CHM 115: GENERAL CHEMISTRY I
(4.0 Credits)
TENTATIVE CLASS SCHEDULE
Fall Semester 2009 / CRN 30457, 30459 & 30462
Unit
Dates
Activities
Unit 1
Week 1
Aug. 31 (M) &
Sep. 2 (W)
Scope/Reading: Course Syllabus, Supplementary Reading 1, and Silberberg Chap. 1
and Chap. 2 on Physical and Chemical Changes
Lab/SI Period: Review names and symbols of elements; review metric and SI units;
review ratio and dimensional analysis (with metric and SI units); review logarithm
(common and natural); review linear equations and slope
Week 2
Sep. 9 (W)
Scope/Reading: Silberberg Sec. 6.1, 6.2, 6.4, 16.1, 16.8, and 20.4 on Reaction
Enthalpy, Spontaneity, Speed, and Catalysis
*Sep. 7 (M) is
Labor Day
Recess.
Lab/SI Period: Review names and formulas of compounds; review first and second
laws of thermodynamics; review the equilibrium concept; review the spontaneity
concept; review the factors that affect the speed of a chemical reaction; complete the
check-in procedure (in lab); complete the lab safety and successful lab report
discussions (in lab); complete Lab. 01
Week 3
Sep. 14 (M) &
Sep. 16 (W)
Scope/Reading: Silberberg Chap. 3 and Chap. 5 on the Kinetic Molecular Theory,
Collision Theory, and the Use of Chemical Equations
Lab/SI Period: Review the mole concept and molar quantities; review dimensional
analysis involving molar quantities; review molarity as a molar quantity; review
balancing chemical equations; review reaction stoichiometry; review theoretical and
actual yield calculations; complete Lab. 02
Week 4
Sep. 21 (M) &
Sep. 23 (W)
Scope/Reading: Silberberg Chap. 4 on the Major Classes of Aqueous-phase Reactions
Lab/SI Period: Review the composition of a solution; review solubility; review
molecular and net ionic equations; review assignment of oxidation numbers; review
oxidation, reduction, oxidizing agent, and reducing agent concepts; review the
thermodynamics and kinetics of precipitation, acid-base, and oxidation-reduction
reactions; review for the FIRST EXAM; complete Lab. 03
FIRST EXAM: Sep. 28 (M), 9:30-10:50 a.m. (covering everything discussed in Unit 1 from Week 1 to Week 4)
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Unit 2
Week 5
Sep. 30 (W)
Scope/Reading: Silberberg Sec. 6.3, 6.5, and 6.6 on Calorimetry and Hess’s Law
Lab/SI Period: Review the state function concept; review the standard state concept;
review Hess’s law calculations; complete Lab. 04
Week 6
Oct. 5 (M) &
Oct. 7 (W)
Scope/Reading: Supplementary Reading 2 & Silberberg Chap. 7 and Chap. 8 on
Dalton’s Atomic Theory (ca. 1808) and the Development of Quantum Mechanics
(through pretty much all of the 20th century)
Lab/SI Period: Review wave mechanics; review the wave-particle duality; review the
Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle; review electron spin and Hund’s Rule; review
quantum numbers; review atomic orbitals; review electron configurations for
elements; complete Lab. 05
Week 7
Oct. 12 (M) &
Oct. 14 (W)
Scope/Reading: Continue with Silberberg Chap. 8 on The Periodicity of the Chemical
Elements
Lab/SI Period: Review the properties of the main group and transition elements;
review electron configurations for monatomic cations and anions; review the periodic
trends in atomic & ionic sizes and ionization energies; complete Lab. 06
Week 8
Oct. 19 (M) &
Oct. 21 (W)
Scope/Reading: Begin Silberberg Chap. 9 and Chap. 11 on Chemical Bonding
Lab/SI Period: Review for the SECOND EXAM; complete Lab. 07
SECOND EXAM: Oct. 26 (M), 9:30-10:50 a.m. (covering everything discussed in Unit 2 from Week 5 to Week 8)
Unit
Dates
Activities
Unit 3
Week 9
Oct. 28 (W)
Scope/Reading: Continue with Silberberg Chap. 9 and Chap. 11 on Chemical Bonding
Lab/SI Period: Review the Lennard-Jones (6-12) potential; review the
electronegativity concept and the periodic trend in electronegativity; review
molecular orbital (MO) diagrams for simple homo- and heteronuclear diatomic
molecules; complete Lab. 08
Week 10
Nov. 2 (M) &
Nov. 4 (W)
Scope/Reading: Conclude Silberberg Chap. 9 and Chap. 11 and begin Chap. 10 on
Chemical Bonding and the Lewis Model and Lewis Structures
Lab/SI Period: Review the drawing of Lewis structures; review the resonance
concept; review the VSEPR theory; review molecular polarity; review hybrid orbitals
and the Valence Bond (VB) Theory; complete Lab. 09
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Unit 3
(Cont.)
Week 11
Nov. 9 (M) &
Nov. 11 (W)
Scope/Reading: Continue with Silberberg Chap. 10 and Sec. 12.3, 15.1, 15.2, 23.4,
and 23.5 on Molecular Structures and Properties
Lab/SI Period: Review intermolecular forces; review hydrocarbons; review
isomerism; review stereochemistry; review coordination compounds; review the
Crystal Field Theory; complete Lab. 10
Week 12
Nov. 16 (M) &
Nov. 18 (W)
*Nov. 20 (F) is
the last day to
drop Fall 2009
classes.
Scope/Reading: Supplementary Reading 3 and Sec. 12.6, 15.5, and 15.6 on Structures
and Properties of Solids and Polymers
Lab/SI Period: Review x-ray crystallography; review the unit cell concept and
calculations; review the band theory of conductivity; review solar cells and
superconductivity; review the polymerization concept; review for the THIRD EXAM;
complete Lab. 11
THIRD EXAM: Nov. 23 (M), 9:30-10:50 a.m. (covering everything discussed in Unit 3 from Week 9 to Week 12)
*No CHM 115 lecture and lab will take place between Nov. 24 (Tu) and Nov. 27 (F) due to Fall Recess and
Thanksgiving holidays. However, Nov. 24 (Tu) is NOT an actual holiday. Activities outside of CHM 115 lecture
and lab should take place as scheduled unless you are being notified otherwise.
Unit
Dates
Activities
Unit 4
Week 14
Nov. 30 (M) &
Dec. 2 (W)
Scope/Reading: Silberberg Chap. 24 on Nuclear Chemistry
Week 15
Dec. 7 (M) &
Dec. 9 (W)
Scope/Reading: “Review Week” – Review everything from Week 1 to Week 14
Week 16
Dec. 14 (M)
Comprehensive FINAL EXAM
8:00-10:00 a.m.
Final
Exam
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Lab/SI Period: Review radiation; review the pathways for nuclear decay; review
applications of radioactivity; review the binding energy concept; review fission and
fusion and their applications; review first-order kinetics; review the first-order
integrated rate law; review half-life; review C-14 dating; complete Lab. 12
Lab/SI Period: Review for the FINAL EXAM; complete the check-out procedure (in
lab); complete the National (ACS) First-semester General Chemistry Exam (in lab);
complete Course and Lab Instructor Evaluations (in lab)
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