only |
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| Gas Stoichiometry; The Kinetic Molecular Theory of Gases; Real Gases. | Chap 5 | |||||
| 6 (2/21-25) | Introduction to Thermochemistry; Calorimetry; Hess's Law & Standard Enthalpies. | Chap 6 | Module 9 (oxidation numbers) & Module 10 (gases and gas law problems 1-5) Zumdahl p 175: 79–82; p 226-7: 49-52. |
5/Oxidation Num.; Gas prob.
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Exam I: Friday, February 25 |
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| 7 (2/28-3/4) | Electromagnetic Radiation. & Atomic Structure; Quantum Models of the Atom; Quantum Numbers. | Chap 7 | Chap 6; 3/7 | Lecture Notes 15 & 16 (Partial P and Graham's Laws) Zumdahl Ex 5.18, p 204, p 229: 87-89; Ex.5.20, p213, p 230, 103-106 |
6/Gases: Graham's Law & Partial P. prob. |
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| 8 (3/7-11) | Atomic Properties & Chemical Periodicity. | Chap 7 | Chap 7; 3/13 | Module 11(Thermochemistry) Zumdahl p 277, 49-54; p 278-9, 69-72 |
7/ Calorimetry/heat capacity; Hess's Law. |
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| 9 (3/14-18) | Spring Break |
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| 10 (3/21-25) | Chemical Bonding; Electronegativity; | Chap 8 | Chap 8; 4/6 | Module 12 (Energy & Light) & Module 13, 1–4 (Quantum Numbers ) Zumdahl p 330–31: 37-40, 49–52; p 332, 67–70, 75, 76, 89, 90. |
8/Light vs. Energy; Quantum Numbers
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| 11 (3/28-4/1) | Covalent Bonding: Lewis Structures ; VSEPR Theory and Molecular Geometry; Polarity. | Module 13, 5–8 (electronic structure of atoms) Zumdahl p 330: 12, 28; p 332: 77-86; p 333: 99-104; p 394: 27-30, 35, 36. |
9/Periodic Table; Periodicity & Atomic (electronic) Structure | |||
| Thursday, 31 March -Cesar Chavez Holiday-Campus Closed | Lab cancelled due to Cesar Chavez Holiday | |||||
Exam II: Friday, April 1 |
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| 12 (4/4-8) | Introduction to Liquids and Solids.; Weak Bonds; Vapor Pressure; Solids & Crystals. | Chap 10 | Chap 10; 4/13 | Module 14 (Lewis Structures) Discussion Manual - PS-G; Do Problems on your own - complete before Molecular Geometry discussion week 12! Module 15 (VSEPR Theory and Polarity) Molecular Geometry - Discussion Manual - LN. |
10/Lewis Structures & Mol. Geom. |
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| Solutions & Solubility; Colligative Properties. | Chap 11 | Chap 11: 4/20 | ||||
| 13 (4/11-15) | Chemical Kinetics - Rate Laws and Reaction Order. Collision Theory; Reaction Progress Diagrams. | Chap 12 | Chap 12: 4/27 | OWL 10.8r (tutorial), 10.8s Zumdahl p 488: 33–40; 492: 93–98 |
11/ Inter. Molec Forces/bonds; Heating/Cooling Prob. |
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| 14 (4/18-22) | Introduction to Chemical Equilibrium: Gaseous & Heterogeneous Systems. | Chap 13 | Chap 13: 5/4 | Module 17 (Colligative Properties) Zumdahl p 534: 65-70, 73, 74 79-82 |
12/Colligative properties, Concentration. |
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| Acids & Bases.; pH | Chap 14 | |||||
| 15 (4/25-29) | Weak Acid Equilibria & Buffers; Acid-Base behavior of Salts. | Chap 14 | Chap 14: 5/4 | Module 18 (Chemical Equilibrium) Zumdahl p 632-3: 43-48, 51-54, 63-68 |
13/Le Chat. Prin.; Chem. Equilibrium Problems |
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| Polyprotic Acids; Lewis Acids. | Chap 14 | |||||
| 16 (5/2-6) | Acid-Base Equilibria & Buffers; Titration Curves; Indicators. | Chap 15 | Chap 15: 5/11 | Module 20 (pH and Buffer problems) Zumdahl p 737: 27, 28, 31–34 |
14/ Acids & bases; pH & Buffer problems |
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17 (5/9-13) |
Final Exam: Monday, May 9, 0800-0950 |
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