General Chemistry (Chem. 110)
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Pre-requisites
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Course Title
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Couse
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Credit
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Practical
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Theoretical
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3
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3
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General Chemistry
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Chem 110
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Syllabus:
Chapter 1: Chemistry: The study of Change
Classification of matter, substances and mixtures, elements and compounds, the state of matter, physical and chemical properties of matter, measurements, SI-units, handling numbers, scientific notation, significant figures, accuracy and precision.
Chapter 2: Atoms, Molecules, and Ions
The atomic theory, the structure of the atom, the proton and the nucleus, symbols, atomic number, mass number, and isotopes, chemical formulas, empirical formulas, molecular formulas, structure formulas.
Chapter 3: Mass Relationship in Chemical Reactions
Avogadro's number and the molar mass of an element, percent composition of compounds, chemical reaction and chemical equations, amount of reactants and products, limiting reagents, reaction yield.
Chapter 4: Reactions in Aqueous Solutions
General properties of aqueous solutions, Concentration of solutions.
Chapter 7: Quantum Theory and the Electronic Structure of Atoms
From classical physics to quantum theory, electromagnetic radiation, Plank's quantum theory, Bohr's theory of the hydrogen atom, emission spectrum of the hydrogen atom, the dual nature of the electron, quantum mechanics, quantum numbers, atomic orbitals, the energies of orbitals, electron configuration, Pauli exclusion principle, diamagnetism and paramagnetism, Hund's rule, general rules for assigning electrons to atomic orbitals, the building-up principle.
Chapter 8: Periodic Relationships among the Elements
Development of the Periodic table, atomic radius, ionic radius, ionization energy, electron affinity.
Chapter 9: Chemical Bonding I: Basic Concepts
Chemical bonding, Lewis dot-symbols, the ionic bond, the covalent bond, electronegativity, formal charge and Lewis structure, the concept of resonance, exception to the octet rule, the expanded octet.
Chapter 10: Chemical Bonding II: Molecular Geometry and Hybridization of Atomic Orbitals
Molecular geometry and hybridization of atomic orbitals, the Valence-Shell-Electron -Pair-Repulsion theory, hybridization of atomic orbitals, molecular orbital theory
Chapter 5: Gases
Substances that exist as gases, pressure of a gas, SI-units of pressure, atmospheric pressure, the gas laws, Boyle's law, Charles's law, Gay-Lussac's law, the volume-amount relationship, Avogadro's law, the ideal gas equation, gas-stoichiometry, Dalton's law of partial pressures, the kinetic molecular theory of gases, distribution of molecular-speeds, root –mean-square speed, gas diffusion and effusion, deviation from ideal behavior, real gases.
Chapter 14: Chemical Equilibrium
Chemical equilibrium, the equilibrium constant, homogeneous equilibria, equilibrium constant and units, heterogeneous equilibria, multiple equilibria, calculating equilibrium concentration, Le Chatelier's principle.
Chapter 15: Acids and Bases
Acids and bases, the ion product of water, pH, weak acids (bases) and acid (base) ionizations constants, the quadratic equation, percent ionization, Lewis acids and bases.
Chapter 16: Acid-Base Equilibria and Solubility Equilibria
Acid-Base Equilibria and Solubility Equilibria, the common ion effect, buffer solutions.
Chapter 24: Organic Chemistry
Organic Chemistry, classes of Organic Chemistry, aliphatic hydrocarbons, alkanes, cycloalkanes, alkenes, alkynes, aromatic hydrocarbons, nomenclature of aromatic compounds, Introduction to biochemistry, proteins, carbohydrates.
Main Text Book
Chemistry, R. Chang, 2008, 9th edition, McGraw-Hill International Edition
Subsidiary Books