General Chemistry 101
Fall 2009

 
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THURSDAY

Exams & Quizzes

LABORATORY

 

8/20 (1)
Course Syllabus;
Chap 1:
Classification of Matter; Properties of Matter
 

 
No Lab This Week

8/25 (2)
Chap 1: Dimensional Analysis
Chap 2:
Atomic Theory of Matter; Modern View of Atomic Structure
 

8/27 (3)
Chap 1: At. Wt.; The Periodic Table; Molecules and Molecular Compounds
  Experiment 1
Significant Figures and Density
9/1 (4)
Chap 2:  Ions and Ionic Compounds; Naming Inorganic Compounds
 

9/3 (5)
Chap 2:  Naming Inorganic Compounds
Chap 3:
Chemical Equations
 

  Experiment 2
Chromatography I: Paper


Quiz 1 (in lab)
9/8 (6)
Chap 3:  Patterns of Chemical Reactivity; Atomic and Molecular Weights; the Mole
 
9/10 (7)
Chap 3: Empirical Formulas

Review for Exam
 
Exam 1
9/10
8-9 pm
Experiment 3
Formulas and Equations

 
9/15 (8)
Chap 3: Quantitative Information from Balanced Equations; Limiting Reactants 
 
9/17 (9)
Chap 3: Limiting Reactants; Per-cent yield
 
  Experiment 4
Fractional Crystallization
9/22 (10)
Chap 4: General Properties of Aqueous Solutions; Precipitation Reactions; Acid-Base Reactions

 
9/24 (11)
 Chap 4: Concentrations of Solutions; Solution Stoichiometry and Chemical Analysis
  Experiment 5
Stoichiometry: Loss of CO
9/29 (12)
Chap 5: The Nature of Energy; The First Law of Thermodynamics
 
10/1 (13)
Chap 5: Enthalpies of Reaction; Calorimetry
  Experiment 6

Lab Practical #1

Quiz 2
(in lecture)
 
10/6

FALL BREAK
10/8 (14)

Review for Exam
 
 Exam 2
10/8
8-9 pm

No Lab This Week



 
10/13 (15)
Chap 5: Calorimetry; Hess's Law
 
10/15 (16)
Chap 5: Enthalpies of Formation
Chap 19: Spontaneous Processes
 
  Experiment 7
Calorimetry
10/20 (17)
Chap 19: Entropy and the Second Law; A Molecular Interpretation of Entropy
 
10/22 (18)
Chap 19: Calculation of Entropy Changes; Gibbs Free Energy; Free-Energy and Temperature.
  Experiment 8
Hess's Law

10/27 (19)
Chap 6: The Wave Nature of Light; Quantized Energy and Photons.
 
10/29 (20)
Chap 6: Bohr's Model of the Hydrogen Atom; The Wave Behavior of Matter.
  Experiment 9
Exchange Reactions

Quiz 3 (in lab)
11/3 (21)
Chap 6: Quantum Mechanics and Atomic Orbitals; Representation of Orbitals; Orbitals in Many Electron Atoms.
11/5 (22)
Chap 6: Electron Configurations

Review for Exam
 Exam 3
11/5
8-9 pm
Experiment 10
Unknown Solid Identification



11/10 (23)
Chap 6: Electron Configurations of Atoms and Ions; Electron Configurations and the Periodic Table.
 
11/12 (24)
Chap 7: Electron Shells & Sizes of Atoms; Ionization Energy; Electron Affinities.
Note
BLB Sections 7.6 - 7.8 to be read outside of class.
 
 

Experiment 11
Atomic Emission

11/17 (25)
Chap 8:  Chemical Bonds, Lewis Symbols & the Octet Rule; Ionic Bonding and Sizes of Ions; Covalent Bonding
 
11/19 (26)
Chap 8: Bond Polarity & Electronegativity; Drawing Lewis Structures; Resonance;
Exceptions to Octet Rule.

 
  Experiment 12

Lab Practical #2

 
11/24 (27)
Chap 8:
Strengths of Covalent Bonds
.
Chap 9: Molecular Shapes.
11/26

THANKSGIVING
 
No Lab This Week

Quiz 4
(in lecture)
 

12/1 (28)
Chap 9: VSEPR


 
 


No Lab This Week