CHEM 5013 – Applied Chemical Principles
Tuesday and Thursday
8:00 – 8:50
FALL 2013
PHS Building – Room 107
Instructor:
Wayne Bensley, Office – PHS 306, benslewd@alfredstate.edu, 587-4558
Course Website:
http://web.alfredstate.edu/benslewd/Homepage.htm
Office Hours:
Monday and Wednesday 11-12, Thursday and Friday 10-11 or by Appointment
(Note that I do have an Open Door Policy for meeting with students)
Required Texts:
Chemistry for Engineering Students 2nd Edition, Brown and Holme
Laboratory Manual for Chemical Principles, Amman (Pink Cover Version)
Class Information/
Announcements:
Announcements regarding schedule changes or other developments will be made in
class at the earliest possible time. Announcements or reminders will also be posted on the
course website. You are responsible for any announcements posted to the web site.
Course Description:
This course is designed to provide engineering students with a background in important
concepts and principles of chemistry. Emphasis will be placed on those areas considered
most relevant in an engineering context, and practical applications in engineering and
technology will be examined.
Course Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student will be able to do the following:
1) Define and describe the fundamental facts, laws, and principles of chemistry.
2) Relate the fundamental facts, laws, and principles of chemistry to a variety of realworld technological problems.
3) Apply problem solving skills to calculate quantitative aspects of chemistry including
mass relations and stoichiometry, solutions and dilutions, gas law applications,
chemical equilibrium, electrochemical, and acid/base calculations.
4) Integrate chemical concepts and principles into various problems encountered in
specific areas of engineering.
5) Independently prepare and apply laboratory methods of analysis to a variety of
experiments involving chemical operations and measurements.
Course Structure:
The course will comprise both lecture and laboratory components, with the laboratory
experiences specifically chosen to enhance and extend your understanding of lecture
material. Class will meet for two hours of lecture and three hours of lab each week, for a
total of three credit hours. Note that since this is a single course, you cannot drop lecture
and remain enrolled in lab or vice versa. You will receive a single letter grade for the
entire course, worth three credit hours.
Lecture:
Material covered in the lecture will expand upon the assigned readings. You are expected
to come prepared for each lecture by reading the assigned textbook section prior to that
lecture. You are responsible for all material covered in lecture as well as that from
the assigned readings. There may be exam questions based solely on reading
material.
Laboratory:
You are expected to attend each weekly laboratory session. Should you need to miss a
session for illness or for reasons mentioned in Academic Regulation 503, you MUST
notify your lab instructor in advance so arrangements can be made for you to make up the
missed work. If you fail to notify your lab instructor in advance, you will NOT be allowed
to make up missed work and will receive a grade of zero for that lab assignment. If you
have to miss a laboratory session (with prior approval from you lab instructor!), there are
two ways to make it up. The first option is to attend another scheduled lab session during
the same calendar week if you first receive approval from the instructor of that lab session.
The second option is to complete a substitute assignment given during the last week of
classes. Option number two may be used to replace only ONE laboratory assignment.
Note that if you miss a laboratory session without notifying your lab instructor in advance,
you ARE NOT allowed to make up that lab. If you miss more than two scheduled lab
sessions the entire semester for non-allowed reasons, then you fail the lab section of
this course and thus fail the course.
Attendance:
As with the real-life example of holding a job, you are expected to attend each lecture and
arrive ON-TIME at 8:00 AM. Should you have to miss a scheduled lecture, any work
assigned for that day must be turned in ahead of time to receive credit. Please note that a
late arrival is equivalent to an absence for the lecture on that given day. Attendance
records will be kept and your presence in class will be rewarded through class participation
bonus points. If you are absent from (or late to) 10 or more lectures, you will
automatically receive a grade of F for the course.
Recommended
Problems:
There will be no formal collected or graded homework problem sets for this course.
However, there will be multiple problem sets posted to the course website throughout the
semester. It will be announced in class when these problems are available and it is
STRONGLY SUGGESTED that you attempt these problems as you will see these
problems again on the quizzes and exams. The solutions to these problem sets will be
posted to the course website a few days after the announcement is made regarding the
availability of the problem sets.
