SPRING 2013
CHEM 1A General Chemistry
Santa Rosa Junior College
Santa Rosa, CA 95401
Syllabus and Course Information
Faculty information
Instructor:
Dr. Orlando E. Raola
Office Phone:
(707) 527-4660
Office Fax:
(707) 522-2895
Office Address:
1974 via 1970 Bech Hall
E-mail:
oraola@santarosa.edu
Course information
Credits:
5
Course:
CHEM 1A
Sections:
6896, 6897, 8562
Locations:
Lectures: 1999 Bech
Labs: 1980 Bech
Prerequisites: Chemistry 42 (formerly Chemistry 55, 51) or placement on the Chemistry Diagnostic Test AND completion of Math 155 or higher or two years of high school algebra or
equivalent.
Web pages:
1. This class uses the online homework system provided by the publisher of the required
text at
http://connect.mcgraw-hill.com/class/o_raola_s13_chem1a
The access code has been bundled with the text in the bookstore or can be purchased
online.
2. Santa Rosa Junior College provides a CATE website for all class sections, accessible
from the instructor’s home page
http://online.santarosa.edu/homepage/oraola/
The most current version of the information items contained in this document can be
found in that website.
The Quizzes, Prelab assignments snd all grades for text, labs and other assignments
will be available online at the Moodle class website.
Section 6896
http://online.santarosa.edu/moodle/course/view.php?id=953
Section 6897
http://online.santarosa.edu/moodle/course/view.php?id=1023
Section 8562
http://online.santarosa.edu/moodle/course/view.php?id=1024
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Meetings
Activity
Lecture
Lab Discussion
Lab Experiment
Office hours
Days and Time
Mon. and Wed. 12:00 noon – 1:30 pm
Mon. 2:00 – 3:00 pm (Sect. 6896)
Tue. 2:00 – 3:00 pm (Sect. 8562)
Wed. 8:00 – 9:00 am (Sect. 6897)
Mon 3:00 – 6:00 pm (Sect. 6896)
Tue 3:00 – 6:00 pm (Sect. 8562)
Wed. 9:00 am – 12:00 noon (Sect. 6897)
Tue. 10:30 am – 1:30 pm
Thurs. 9:00 – 10:30 am
Required materials:
Required text: Chemistry: The Molecular Nature of Matter and Change
Martin S. Silberberg
c
2012
Sixth Edition
ISBN: 978-0-07-340265-9
Additional materials (required): CONNECT Online homework system, by McGraw-Hill. Bundled with the textbook in the bookstore (ISBN 978-0-07-746844-6) or purchase online
from the publisher.
CHEM 1A General Chemistry Laboratory Manual, SRJC Chemistry Department. Available
at the bookstore.
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Laboratory Notebook, National
Brand 53-110 or equivalent.
USB flash drive
Scientific or graphing calculator. Stylus-operated, wireless or web-enabled devices, including cell phone calculators, or QWERTY-keybord devices (ex. TI-92, Voyage 200) may
NOT be used during examinations.
Additional materials (suggested): Scigress Explorer Chemical Modeling software package. The
college has a site license, you can get a copy for your personal use at the Library Reserve Desk.
LoggerPro program, good tool for data processing. The college has a site license, you can
get a copy for personal use from at the Library Reserve Desk.
Grading policy
Activity
Online quizzes
Online homework
3 midterm exams
Laboratory work
Final comprehensive exam
TOTAL
Grading scale
% achieved
Letter grade
100 – 89
A
88 – 79
B
78 – 65
C
64 – 50
D
< 50
F
% of grade
10
10
40
25
15
100
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Important dates and deadlines
What?
Classes begin
Last day to add without instructor’s signature
Last day to drop with refund
Last day to add with intructors signature
Last day to drop without “W”
Last day to drop with “W”
When?
January 14
January 20
January 27
February 3
February 3
April 21
Emergency preparedness
The Sonoma County Junior College District maintains a plan for emergency preparedness in case
of any disaster or critical incident occurring. In case of earthquake, fire or similar emergencies,
the Chemistry department building (Bech Hall) should be evacuated. The evacuation assembly
area is in front of the East exit, in the lawn between Bech, Shuhaw and Baker halls. In case of an
emergency, contact the District Police at (707) 527-1000
Attendance policy and due dates for tasks
Since regular attendance promotes success in class work, a student is expected to
attend all sessions of each class in which the he/she is enrolled. Attendance is the
students responsibility. Any student who ceases to attend a class and fails to drop it
officially in the Admissions and Records Office may receive a grade of “F”.
