(©2002, François G. Amar, All rights reserved)
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
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NO CLASS (Labor Day) Introduction: Chemical concepts; composition of matter Chemical formulas, units |
1.1-1.2 1.3-1.4 |
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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 |
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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 | |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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NO CLASS (fall break) Calorimetry Standard and alternative fuels |
5.5 5.8 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Covalent bonding Lewis structures Bond strength and bond length |
8.4-8.5 8.6-8.8 8.9 |
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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 |
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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 | |
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Photochemistry; ground and excited states NO CLASS (Thanksgiving) NO CLASS (Thanksgiving) |
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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 |
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Gas mixtures and reactions Kinetic theory of gases; barometric formula Summary and review |
10.5-7 10.8-9
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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.
COMPUTER CONFERENCE: I will be using the FirstClass conference system to contact you with urgent class information. This information will be found in the form of messages posted to the CHY121(Amar) folder on FirstClass. The full hierarchy of relevant folders is:
Desktop:Academics:Semester Courses:Fall Courses:CHY121(Amar) Move this ICON to your FirstClass Desktop so that it will appear each time you logon to FirstClass.
The folder CHY121(Amar) can also be used to send me questions that other students can read along with my response. Students can also have a public dialogue in that conference. Trainings will be be available. If you have questions that require a private reading and response, please send e-mail to my FirstClass account rather than the public conference.