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CHEMISTRY 1P00  INTRODUCTORY CHEMISTRY

 

Approximate Timeline            Topics                                                 Textbook Chapters

Jan. 6 - 10                    Counting Scientifically                                        One and Two

(week 1)                       Units. Significant figures.  Dimensional analysis

 

Jan. 13 - 17                  The Matter with Chemistry                                            Three

(week 2)                       Temperature. Density. Properties of matter. Energy

 

Jan. 20 - 24                  Periodicity.                                                                  Four

(week 3)                       The chemical elements. Dalton’s theory.

Chemical formulas. Atomic structure. Isotopes

 

Jan. 27 - 31                  Nomenclature                                                                       Five

(week 4)                       Naming compounds and ions

 

Feb. 3 - 10                    The Mole Concept                                                 Eight

(week 5 & 6)                Atomic Mass. Percent Compostion.

                                    Empirical and Molecular Formulae

                        Naming Compounds and Ions.

            Chemical Reactions                                                         Six

                        Balancing Equations.

 

Feb. 12                                    CLASS TEST on Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 8

 

Feb. 14th                     NO LECTURE

 

Feb. 24 - 28                  Reactions in Water                                                     Seven

(week 7)                       Precipitations.  Acids and Bases. Redox reactions

 

Mar. 3 - 7                     Chemistry of Solutions                                             Fourteen

(week 8)                       Molarity.

 

Mar. 10 - 14                 Acid and Base Solutions                                             Fifteen

(week 9)                       Bronsted definitions. pH. Buffers

 

Mar. 17 - 21                 Acid and Base Solutions                                             Fifteen

(week 10)                     Bronsted definitions. pH. Buffers.Test Review

 

Mar. 24                       MIDTERM EXAM

 

Mar. 26 - 28                 Quantum Mechanics                                                 Ten

(week 11)                     Models of the H atom. Quantum Numbers.

                                    Electron Configurations

 

Apr. 2 - 11                   Bonding and Shapes of Moleculess                           Eleven

(weeks 12 - 13)             Lewis Structures. VSEPR theory.