Any student enrolled in a course who is not present or who has not made prior arrangements with the instructor by the second class roll call may be dropped from the course
by the instructor. (From SRJC Catalog)
You are expected to attend all lectures. There are no make-up midterms. If you cannot attend a
midterm because of legitimate, unavoidable reasons such as illness, injury, or family emergency,
you should contact the instructor before the scheduled time for the test.
You must attend all lab sessions. Completed pre-lab assignments are due at the beginning of the
lab. Lab write-ups are due at the end of the next lab session. Late work may be turned in up to
one week past due date for half-credit. There are no “make-up labs” scheduled for this semester.
The Sonoma County Junior College District attendance procedure (Procedure 8.1.5 P, as revised
4/10/12) states that students with absences in excess of 10% of the class time may be dropped
from the class. According to the scheduled instruction time in this class, excessive absence would
be missing more than 13 hours of combined lecture and/or labs.
If for any reason you expect to be absent from the lab more than twice in the semester or if you
have a conflict with any of the midterms or final, it is in your best interest to take this class at some
other time.
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Due dates for online assignments
The online component of this class amounts to 20% of your grade, therefore it is in your best
interest to start working on your assignments right away. The problem sets in the homework
assignments are due on the day of the midterm corresponding to each group of chapters. Only
homework completed before the due date counts for grade. Past the due date you will be able to
access the problem sets but no grade will be recorded. You need to complete at least 70% of all
the homework problem sets in a timely fashion in order to receive full credit for homework (10% of
final grade). Your grade for homework will be then the fraction of that 70% that you complete on
time. See instructor if you need further clarification on this matter.
During the semester you will access also online quizzes on the Moodle section home page. You
will be graded on your ten best scores of quizzes corresponding to the chapters covered this
semester.
Academic Integrity Policy
According to the college’s academic integrity policy (Policy 3.11, as revised 7/10/2012), “Sonoma
County Junior College District (SCJCD) holds that its primary function is the development of intellectual curiosity, integrity, and accomplishment in an atmosphere that upholds the principles
of academic freedom. All members of the academic community - student, faculty, staff, and administrator - must assume responsibility for providing an environment of the highest standards,
characterized by a spirit of academic honesty and mutual respect. Because personal accountability is inherent in an academic community of integrity, this institution will not tolerate or ignore any
form of academic dishonesty.
Academic dishonesty is regarded as any act of deception, benign or malicious in nature, in the
completion of any academic exercise. Examples of academic dishonesty include cheating, plagiarism, collusion, and other academic misconduct.”
Examination Policy
There will be three midterm exams and a final. The midterms will consist of questions and problems related to the content of the chapters indicated in the schedule. The final will be a comprehensive exam of all the subject matter covered in the course and will take place on Wednesday,
May 22, 2013 10:00 am –12:45 pm. If you have a scheduling conflict for the final, let the instructor
know as soon as possible.
Accommodations for students with disabilities
If you need disability-related accommodations for this class, such as a note taker, test taking services, special furniture, use of service animal, etc., please provide the Authorization for Academic
Accommodations (AAA letter) from the Disability Resources Department (DRD) to me as soon as
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possible. You may also speak with me privately during office hours about your accommodations.
If you have not received authorization from DRD, it is recommended that you contact them directly.
DRD is located in Analy Village.
Course description
CHEM 1A General Chemistry: CHEM 1A General Chemistry: General principles of
chemistry including atomic theory, bonding, stoichiometry, kinetic-molecular theory,
properties of mixtures, the periodic table, and thermodynamics. First semester of a
one year program of general chemistry ((from SRJC Catalog)(from SRJC Catalog)
Course Contents and Objectives
Upon completion of the course, the student should be able to:
1. Safely synthesize assigned chemical compounds in the laboratory.
2. Use instrumentation to analyze and identify standard chemical compounds as well as those
synthesized in the laboratory.
3. Conduct laboratory experiments with the use of a computer interface.
4. Apply principles of chemical kinetics, thermodynamics, equilibrium, bonding and reactivity to
real world situations.
Objectives:
1. Identify factors that affect the rate of a chemical reaction, and measure those rates experimentally in order to determine a rate law for that reaction.
2. Describe phenomena related to nuclear chemistry and radioactivity and perform associated
calculations.
3. Use bonding theories such as molecular orbital theory and hybridization to explain the bonding in transition metal complexes.
