Chemistry 123Course Syllabus

Middlesex County College, Edison, NJ   Spring 2008   Dr. Jan Lansinger

The course text is General Chemistry, 8th Edition Media enhanced, by Ebbing and Gannon, and is published by Houghton Mifflin.


Bring your textbook and scientific calculator to class, do the homework, come to class on time and be prepared for a pop quiz .


Date

Topics

Text Sections

Homework

Jan. 23

Introduction, The Scientific Method, Matter, Measurement and Significant Figures

1.1 - 1.5

1.31, 1.33, 1.37, 1.41, 1.49, 1.51, 1.55
1st Homework due next class period

Jan. 28

Handling Units, Dimensional Analysis

1.6 - 1.8

1.63, 1.67, 1.69, 1.71, 1.73, 1.75, 1.85, 1.89, 1.91, 1.95, 1.101, 1.117, 1.121, 1.127, 1.137,

Jan. 30

Chemical Formulas, Naming Simple Compounds, Balancing Chemical Equations

2.6 - 2.9

2.61, 2.63, 2.65, 2.67, 2.69, 2.71, 2.73, 2.75, 2.77, 2.79, 2.87, 2.91, 2.93, 2.95, 2.106, 2.109, 2.113, 2.115, 2.117, 2.127

Feb. 4

Atoms, Structure of Atoms, Isotopes, Atomic Weights, The Periodic Table

2.1 - 2.5

2.31, 2.37, 2.41, 2.43, 2.47, 2.53, 2.59

Feb. 6

Mole, Molar Mass, Mass Percentages, Empirical Formulas

3.1 - 3.5

3.23, 3.25, 3.31, 3.35, 3.39, 3.43, 3.49, 3.51, 3.55, 3.57, 3.59, 3.61, 3.63, 3.65, 3.67, 3.69

Feb. 11 (M)

Exam I Chapters 1 and 2

No New

Sections

Feb. 13

Stoichiometry, Limiting Reactant

3.6 - 3.8

3.73, 3.81, 3.83, 3.85, 3.87, 3.89, 3.91, 3.95, 3.97, 3.103, 3.106, 3.111

Feb. 20

Types of Chemical Reactions

4.1, 4.2, 4.3

4.23, 4.25, 4.27, 4.29, 4.31, 4.33, 4.35, 4.37, 4.39, 4.41, 4.43

Feb. 25

Chemical Reactions

4.4, 4.5, 4.6

4.47, 4.49, 4.51, 4.53, 4.55, 4.89, 4.91, 4.93, 4.95, 4.97

Feb. 27

Acid-Base Redox reactions

20.1

20.29, 20.31, 20.33, 20.35

Mar. 3

Solutions, Molarity, Solution Stoichiometry, Gravimetric and Volumetric Analysis

4.7 - 4.10

4.59, 4.63, 4.67, 4.69, 4.73, 4.81, 4.83, 4.105, 4.113, 4.121

Mar. 5 (W)

Exam II Chapters 3 & part of chapter 4

No new

Sections

Mar. 17

Introduction to Gases, Ideal Gas Law, Stoichiometry using Gas Laws

5.1 - 5.4

5.33, 5.35, 5.37, 5.41, 5.47,

Mar. 19

Dalton's Law of Partial Pressures, Kinetic Molecular Theory

5.4 - 5.7

5.53, 5.57, 5.61, 5.67, 5.69, 5.73, 5.77, 5.83, 5.89, 5.91, 5.93, 5.101, 5.107, 5.109, 5.111, 5.113, 5.115

Mar. 24

Energy, Heat, Enthalpy,  Hess' Law,

6.1 - 6.5, 6.7

6.37, 6.41, 6.43, 6.47, 6.51, 6.53, 6.71, 6.75, 6.73,

Mar. 26

Measuring Heats of Reaction, Heat Capacity, Standard Enthalpies of Formation,

6.6 , 6.8

6.57, 6.61, 6.63, 6.67, 6.69, 6.80, 6.83, 6.95, 6.99, 6.101, 6.103, 6.105, 6.125,

Mar. 31 (M)

Exam III Chapter 5, & remainder chapter 4 &ch.20.1

No new sections

 

Apr. 2

Light, Quantum Theory

7.1 - 7.4

7.29, 7.31, 7.33, 7.35, 7.37, 7.39,

Apr. 7

Quantum Numbers,  Finish chapter 7

7.5-7.7

7.51, 7.53, 7.55, 7.63, 7.85, 7.87

Apr. 9

 ch 8,  Pauli Exclusion & Aufbau Principles, Electron Configurations,  Periodic Trends,

8.1-8.6

8.43, 8.45, 8.53, 8.55, 8.57, 8.59, 8.61, 8.65, 8.79, 8.83,

Apr. 14 (M)

Exam IV on chapters 6 and 7

No new sections

 

Apr. 16

Bonding, electron config. of ions, Electronegativity, Lewis Dot Symbols

9.1-9.6

9.25, 9.27, 9.29, 9.45, 9.47, 9.49, 9.51, 9.53, 9.55

Apr. 21

Bond Order, Bond Length, Bond Energies

9.6- 9.11

9.65, 9.67, 9.87, 9.89, 9.69, 9.71, 9.73, 0.75, 9.91, 9.95,  9.97, 9.99, 9.101, 9.105

Apr. 23

VSEPR Theory, Predicting Polarity, Valence Bond

10.1-10.3

10.23, 10.25, 10.27, 10.29, 10.33, 10.35, 10.37, 10.30,

Apr. 28

Valence Bond Theory, Molecular Orbital Theory

10.4 - 10.7

10.41, 10.43, 10.47, 10.49, 10.55, 10.59, 10.67

Apr. 30

(W)

Exam V on chapters 8, 9, and 10

No new reading

 

 

 

 

 

May 5

Review for final

 

  (Last Day of Classes is Tuesday, May 6, 2008


The final exam will be May 8, 2008 at 12 NOON in Main Hall Room 210