CHEMISTRY 102A
COURSE OUTLINE AND ASSIGNMENTS
WEEK 1
(August 22-26)
Lecture: Tuesday
Discussion: Wednesday
Topics: Introduction, Atomic Structure: subatomic particles and their properties, definition of
mass number, atomic number, isotopes, ions
Reading for lecture:
Zumdahl
Chapter 2: 2.1-2.6
Chapter 3: 3.2
Practice Problems:
Zumdahl,
Chapter 2: 28, 29 47, 50, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, 61, 88
Chapter 3: 33, 34, 35, 37
Worksheet 0 – Calculations
Lecture: Thursday
Discussion: Friday
Topics: Electromagnetic radiation, Bohr model: Quantum Mechanical Model of the atom:
orbitals, quantum numbers
Reading for lecture:
Zumdahl
Chapter 7: 7.1-7.6
Practice Problems:
Zumdahl
Chapter 7: 20, 37, 38, 41-44, 53, 55, 60, 61, 63, 64,
138-139, 155
Worksheet 1 – Atoms
Quiz 1 – Scientific Measurement (Please look over Lecture 0 on LON-CAPA and Worksheet 0)
WEEK 2
(August 29-September 2)
Lecture: Tuesday
Discussion: Wednesday
Topics: Quantum Mechanical model of the atom: orbital shapes and energies, Pauli Exclusion
Principle, polyelectronic atoms, electronic configurations, excited states
Reading for lecture:
Zumdahl
Chapter 7: 7.7-7.11
Practice Problems:
Zumdahl
Chapter 7: 68-70, 73, 75, 77, 78, 91, 93
Chapter 8: 43, 44
Worksheet 2 – Electromagnetic Radiation and the Bohr Atom
Lecture: Thursday
Discussion: Friday
Topics: Periodic Table: electronic configuration and the Periodic Table, periodic trends in atomic
properties, effective nuclear charge
Reading for lecture:
Zumdahl
Chapter 2: 2.7
Chapter 7: 7.10 - 7.12
Chapter 8: 8.4 (sizes of ions only)
Practice Problems:
Zumdahl,
Chapter 2: 47, 49
Chapter 7: 99,101,103,104
106-108,112,117,147,148,163
Chapter 8: 51, 50, 129
Worksheet 3 – Electronic Structure of Atoms
Quiz 2 – The Periodic Table and the Bohr atom (Worksheets 1 and 2)
WEEK 3
(September 5-9)
Lecture: Tuesday
Discussion: Wednesday
Topics: Bonding: types of chemical bonds, polarity, naming simple covalent molecules and ionic
compounds, define molecular and empirical formula
Reading for lecture:
Zumdahl
Chapter 8: 8.1-8.4
Chapter 2: 2.8
Practice Problems:
Zumdahl
Chapter 2: 63-70, 72, 77, 80, 89, 93-95
Chapter 7: 99,101,103,104
106-108,112,117,147,148,163
Worksheet 4 – Periodic Trends
Lecture: Thursday
Discussion: Friday
Topics: Shapes of Molecules: Lewis Structures, Exceptions, Resonance (formal charge)
Reading for lecture:
Zumdahl
Chapter 8: 8.9 - 8.12
Practice Problems:
Zumdahl,
Chapter 8: 79-89, 92, 97, 100, 101
Worksheet 5 – Chemical Bonding
Quiz 3 – Quantum numbers and periodic properties (Worksheets 3 and 4)
WEEK 4
(September 12-16)
Lecture: Tuesday
Discussion: Wednesday
Topics: VSEPR and its link to polarity, Lewis structures and organic molecules
Reading for lecture:
Zumdahl
Chapter 8: 8.13
Practice Problems:
Zumdahl
Chapter 8: 26, 105-115, 117-120
125,127,151,152,154
Worksheet 6 – Lewis Structures
Lecture: Thursday
Discussion: Friday
Topics: Hybrid Orbitals
Reading for lecture:
Zumdahl
Chapter 9: 9.1
Practice Problems:
Zumdahl,
Chapter 9: 9, 11, 12, 23-28, 33, 60, 61, 79, 68
Worksheet 7 – Molecular Shapes
Quiz 4 – Lewis Structures and Hybridization
WEEK 5
(September 19-23)
Lecture: Tuesday
Discussion: Wednesday
Topics: Hybridization and VSEPR model, delocalization
Reading for lecture:
Zumdahl
Chapter 9: 9.1
Practice Problems:
Zumdahl
Chapter 9: 36, 37, 38, 59
Worksheet 8 – Hybridization
Lecture: Thursday
Discussion: Friday
Review for HE I
HOUR EXAM I: 7:00 pm THURSDAY, 9/22 (Location to be announced.)
