Syllabus
Chemistry 211, Fall 2004
MWF 8:-8:50
Dr. John W. Larson S-466
"...that mollycewels is a stickin' together of millions of atoms o' sodium, carbon, potassium o' iodide, etcetera, that, accordin' to th' way they're mixed, make a flower, a fish, a star that you see shinin' in th' sky, or a man with a big brain like me, or aman with a little brain like you!"- Sean O'Casey in the Plough and the Stars.
"You see, the chemists have a complicated way of counting: instead of saying one, two, three, four, five protons," they say, "hydrogen, helium, lithium, beryllium, and boron."- Richard Feynmen in QED, Princeton University Press, 1985."
Purpose of the Course
The goals of this course are:
1. To introduce students to the vocabulary, concepts, and intellectual machinery of chemistry.
2. To introduce the students to various kinds of problem solving as applied to chemistry and science in general. Particularly to show how to approach problems in some depth and to start to develop the discipline needed to work complex, multistep problems.
3. To encourage the students to develop the "habits of successful students".
All hour exams will have approximately the following mix of questions:
30% review 70% on current chapters
Final grades will be determined based on: Hour exams 65% Final exam 35%
Bonus
reading 0-3
Absence Policy: Any work missed without an excused absence will be given a zero for a grade. Students who think they deserve a excused absence should go to the College of Science office for such an excuse. Make up work and the grading of such work for excused absences will follow College of Science rules.
Previous students have generally found regular class attendance and regular working of homework assignments essential to the successful completion of the course. Persistent tardiness to class will not be tolerated.
Students who hire a tutor or obtain tutors from student services generally
receive lower grades than they would if they worked on their own. Tutors
(even the best ones) can not study for you or do your homework for you.
They can only help you over a rough spot. They should be used with extreme
caution!
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Week 1 August 23 |
chapter 1 1.3, 17, 19, 24, 35, 43, 46f |
Start Chapter 2 Methods of Problem Solving-Dimensional Analysis, Proportions, Derivation of Equations |
2.3,13,17 |
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Aug. 30 |
Ions, Valence Electrons 2.24, 48,50
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Exam 1 thru Chapter 2
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Mole Concept-Short Calculations of Weight , Molecular Weight , Mole
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Sept 6 |
Labor Day
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3.59, 63, 90 |
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Sept 13 |
Limiting Agents and % Yield 3.67, 69, 73 |
Weight-Solution Calculations 4.5,51,55, 57 |
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Sept 20 |
Exam 2 thru Chapter 4 |
Introduction to quantum theory: Light, Atomic Spectroscopy |
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Sept 27 |
6.41, 43,45,47,55
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Exam 3 thru Chapter 6 |
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Oct 4 |
Understanding Valence electrons, Valence, total electrons, metals,
non-metals, periodic table. |
7.37, 38, 39, 40
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Atomic properties and Periodic Table- Atomic size, ionizaton potential, common oxidation numbers 7.33,43, 45, 46,49, 57 |
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Oct 11 |
Ionic Bonding 8.1,9,14, 15,20 |
Exam 4 thru sections 8.2 |
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Oct 18 |
Bond Polarity and Electronegativity,Bond Distances, Resonance, 8.25, 31, 35, 45, 57 |
Bond Energies, Exceptions to Octet Rule, Formal Charge,Molecular Stucture 8.61, 63, |
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Oct 25 |
Molecular Shapes 9.7,8,9,11,15 |
Molecular Polarity 9.21, 25, 26,27,28 |
Hybridization and isomerization 9.30,31, 43,44,46 do hybridization of each atom in 9.25 |
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Nov 1 |
Molecular Orbitals 9.53, 55, 57 |
Exam 6 thru chapter 9 |
Gas Laws I 10.9,19,23, 27, 41 |
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Nov 8 |
Gas Laws II 10.47, 48 The density of a gas is 1.2 g/L at STP. What is its MW? |
Kinetic Theory of Gases 62, 66,71 |
First Law of thermodynamics 5.29,31,60, 61 |
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Nov 15 |
Enthalpies of Reaction. 5.71, 72 |
Other energy conversions |
Exam 7 thru 10 |
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Nov 22 |
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vacation |
vacation |
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Nov 29 |
Intermolecular Forces and Material Properites N2; NaCl; etc 11.7,9,10,17,21 |
Exam 8 thru Chapter 11 |
Review |
FINAL EXAM Dec. 4 9:50 am Room TBA