Chemistry 111: General Chemistry I
TThF 10:00-10:50 Parker 106
MWF
11:00-11:50 Parker 106
Office
hours
My official office hours are Mondays and Thursdays 2:00-5:00.
I will be happy to arrange for a different time to meet with you. To do that you may send me an email, leave me a telephone message, or stop by my office and leave me a note if I am not there.
Office
Parker 230; email zpasman@ic.edu, phone 217-245-3435.
Textbook
Chemistry,
The Molecular Science, 2nd edition, by JW Moore, CL Stanitski, and PC Jurs.
Lecture
notes.
The
lecture notes will be available on the web at the chem111 area at
http://www2.ic.edu/pasman
Assignments
Homework. Problems pertaining to the material in
each chapter will be assigned regularly.
Answers to the homework problems must be submitted online, and an access
code must be purchased by each student (at the bookstore or online at
webassign.com). The material on
the exams, to a large extent, will be based on homework questions.
Exams. There will be five in-class, hour-long
exams (dates indicated on the syllabus).
In addition, there will be one final cumulative exam during the finals
period.
Grading
(percent of final grade)
Homework 30
Lab 20
Exams 35
Final exam 15
Grades
will assigned as follows:
90-100% A
80-89% B
70-79% C
60-69% D
50-59% F
I do not
anticipate using a curve, but I will do so if necessary.
Attendance
You are
expected to attend regularly and participate in class discussions. From time to time there will be in-class
assignments which you will hand in, and this will count towards your
participation credit, which can help push your grade upwords. Nevertheless, I will not keep track of
lecture attendance in any way.
Remember, however, that material on the homework, quizzes, and exams
will be drawn heavily from the material covered in class.
In
contrast to the lectures, lab attendance is mandatory. Unexcused lab absence will result in
removal from the course with a ÒWÓ grade.
Please discuss excused absences with me as soon as possible in person,
by phone, or email.
Academic
Honesty
Homework. You may work in collaboration with any
student or group of students, or you may work independently. To receive credit, answers must be
submitted by each student.
Exams. You are expected to work completely
independently on the exams.
Lab. You will work and gather data in
collaborating group. Nevertheless,
you are expected to write your lab reports independently.
I will
prosecute any case of academic fraud or dishonesty that I can document. Academic dishonesty, simply put, is
representing work as your own when it is not. If, in your judgment, an issue might be subject to academic honesty
considerations, ask me for clarification as soon as possible, that is, before
you even might appear as if you acted dishonestly.
Lab
Lab is required for this course. There are two lab texts:
1. Chemistry 111 Laboratory Manual.
2. Cooperative Chemistry laboratory
manual, 2nd edition, by MM Cooper.
Lab
grading and procedures will be described in your first lab session.
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Chemistry 111: General
Chemistry I |
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Week |
Lectures |
Chapter |
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8/23 |
Introduction,
measurements, properties of matter |
1,2 |
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8/30 |
Atom structure,
elements, isotopes, molar mass |
2 |
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9/6 |
Molecular and ionic
compounds |
3 |
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9/10 Exam 1,
chapters 1-3 |
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9/13 |
Chemical reactions:
types, balancing, limiting reactants, % yield, |
4 |
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9/20 |
Chemical reactions: %
composition, empirical formulas, reaction |
4,5 |
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classification, net
ionic equations, precipitation |
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9/27 |
Chemical reactions:
acid-base exchange, molarity, |
5 |
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displacement,
oxidation-reduction, activity series |
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10/1 Exam 2,
chapters 4,5 |
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10/4 |
Sub-atomic particles,
The Bohr atomic model, energy quanta |
7 |
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10/11 |
Electron orbitals,
orbital hybridization, periodic trends |
7 |
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10/18 |
Covalent bonding: Lewis
structures, bond length, energy, polarity |
8 |
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10/25 |
Covalent bonding:
electronegativity, formal charge, resonance, |
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exceptions |
8 |
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10/29 Exam 3,
chapters 7,8 |
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11/1 |
Molecular structure
prediction, electron orbitals, orbital |
9 |
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hybridization,
molecular polarity |
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11/8 |
Non-covalent
interactions and forces, energy and enthalpy |
9,6 |
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11/15 |
Heat capacity,
calorimetry, Hess's law, heat of formation |
6,10 |
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properties of gasses |
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11/19 Exam 4,
chapters 6,9 |
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11/29 |
Kinetic-molecular
theory, ideal gas law, quantities of gasses in |
10 |
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chemical reactions,
partial pressure |
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12/6 |
States of matter, phase
changes, water properties, crystalline solids |
11 |
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12/10 Exam 5,
chapters 10,11 |
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Final Exam TBA,
finals week |
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Chemistry
111L, General Chemistry Lab |
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Week |
Lab project |
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8/30 |
Chemical measurements |
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9/6 |
Identification of an
ionic compound |
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9/13 |
Synthesis of an ionic
compound |
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9/20 |
Iron in Blood serum Pt.
I |
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9/27 |
Iron in Blood serum Pt.
II |
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10/4 |
Fall break |
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10/11 |
Iron in Blood serum Pt.
III |
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10/18 |
Chemical properties of
the elements |
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10/25 |
Properties of the
halogens |
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11/1 |
Molecular models |
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11/8 |
Calorimetry |
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11/15 |
Distillation and
boiling point trends, Pt. I |
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11/22 |
Thanksgiving break |
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11/29 |
Distillation and
boiling point trends, Pt. II |
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12/6 |
Cleanup and checkout |