CHEM 1201 Group Syllabus: Fall, 2005

Textbook: Chemistry: The Central Science, Brown, LeMay Bursten & Murphy, 10-th Ed, 2006

This syllabus guides the class (section 4) and is a superset of material on the group final exam.

Chapter 1: Introduction: Matter and Measurement
Students are responsible for reading & understanding Chapter 1.
Significant figures, dimensional analysis
Table 1.5 Selected Prefixes Used in the Metric System

Chapter 2: Atoms, Molecules, and Ions
2.1 The Atomic Theory of Matter
2.2 The Discovery of Atomic Structure
2.3 The Modern View of Atomic Structure
2.4 Atomic Weights
2.5 The Periodic Table
2.6 Molecules and Molecular Compounds
2.7 Ions and Ionic Compounds
2.8 Naming Inorganic Compounds
2.9 Some Simple Organic Compounds

Chapter 3: Stoichiometry: Calculations with Chemical Formulas and Equations
3.1 Chemical Equations
3.2 Some Simple Patterns of Chemical Reactivity
3.3 Formula Weights
3.4 Avogadro's Number and the Mole
3.5 Empirical Formulas from Analyses
3.6 Quantitative Information from Balanced Equations
3.7 Limiting Reactants

Chapter 4: Aqueous Reactions & Solution Stoichiometry
4.1 General Properties of Aqueous Solutions
4.2 Precipitation Reactions
4.3 Acid-Base Reactions
4.4 Oxidation-Reduction Reactions
4.5 Concentrations of Solutions
4.6 Solution Stoichiometry & Chemical Analysis

Chapter 5: Thermochemistry (introduction)
5.1 The Nature of Energy
5.2 The First Law of Thermodynamics
5.3 Enthalpy

Chapter 6: Electronic Structure of Atoms
6.1 The Wave Nature of Light
6.2 Quantized Energy and Photons
6.3 Line Spectra and the Bohr Model
6.4 The Wave Behavior of Matter
6.5 Quantum Mechanics and Atomic Orbitals
6.6 Representations of Orbitals
6.7 Many-Electron Atoms
6.8 Electron Configurations
6.9 Electron Configurations and the Periodic Table

Chapter 7: Periodic Properties of the Elements
7.1 Development of the Periodic Table
7.2 Effective Nuclear Charge
7.3 Sizes of Atoms and Ions
7.4 Ionization Energy
7.5 Electron Affinities
7.6 Metals, Nonmetals, and Metalloids
7.7 Group Trends for the Active Metals
7.8 Group Trends for Selected Nonmetals

Chapter 8: Basic Concepts of Chemical Bonding
8.1 Chemical Bonds, Lewis Symbols, and the Octet Rule
8.2 Ionic Bonding
8.3 Covalent Bonding
8.4 Bond Polarity and Electronegativity
8.5 Drawing Lewis Structures
8.6 Resonance Structures
8.7 Exceptions to the Octet Rule
8.8 Strengths of Covalent Bonds

Chapter 9: Molecular Geometry and Bonding Theories
9.1 Molecular Shapes
9.2 The VSEPR Model
9.3 Molecular Shape and Molecular Polarity
9.4 Covalent Bonding and Orbital Overlap
9.5 Hybrid Orbitals
9.6 Multiple Bonds
9.7 and 9.8 (skip)

Chapter 10: Gases
10.1 Characteristics of Gases
10.2 Pressure
10.3 The Gas Laws
10.4 The Ideal-Gas Equation
10.5 Further Applications of the Ideal-Gas Equation
10.6 Gas Mixtures and Partial Pressures
10.7 Kinetic-Molecular Theory
10.8 Molecular Effusion and Diffusion
10.9 Real Gases: Deviations from Ideal Behavior (skip)

Chapter 11: Intermolecular Forces, Liquids, and Solids
11.1 A Molecular Comparison of Gases, Liquids, & Solids
11.2 Intermolecular Forces
11.3 Some Properties of Liquids
11.4 Phase Changes
11.5 Vapor Pressure
11.6 Phase Diagrams (no calculations)
11.7 Structures of Solids (no unit cell calculations)
11.8 Bonding in Solids

Chapter 12: Modern Materials
12.1 Classes of Materials
12.2 Materials for Structure
12.3 Materials for Medicine
12.4 Materials for Electronics
12.5 Materials for Optics
12.6 Materials for Nanotechnology