WEEK 6
(September 26-30)
Lecture: Tuesday
Discussion: Wednesday
Topics: Stoichiometry: Balancing chemical equations, molar mass, empirical and
molecular formula, percent composition, stoichiometric calculations
Reading for lecture:
Zumdahl
Practice Problems:
Zumdahl
Chapter 3: 3.3-3.10
Chapter 3: 41, 42, 61, 63, 64, 70, 71, 72, 117, 119,
131, 75, 76, 80, 83, 100, 103, 99, 94, 96, 121, 135,
137, 138, 145
Worksheet 9 – Mass Percent and Empirical Formulas
Lecture: Thursday
Discussion: Friday
Topics: Stoichiometry: combustion analysis, limiting reagents, percent yield
Reading for lecture: Zumdahl, Chapter 3: 3.7, 3.11
Practice Problems: Zumdahl, Chapter 3: 84-86, 88, 107-109, 111, 114-116, 141, 152, 163
Worksheet 10 – Balancing Reactions, Stoichiometry and Limiting Reagents
Quiz 5 – Empirical Formulas and Stoichiometry
WEEK 7
(October 3-7)
Lecture: Tuesday
Topics:
Discussion: Wednesday
Gases: P, V, T relationships, Ideal gas Law, stoichiometry
Reading for lecture:
Zumdahl
Chapter 5: 5.1-5.4
Practice Problems:
Zumdahl
Chapter 5: 23, 25, 26, 29, 41, 44, 48, 53, 55, 56, 65,
71, 73, 75-77
Worksheet 11 – Ideal Gas Law
Lecture: Thursday
Topics:
Discussion: Friday
Gases: Partial pressures, Kinetic Molecular Theory, Root mean Square
velocity, effusion and diffusion, Real gases
Reading for lecture:
Zumdahl
Chapter 5: 5.5-5.8
Practice Problems:
Zumdahl
Chapter 5: 27, 29, 30-32, 80, 81, 83, 87, 89, 91, 92, 99, 101104, 106, 124, 130, 132,133
Worksheet 12 – Partial Pressures and the Kinetic Molecular Theory of Gases
Quiz 6 – Gas Laws
WEEK 8
(October 10-14)
Lecture: Tuesday
Topics:
Discussion: Wednesday
Intermolecular Forces and Physical Properties
Reading for lecture:
Zumdahl
Chapter 10: 10.1-10.2, 10.8 (vapor pressure
discussion only)
Practice Problems:
Zumdahl
Chapter 10: 5, 12-14, 21, 25, 33, 35-39, 117, 128
Worksheet 13 – Intermolecular Forces
Lecture: Thursday
Discussion: Friday
Topics: Solution Properties
Reading for lecture:
Zumdahl
Chapter 4: 4.3
Practice Problems:
Zumdahl
Chapter 4: 55-61, 63, 64, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39,
41, 91, 89, 100
Worksheet 14 – Solutions, Electrolytes and Concentration
Quiz 7 – IMF and Solutions
WEEK 9
(October 17-21)
Lecture: Tuesday
Discussion: Wednesday
Topics: Solutions: Electrolytes and Precipitation reactions
Reading for lecture:
Zumdahl
Chapter 4: 4.1-4.2, 4.5-4.7
Practice Problems:
Zumdahl
Chapter 4: 23-26, 15, 44, 45, 46, 47, 49, 51, 52, 53,
54, 93, 103, 121
Worksheet 14 – Displacement Reactions
Lecture: Thursday
Topics:
Discussion: Friday
First Law of Thermodynamics
Reading for lecture:
Zumdahl
Chapter 6: 6.1
Practice Problems:
Zumdahl
Chapter 6: 29, 31, 33, 35, 43
Worksheet 15 – 1st Law
WEEK 10
(October 24-28)
Lecture: Tuesday
Discussion: Wednesday
Review for HE II
HOUR EXAM II: 7:00 pm TUESDAY, 10/25 (Location to be announced.)
