Topics Outline

The following outline is based on the above text.  Those topics designated "READ" are part of the course material, but, with a few exceptions, will not be covered in detail during lectures.

Chapter 1.        INTRODUCTION: SOME BASIC CONCEPTS
1.1.        The Study of Chemistry        READ
1.2.        Classifications of Matter        READ
1.3.        Properties of Matter        READ
1.4.        Units of Measurement        READ
1.5.        Uncertainty in Measurement
1.6.        Dimensional Analysis

Chapter 2.        ATOMS, MOLECULES, AND IONS
2.1.        The Atomic Theory of Matter        READ
2.2.        The Discovery of Atomic Structure        READ
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 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 AND SOLUTION STOICHIOMETRY
4.1.        General Properties of Aqueous solutions
4.2.        Precipitation Reactions
4.3.        Acid-Base Reactions
4.5.        Concentrations of Solutions
4.6.        Solution Stoichiometry and Chemical Analyses

Chapter 4/20        OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION
4.4        Oxidation Reduction Reactions
20.1        Oxidation States
20.2        Balancing Oxidation-Reduction Equations

Chapter 5        THERMOCHEMISTRY
5.3.        Enthalpy
5.4.        Enthalpies of Reaction
5.6.        Hess's Law

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

Chapter 15        CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIUM
15.1.        The Concept of Equilibrium
15.2        The Equilibrium Constant
15.3.        Interpreting and Working with Equilibrium Constants
15.4.        Heterogeneous Equilibria
15.5.        Calculating Equilibrium Constants
15.6.        Applications of Equilibrium Constants
15.7.        Le Châtelier's Principle

Chapter 16        ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIA
16.1.        Acids and Bases - A Brief Review
16.2.        Brønsted-Lowry Acids and Bases
16.3.        The Autoionization of Water
16.4.        The pH Scale
16.5.        Strong Acids and Bases
16.6.        Weak Acids
16.7.        Weak Bases
16.8.        Relation Between Ka and Kb
16.9.        Acid-Base Properties of Salt Solutions
16.10.        Acid-Base Behavior and Chemical Structure        READ
16.11.        Lewis Acids and Bases        READ

Chapter 17        ADDITIONAL ASPECTS OF AQUEOUS EQUILIBRIA
17.1.        The Common-Ion Effect
17.2        Buffered Solutions
17.3        Acid-Base Titrations
17.4.        Solubility Equilibria
17.5.        Factors that Affect Solubility
17.6.        Precipitation and Separation of Ions
17.7.        Qualitative Analyses for Metallic Elements        READ
Chapter 14        CHEMICAL KINETICS
14.1.        Factors that Affect Reaction Rates
14.2.        Reaction Rates
14.3.        Concentration and Rate
14.4.        Change of Concentration with Time
14.5.        Temperature and Rate
14.6.        Reaction Mechanisms        READ
14.7.        Catalysis

Chapter 5        ENERGY RELATIONSHIPS IN CHEMISTRY: THERMOCHEMISTRY
5.1.        The Nature of Energy
5.2.        The First Law of Thermodynamics
5.4.        Enthalpies of Reaction
5.5.        Calorimetry
5.7.        Enthalpies of Formation
5.8.        Foods and Fuels

Chapter 19        CHEMICAL THERMODYNAMICS
19.1.        Spontaneous Processes
19.2.        Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics
19.3.        A Molecular Interpretation of Entropy
19.4.        Entropy Changes in Chemical Reactions
19.5.        Gibbs Free Energy
19.6.        Free Energy and Temperature
19.7.        Free Energy and the Equilibrium Constant

Chapter 6        ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE OF ATOMS
6.1.        The Wave Nature of Light        READ
6.2.        Quantized Energy and Photons        READ
6.3.        Line Spectra and the Bohr Model        READ
6.4.        The Wave Behaviour of Matter        READ
6.5.        Quantum Mechanics and Atomic Orbitals        READ
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        READ
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


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 Polarities 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

Chapter 25        THE CHEMISTRY OF LIFE: ORGANIC AND BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
25.1.        Some General Characteristics of Organic Molecules
25.2.        Introduction to Hydrocarbons
25.3.        Alkanes
25.4.        Unsaturated Hydrocarbons
25.5.        Functional Groups: Alcohols and Ethers
25.6.        Compounds with a Carbonyl Group
25.7.        Chirality in Organic Chemistry
25.8.        Introduction to Biochemistry
25.9.        Proteins
25.10.        Carbohydrates
25.11.        Nucleic Acids

Chapter 11        INTERMOLECULAR FORCES, LIQUIDS, AND SOLIDS (Time Permitting)        
11.1.        A Molecular Comparison of Solids and Liquids
11.2.        Intermolecular Forces
11.3.        Some Properties of Liquids
11.4.        Phase Changes
11.5.        Vapor Pressure
11.6.        Phase Diagrams

Chapter 13        PROPERTIES OF SOLUTIONS (Time Permitting)
13.1.        The Solution Process
13.2.        Saturated Solutions and Solubility
13.3.        Factors Affecting Solubility
13.4.        Ways of Expressing Concentrations
13.5.        Colligative Properties
13.6.        Colloids        READ

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