Quizzes:
Unless announced otherwise, there will be in-class quizzes as noted on the course schedule.
Note that Quiz #1 will be a take-home quiz due on Thursday 9/5 – all other quizzes will be
given in class. There will be a time limit on quizzes and they may be given either at the
start or end of lecture. The quizzes will consist of one or more calculation or short answer
problems and will be very similar (if not identical) to the recommended problems found on
the website. No make-up quizzes will be given for any reason but the two lowest quiz
scores will be dropped. Quizzes will almost always necessitate the use of a calculator
so make sure you are prepared for quizzes by brining your calculators with you to
class!
Exams:
There will be three (3) hourly exams on the dates below during the regularly scheduled
lecture hour. Any exam missed will be counted as a zero at the instructor’s discretion.
You must contact the instructor ahead of time if you will miss a scheduled exam to
arrange for a make-up and any make-up exams are at the sole discretion of the instructor.
Final Exam:
There will also be a cumulative final exam for this course administered during the campuswide Final Exam matrix schedule for this course. Any student who holds a cumulative
lecture and lab average of 92.0% or higher after lecture on Thursday, December 12 is
exempt from the cumulative final and automatically receives a final course grade of “A”.
Grading:
Your lecture average will be calculated based on the following total points:
Pts. Each
Total Pts.
% of Course Grade
Quizzes (10 - Drop 2)
10
80
12.5%
Hourly Exams (3)
100
300
46.9% (15.6% each)
Cumulative Final Exam (1)
100
100
15.6%
Bonus points based on lecture attendance will then be awarded to the lecture average on 12/12:
Lect. Attended
Pts (%) Added (to possible 380) Lect. Attended Pts (%) Added
30
11.5 (~3% to lecture avg.)
24-26
2 (~0.5%)
29
7.5 (~2%)
21-23
0 (0%)
27-28
4 (~1%)
< 21
Failure of Course
FINAL Lecture average = total lecture points received * 100
480
See your lab syllabus for an explanation of how that portion of your course grade is determined.
Final grades for the course will be calculated according to the following formula:
OVERALL AVERAGE = [(Lecture Average * .75) + (Lab Average * .25)]
A: 90.0% and higher
B+: 87.0–89.9%
B: 80.0-86.9%
C+: 77.0-79.9%
C: 70.0-76.9%
D+: 67.0-69.9%
D: 60.0-66.9%
F: Less than 60.0%
Principles of Human Being (General Class Advice/Rules):
 Alfred State Principles of Community: Please read, understand, and commit yourself to abiding by these.
 Civility and respect for each other will govern the behavior of all of us on this campus. Obscene, harassing, or
intimidating language is not acceptable in classrooms, labs, hallways, and byways of this campus. Please
demonstrate respect for yourself, your classmates, our staff and your professors by speaking and behaving as
befits adults in an academic environment. If you exhibit repeated immature or disrespectful behavior, I
reserve the right to eject you from class permanently.
 Do not disrupt class – respect the speakers!! Off-topic chatter with your neighbors is considered disruptive
and rude and will not be tolerated. After an initial warning, all parties will be instructed to leave the
classroom.
 NO CELL PHONES (INCLUDING TEXT MESSAGING) ARE ALLOWED IN CLASS. If the ringing
of cell phones becomes an issue in class, you will be asked to leave the classroom and will not be allowed to
make up any assignment or quiz for that day. Note that this will also count as an absence from class for that
day.
 Academic dishonesty in any form will NOT be tolerated. This includes but is not limited to plagiarism
on any material submitted. Should you decide to cheat or plagiarize, you will receive a grade of zero on
that assignment without appeal. Should you choose to ignore this policy, you will be referred to the
Academic Integrity Committee for possible additional sanctions.
 The use of any electronic device other than a calculator during any and all quizzes or examinations is
strictly prohibited. This includes, but is not limited to: laptops, computers, cell phones, MP-3 players, any
device with earplugs, and I-pods. Please note that this means you MAY NOT use a cell phone for a calculator
on any exam. The ONLY exception to this is documentation from the Student Learning Center for students
with disabilities.