Lecture: Thursday
Discussion: Friday
Topics: Enthalpy and Calorimetry
Reading for lecture:
Zumdahl
Chapter 6: 6.2
Practice Problems:
Zumdahl
Chapter 6: 49, 51, 53, 57, 59, 61, 63, 65
Worksheet 16 - Calorimetry
WEEK 11
(October 31- November 4)
Lecture: Tuesday
Discussion: Wednesday
Topics: Hess’ Law and Heats of Formation
Reading for lecture:
Zumdahl
Chapter 6: 6.3-6.4
Practice Problems:
Zumdahl
Chapter 6: 69, 71, 75, 81, 97, 99
Worksheet 17 – Hess’ Law
Lecture: Thursday
Discussion: Friday
Topics: Entropy
Reading for lecture:
Zumdahl
Chapter 17: 17.1-17.2
Practice Problems:
Zumdahl
Chapter 17: 8, 27, 29, 35, 41, 43
Worksheet 18 - Entropy
Quiz 8 – First Law and Calorimetry
WEEK 12
(November 7-11)
Lecture: Tuesday
Discussion: Wednesday
Topics: Free Energy
Reading for lecture:
Zumdahl
Chapter 17: 17.3 - 17.4
Practice Problems:
Zumdahl
Chapter 17: 48, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57
Worksheet 19 – Standard Free Energy
Lecture: Thursday
Discussion: Friday
Topics: Chemical Equilibrium
Reading for lecture:
Zumdahl, Chapter 13.1-13.4
Practice Problems:
Zumdahl, Chapter 13: 10-14, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 33, 35,
37, 38, 43, 44
Worksheet 20 – Chemical Equilibrium
Quiz 9 – Enthalpy and Entropy
WEEK 13
(November 14-18)
Lecture: Tuesday
Discussion: Wednesday
Topics: LeChatelier’s Principle
Reading for lecture:
Zumdahl, Chapter 13.5-13.7
Practice Problems:
Zumdahl, Chapter 13: 15-20, 28, 29, 41, 47-49, 57, 59, 61, 63, 64,
67-69, 92, 93
Worksheet 21 – Le Chatelier’s Principle
Lecture: Thursday
Discussion: Friday
Topics: Equilibrium Calculations
Reading for lecture:
Zumdahl, Chapter 13.5-13.7
Practice Problems:
Zumdahl, Chapter 13: 15-20, 28, 29, 41, 47-49, 57, 59, 61, 63, 64,
67-69, 92, 93
Worksheet 20 – LeChatelier’s Principle
Quiz 10 – Equilibrium
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WEEK 14
(November 28-December 2)
Lecture: Tuesday
Discussion: Wednesday
Review for HE III
HOUR EXAM III: 7:00 pm WEDNESDAY, 11/30 (Location to be announced.)
Lecture: Thursday
Discussion: Friday
Topics: Non-Standard Free Energy
Reading for lecture:
Zumdahl
Chapter 17: 17.5 - 17.7
Practice Problems:
Zumdahl
Chapter 17: 59, 61
Worksheet 21 – Non-Standard Free Energy
Quiz 11 – Free Energy
WEEK 15
(December 5-9)
Lecture: Tuesday
Discussion: Wednesday
Review for Final Exam
Reading Day: Thursday December 8
FINAL EXAM for CHEM 102A: 1:30 – 4:30 Friday, December 9