4. Apply the principles of electrochemistry in the construction of galvanic and electrolytic cells.
5. Apply the laws of thermodynamics to chemical reactions and chemical equilibrium.
6. Describe specific behavior of various categories of elements on the periodic table.
Teacher’s Expectations
You are expected to acquire the basic intellectual tools needed for understanding the wide world
of chemical interactions from the formation of the simplest molecules in intergalactic space to the
inner workings of neurons in the human brain. In order to achieve this, you are expected to
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1. come to class every day on time and stay until the end of the class period
2. read the material suggested in preparation for the lecture
3. do all the homework problems assigned
4. engage actively in the learning process while in lecture, with concentrated attention and with
your cellular phone and other electronic gadgets turned off for the duration of the class
5. take notes and ask questions during lectures, discussions and demonstrations
6. take all three midterm and the final exam
7. show respect for your instructors and staff
8. to abide by SRJC Student Conduct as outlined in the Schedule of Classes and by the academic integrity policy regarding the individual authorship of all material that you turn in for
grade
Learning Support
Some laboratory experiments will require the use of personal computers with spreadsheet, word
processor, and data logging programs. The computers are located in each of our Laboratories and
in the Mathematics Department Computer Lab. in Shuhaw Hall, in the Multi-Curricular Computer
Lab. in Barnett Hall, and in the Computer Lab. on the Petaluma Campus.
If you have any problem, opinion, issue, comment, suggestion, in short, anything that could
improve your experience taking this class, or the experience of your fellow students, or that
of your instructor, please do not hesitate to contact the instructor in person, during office
hours, after class or at any other time, or use email or the phone.
DISCLAIMER
This syllabus sets the basic information you should be aware of in order to succeed in this
class, but you should regard it as a “living document” You are receiving this paper copy at
the beginning of the semester, but it is your responsibility to check the course link on the
instructor’s home page frequently in order to find out about changes and updates.
The Laboratory Data Notebook
The laboratory is an essential component of any chemistry course because it provides an opportunity for learning where abstract principles may be brought down to the level of comprehension.
However, your laboratory experience will not be complete until all of the data and observations
have been properly recorded. Therefore, an accurate record of experimental results is an indispensable part of all scientific work.
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Laboratory grading
Activity
Points
Labs
Pre-lab assignment
Laboratory report
Total
Discretionary points
TOTAL
10
20
30 × 11 labs = 330
20
350 (25% of the grade)
Notes: Discretionary points measure laboratory technique and citizenship in the lab.
In many university, government and industrial laboratories, each scientist must maintain data notebooks in a precise manner which, if necessary, can be admitted as evidence in court should a
dispute arise as to the priority of patentable discoveries. In such a notebook, each page is dated
and all significant results are witnessed. Of course, we shall not need to take such elaborate
precautions, but our awareness of these standard laboratory procedures will serve to remind us
that a laboratory notebook is not a private diary. Since the material in the notebook is subject to
the scrutiny of others, it must be intelligible to anyone conversant with chemistry, and it must be
presented in such a format that leaves no doubt as to its authenticity and reliability.
1. Before coming to the laboratory, study the assigned experiment thoroughly until you understand the purpose and procedures of the experiment. Consult with your instructor prior to
this time if you encounter difficulties in comprehending the intent of the experiment.
2. A bound laboratory notebook (5 × 5 quadrille-ruled, 10 1/8” × 7 7/8” or similar) must be
purchased. At the end of each laboratory period, you must bring your notebook to instructor’s
desk for final check and signature. Do not attempt to leave the lab without your notebook
signed and dated by the instructor!
3. In the event your data notebook is misplaced, its rapid return will be facilitated if you print the
following information on the first page:
Your name
Your phone number
Course #, Section #, Laboratory Hours & Room #
Your locker number
Your instructor’s name
4. All data and observations must be recorded directly and immediately into the laboratory
notebook. Use black or blue ink. Absolutely no pencil marks on your lab notebook. Data may
not be entered on scrap paper and then later transferred into the notebook. When weighing
samples, you must bring your data notebook to the balance rather than entrusting to memory
the 4 - 6 digit mass of the sample. When data are recorded hours or even minutes after that
part of the experiment was conducted, they are inevitably inaccurate records of what actually
happened in the laboratory. Only the original, unedited record has any scientific significance.
It may contain crossed-out (but still readable!) mistakes or be stained by chemicals. The data
must be an honest record of the experiment as you perceived it. Neatness and care are not
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to be neglected completely since the data must be legible, but they are of less importance
than accuracy and honesty. For this reason, laboratory “data” written anywhere but in the
official data notebook will be confiscated.
5. Your name, the date and the experiment title and number must be written on the top of each
lab session record.