 Any student with a documented disability who needs to arrange accommodations must contact me and the
Student Learning Center at the beginning of the semester so that appropriate steps can be taken.
 Please ask questions and seek out help when you need it. I have an open door policy-if I’m in my office, I am
available to meet with students.
 Please feel free to approach me without fear of reprisal should you have an issue or concern with a fellow
student or with any other comment pertinent to the class and course.
 You are expected to come to class prepared and on time. There is a large amount of material to be covered in
this class and as such we will be moving very quickly. It will not be easy for you to catch up on material if
you fall behind.
CHEM 5013 – Applied Chemical Principles
FALL 2013
Course Outline and Tentative Course Schedule
Date
Reading Assignment
Topics
8/27
8/29
9/3
9/5 QUIZ 1 DUE
9/10
9/12
QUIZ
9/17
9/19
QUIZ
N/A
1.2, 1.3 (pp. 4-12)
1.4, 1.5 (12-24)
2.2-2.3 (33-40)
2.4-2.5 (40-47)
14.2-14.3 (476-484)
3.2 (67-72)
3.3 (72-77)
9/24
EXAM #1
9/26
10/1
10/3
10/8
3.3 (78-81), 12.7 (419-421)
Acid Base Reactions, Bronsted-Lowry Theory
3.4 (81-84)
Interpreting Chemical Equations and the Mole
3.5 (84-90)
Calculations Using Moles and Molar Masses
NO CLASS – FALL BREAK
QUIZ
Introductory Materials, Syllabus
Study of Chemistry, Science of Chemistry
Measurements – Significant Figures, Units, Dimensional Analysis
Atomic Structure, Atomic Mass, and Ions
Compounds, Chemical Bonds, and The Periodic Table
Radioactivity, Nuclear Reactions, and Kinetics of Radioactive Decay
Chemical Formulas and Equations
Aqueous Solutions and Net Ionic Equations
Date
Reading Assignment
Topics
10/10
10/15
10/17
10/22
10/24
4.2 (103-108)
4.3 (108-112)
4.4, 4.5 (113-116)
6.2, 6.3 (161-167, 169-173)
6.4, 6.5 (173, 177, 181-185)
Fundamentals of Stoichiometry
Limiting Reactants
Theoretical and Percentage Yields, Solution Stoichiometry
The Electromagnetic Spectrum, Atomic Spectra
Quantum Mechanical Model of the Atom, Pauli Exclusion Principle
QUIZ
QUIZ
10/29
EXAM #2
10/31
11/5
11/7
11/12
11/14
11/19
11/21
11/26
11/28
12/3
12/5
6.6 (185-187)
The Periodic Table and Electron Configurations
7.2, 7.3 (202-211)
The Ionic Bond, The Covalent Bond
7.5 (215-221)
Lewis Structures
5.2, 5.3 (125-136)
Pressure, History and Application of the Gas Law
5.4, 5.5 (136-141)
Partial Pressure, Stoichiometry of Reactions Involving Gases
13.2 (438-444)
Oxidation-Reduction Reactions and Galvanic Cells
13.3 (444-449)
Cell Potentials (Standard Reduction Potentials)
13.5, 13.6 (453-460)
Batteries, Electrolysis
NO CLASS – THANKSGIVING BREAK
13.7, 12.2 (461-464, 394-398) Electrolysis and Stoichiometry, Equilibrium Constants
12.3, 12.5 (398-399, 440-415) Equilibrium Constants, LeChatlier’s Princiuple
QUIZ
QUIZ
QUIZ
QUIZ
12/10
EXAM #3
12/12
12.7 (421-425)
Acid/Base Equilibrium
While every effort is made by the professor/instructor to cover all the material in the syllabus, the order, content
and/or evaluation may change in the event of special circumstances (e.g. time constraints due to inclement weather,
sickness, College closure, technology/equipment problems or changes, etc.). In any case, students will be given
appropriate notification in writing, with approval from the department chair (or designate).