(©2002, François G. Amar, All rights reserved)

Chemistry 121 (Section 003) -- Introduction to Chemistry

September 4 - December 20, 2002

Syllabus

Meeting time: MWF 11:00-11:50 AM Meeting place: 316 Aubert

Instructor: Professor François G. Amar

   Office: 133 Aubert Hall        Telephone: 581-1196
   e-mail: francois_amar@umit.maine.edu (FirstClass) or amar@maine.edu
   Office hours: M & W from 1 to 2 PM; Th from 10 to 11 AM or by appointment. 

Text: Chemistry, The Central Science, 8th edition, by Brown, Lemay & Bursten


Dates

Topics

BLB

PLTL

Week 1

9/2

9/4

9/6
NO CLASS (Labor Day)
 
Introduction: Chemical concepts; composition of matter
 
Chemical formulas, units

 

1.1-1.2

1.3-1.4

Week 2

9/9

9/11

9/13

Problem solving, dimensional analysis, math review

Atomic theory and structure

Isotopes; the periodic table

1.5-1.6; App. A

2.1-2.3

2.3-2.4

Workshop for
Chapter 2: Atoms and Subatomic Structure

 

Week 3

9/16

9/18

9/20

Chemical formulas and naming

Stoichiometry: chemical equations & reactivity

Molecular weights; isotopes & climate; the mole concept

2.5-2.7

3.1-3.2

3.3-3.4

Workshop for
Chapter 3: Stoichiometry
 

Week 4

9/23

9/25

9/27

Empirical formulas and balancing; combustion reactions

Limiting reagent and theoretical yield

Solutions: composition and properties; ions

3.5-3.6

3.7

4.1-4.2

Prelim 1

 

 

Week 5

9/30

10/2

10/4

Acids, bases and salts; ionic reactions

Solubility and metathesis reactions; redox 4.5-4.6

Redox continued; titrations

4.3-4.4

4.5-4.6

4.7

Workshop for
Chapter 4: Ions in Solution

 

Week 6

10/7

10/9

10/11

Thermochemistry: energy and the first law

Enthalpy; reaction enthalpy, calorimetry

Hess's law; standard enthalpies of formation

5.1-5.2

5.3-5.5

5.6-5.7

Workshop for
Chapter 5: Thermochemistry

 

Week 7

10/14

10/16

10/18

NO CLASS (fall break)

Calorimetry

Standard and alternative fuels

 

5.5

5.8

No PLTL

 

 

Week 8

10/21

10/23

10/25

Electronic structure of atoms: radiation (light waves)

Bohr model of H atom and spectroscopy

Matter 'waves', the uncertainty principle, and orbitals

6.1- 6.2

6.3

6.4-6.5

Prelim 2

 

 

Week 9

10/28

10/30

11/1

Electron configurations and the periodic table

Ionization and photoelectron spectra

Chemical bonding; Lewis symbols; ionic bonding

6.6-6.8

6.9

8.1-8.3

Workshop for
Chapter 6: Energy & the Hydrogen Atom

 

Week 10

11/4

11/6

11/8

Covalent bonding

Lewis structures

Bond strength and bond length

8.4-8.5

8.6-8.8

8.9

Workshop for
Chapter 8: Chemical Bonding

 

Week 11

11/11

11/13

11/15

Chemical periodicity: size and atomic properties

Group properties for selected groups

Molecular geometry and VSEPR

7.1.1-7.4

7.5-7.7

9.1-9.2

Prelim 3

 

 

Week 12

11/18

11/20

11/22

Bond polarity; covalent bonding and orbital overlap

Hybrid orbitals and multiple bonds

Molecular orbitals; second-row diatomics

9.3-9.4

9.5-9.6

9.7-9.8

Workshop for
Chapter 9: Molecular Geometry and Bonding Theories

Week 13

11/25

11/27

11/29

Photochemistry; ground and excited states

NO CLASS (Thanksgiving)

NO CLASS (Thanksgiving)

p. 334

 

 

No PLTL

 

 

Week 14

12/2

12/4

12/6

Organic dyes and the chemistry of vision

Gases, pressure, and the gas laws (Charles' Law)

Ideal gas law and applications;

 

10.1-10.3

10.4-10.5

Prelim 4

 

 

Week 15

12/9

12/11

12/13

Gas mixtures and reactions

Kinetic theory of gases; barometric formula

Summary and review

10.5-7

10.8-9

 

Workshop for
Chapter 10: Gases- Nature, Laws and Applications

Week 16

12/16-12/20

FINAL

COURSE RULES:  Attendance is expected at all lectures and recitation sessions. Exams will be given during the scheduled recitation times. Quizzes will be given during the class period. There are no make-ups of exams or quizzes. Help session times will be announced (usually the Sunday evening before a prelim)

GRADING POLICY: The class will be graded on the basis of 600 total points. The 4 prelims will be worth 400 points of the total grade. Quizzes and in-class work will count for 75 points. The final exam will count for 125 points of the grade. 2 points will be awarded for conscientious attendance at each of the 8 PLTL sessions and for answering the PLTL questions on the WEB. Homework problems will not generally be graded; however, success in this course depends upon doing the problems conscientiously. Exams consist of about half multiple choice questions and half problems similar to homeworks. Quizzes will usually consist of multiple choice and short answer questions.

The final exam will be based partly on the final 2 weeks of the course (45 pts) and partly cumulative over the previous material (20 pts per prelim section). It will be very much to your advantage to review material that you missed on prelims since questions based on the earlier part of the course will be scored so that if you do better on that portion of the final than you did on the corresponding prelim, you will be able to recover missed points. Example: Jane Godolyenko gets 70% on the first prelim and gets 18 out of 20 points (90%) on the first section of the final; she will have half of the difference in percentage points added back to her original prelim score, getting a net of 80% on the first prelim.

If you wish to request an accommodation for a disability, please contact either your instructor or Ann Smith, Coordinator of Services for Students with Disabilities (Onward Building, 1-2319) as early as possible in the semester.

 

WEEKLY SUMMARIES of lecture material and homework assignments will be available on the WEB at

http://chemistry.umeche.maine.edu/~amar/fall2002/chy121fall2002.html

Links to weekly summaries will be provided from the Course page (above) and from this (Syllabus) page with its week-by-week calendar:

http://chemistry.umeche.maine.edu/~amar/fall2002/syllabus.html

The syllabus is intended as an overall guide and may be subject to change during the semester. See weekly summary pages for updated assignment information.

 

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