6. Mistakes should be crossed out, never erased or obliterated. Draw a single line through
the mistaken entry and write the corrected value above or beside it. A brief statement of
explanation should accompany all deletions. If a considerable volume of data on a page is
to be disregarded, cross it out with a single large “X” and explain why you rejected the data.
In every instance, the deleted entries must still be legible.
7. Record ALL data including masses, volumes, times, temperatures, colors, odors, densities,
evidence of physical or chemical changes and descriptions of experimental difficulties. Use
the proper units where required. Whenever possible, organize your data in tabular form.
Since this written record serves as the basis on which your report will be composed outside
of the laboratory at a later date, it is important that a generous amount of information be
recorded in the notebook. Remember that your laboratory report may not make reference to
any data or observations that are not cited in your data notebook.
8. Perform all your calculations notebook. This rule excludes simple addition or subtraction
(e.g., mass of beaker and sample minus mass of beaker = mass of sample). As you do your
laboratory work, you should be curious about the mathematical results of trials as they are
completed. If you don’t perform these calculations at that time, how will you know whether
you have all of the necessary data and whether that data is reasonable?
9. If you use a spreadsheet to perform part of your computational work, make sure to reference
the name of location of the file containing your data. It is your responsibility to be able to
produce the file at any later time when requested by your instructor.
10. At the end of the laboratory period, carefully check your work for omissions or errors and
initial and date the bottom right-hand corner of the last page used that day. Also bring the
data notebook to your instructor for his/her signature before leaving the laboratory.
Writing the Laboratory Reports
In the week following the end of your data collection, you will put together a brief lab report,
according to the instructions below. The lab report should be typed, single-spaced and one-sided.
Make sure that your printout is perfectly legible and that there are no handwritten corrections on
the pages you turn in. Avoid the use of color in your printed report.
At the top of the first page, in the upper right corner be sure to write your name, lab section (day,
time and instructor), and locker number, and the due date for the report.
The following sections should be part of your report:
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DATA
Most often this will be a page summarizing the data you collected in the laboratory. Whenever
possible, these data should be tabulated. It will not usually be necessary to create your own;
for many of the experiments in this manual, a combined Excel data/results table is provided as a
template. You may need to replicate such a table.
RESULTS
As indicated above for the data section, for most of the experiments a results table is provided.
SAMPLE CALCULATIONS
A separate calculations section must be used to show examples of each non-trivial calculation.
Trivial calculations are simple additions or subtractions. ALL sample calculations must include the
following steps:
1. Identify the quantity to be calculated
2. Give the general equation and rearrange (if necessary). Use the capabilities of the software
you are using to type your report, so that you produce professional-looking formulas and
expressions. This is a skill you should acquire in this class, it is not difficult but it does
require your attention and readiness to follow instructions.
3. Identify which trial is being used
4. Insert values and units
5. Give answer, rounded off, with units, inside a box
DISCUSSION
For each experiment, you will be required to discuss the results of the procedure and the procedure itself. This discussion will consist of a statement of purpose or goals for the experiment,
a brief discussion of the errors encountered, and a brief conclusion in which the success of the
experiment in terms of the purpose or goals is discussed. The entire discussion for a regular lab
report should be no more than one page in length, and most often will be considerably shorter
than that.
ASSIGNED QUESTIONS (when applicable)
You should try very hard to keep your report to a maximum length of three (3) typed pages,
excluding the pages where you use graphics to show your data and the assigned questions. An
exceedingly long report will be returned ungraded.
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A sample lab report is provided your convenience on your section homepage. Make sure that your
report looks as closely as possible to the sample shown (of course, regarding the format, not the
content!)
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Spring Term 2013
Class: CHEM 1A SPRING 2013
Instructor: O. Raola
Week Day Date Lecture Topics
Laboratory
Intro to CHEM 1A. Ch. 1 Keys to
Workshop: How to write a Lab Report. Safety
Training. Check-in.
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Workshop: How to write a Lab Report. Safety
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Lab # 1 Density and Measurements
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Lab # 3 Estimation of Avogadro's Number
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Ch 5 Gases
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Ch. 6 Thermochemistry
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Lab # 4 Synthesis of Copper(II) Sulfate Pentahydrate
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SECOND MIDTERM EXAM
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Lab # 6: Determination of R
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Ch. 7 Quantum Theory and Atomic
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Assignments due
Spring Term 2013
Class: CHEM 1A SPRING 2013
Instructor: O. Raola
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4/8 and Periodic Table
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Bonding
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THIRD MIDTERM EXAM
Ch. 12 Liquids and Solids
Ch. 12 (cont.)
Final Review
FINAL EXAMS
Commencement Exercises
Spring semester processing finalized
Laboratory
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