Chemistry 1210, Spring 2016
Instructor Information
Instructor:
Dr. Patrick Duffy
Office 3345, Phone (604) 599-2550
E-Mail: patrick.duffy@kpu.ca
Web: rubious.kwantlen.ca/pduffy
Office Hours:
Mondays and Wednesdays 2 – 3, Fridays 11 – 12
(all in the Richmond Campus Learning Centre)
Credits:
4
Prerequisites:
See course calendar for details:
http://www.kpu.ca/calendar/2015-16/courses/chem/index.html#chem1210
Transferable:
See on-line transfer guide for details:
http://www.bctransferguide.ca/search/by-sender/
Instruction
Format:
Two lectures per week (two hours each) and one lab per week (three hours).
Required
Material:
Chemistry 1210 lab manual, one laboratory notebook, and a lab coat
Contact lenses may not be worn in the laboratory. Glasses are therefore
required for people who normally wear contact lenses.
Calculator: Sharp EL-531 (available from the bookstore)
Textbook: Chemistry (Canadian Edition), by Olmsted, Williams, and Burk
(2013 looseleaf edition or eText)
General Course Information
Course Policies
If you have taken chemistry 1210 previously, you may be entitled to a lab exemption. Please see
me before the first lab to verify whether or not you are entitled to a lab exemption.
Any in-class exam not written by the student will be assigned a grade of zero unless the student
can produce a medical note or other relevant documentation supporting the necessity of their
absence. Doctors’ notes must indicate that the student was too sick to write the exam. If
such documentation is produced, the weights of the other exams will be increased so that the
student will not be penalized for missing the exam. If the student is unable to write an exam, he
or she must notify the instructor before the scheduled exam time. Labs missed without a valid
excuse will result in an incomplete grade being assigned to the laboratory portion of the course.
More than three labs missed for any reason will result in an incomplete grade being
assigned to the laboratory portion of the course.
Students requiring accommodation for a disability in chemistry 1210 must ensure that the
accommodation notice (from a Disability Advisor) covers both the lecture and the lab. A lab
assistant accommodation must be approved by a Disability Advisor; the student must arrange
this before the first lab. The Chemistry Department may provide suggestions regarding finding a
suitable lab assistant, however finding a lab assistant remains a student responsibility.
Important Dates
January 10 (Sunday)
Last day to add a course or to drop a course without a “W”
appearing on your transcript
January 28 (Thursday)
Exam #1
February 18 (Thursday)
Exam #2
February 23, 25
No class (reading break)
March 4 (Friday)
Last day to drop a course (“W” will appear on your transcript)
March 31 (Thursday)
Exam #3
April 7 (Thursday)
Last class
April 13 – 23
Final exam period
April 15 (Friday)
Final exam, 11:30 – 2:30 PM, room TBA
Evaluation (Percent of total)
Lecture
Three Exams
Final Exam
40
30
Laboratory
Pre-lab Assignments
Labs and Unknowns
Lab Exam
21
20
8
Grade Guidelines
What follows are the guidelines used to determine your final grade in Chemistry 1210. Please
note the restrictions placed on your grade by both the lab component of the course and your
performance on the final exam.
To get
a(n):
A+
A
A-
Your total mark
(including final
and lab) must be:
90 – 100%
85 – 89%
80 – 84%
Within that,
your final exam
mark must be at least:
80%
70%
65%
And in the Lab:
All work must be complete, and
you must have an overall
lab mark of at least 65%
B+
B
B-
76 – 79%
72 – 75%
68 – 71%
60%
60%
55%
All work must be complete, and
you must have an overall
lab mark of at least 60%
C+
C
64 – 67%
60 – 63%
50%
40%
C-
56 – 59%
40%
All work must be complete, and
you must have an overall
lab mark of at least 50%
N/A
D
50 – 55%
N/A
N/A
F
<50%
N/A
N/A
Tentative Schedule and Outline of Course Topics
Chapter 13
Problems:
Chapter 14
(omit 14.3)
Problems:
1
CHEMICAL KINETICS: Reaction rates and rate laws, differential and
integrated rate laws, factors influencing rates, temperature dependence of rates.
(2 lectures)
3, 7, 9, 13, 17 – 43, 47, 51 – 71, 77 – 97, 101 – 105
CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIUM: Equilibrium in chemical reactions, Le
Chatelier’s principle and effects of pressure, volume and temperature, Kc and
Kp, calculations for gaseous systems, solubility products. (2 lectures)
1, 9 – 15, 25 – 43, 49 – 57, 61, 63, 67, 71 – 75, 79, 85
Prelabs will be done on-line this year (using Moodle). Prelabs are due on or before the start of your lab.
Chapter 17
Problems:
Chapters 15
and
16.1 - 16.3
(Omit 15.6)
Problems:
REDOX AND ELECTROCHEMISTRY: Oxidation numbers, redox systems,
normality, and equivalent weights, fundamentals of electrochemical cells,
application of Galvanic cells, electrolysis, corrosion (4 lectures)
1 – 15, 17, 25 – 31, 37 – 51, 55 – 67, 71 – 101, 105
ACIDS AND BASES: Review of acid-base fundamentals, weak acids and
bases, buffers, hydrolysis, indicators, titration curves. (3 lectures)
Chapter 15: 1 – 43, 51 – 63, 67 – 73, 77, 81, 85, 89
Chapter 16: 1 – 29, 53, 57 – 61, 67, 71, 77, 93 – 97, 101
SOLUBILITY EQUILIBRIA: ionic equilibria, solubility of ionic compounds
Chapters
16.4 and 16.5 and Ksp, common ion effect, complex ion equilibria. (2 lectures)
31 – 37, 43 – 51, 55, 63, 65, 69, 73, 75, 79, 83, 85, 99
Problems:
Chapter 3
(omit 3.6)
Problems:
Chapters 12
and 14.3
(Omit 12.6)
Problems:
Chapters 8
and 9 (Omit
8.5)
Problems:
Chapter 8.5
Problems:
HEAT, WORK & ENERGY: Thermodynamic terms and concepts, heat and
PV work, First Law of Thermodynamics, heats of reactions, calorimetry and
Hess’ law, bond energies and enthalpy of reaction. (3 lectures)
11 – 25, 29 – 45, 51 – 59, 63, 65, 69 – 77, 81 – 91, 99 – 101, 105, 107
ENTROPY AND FREE ENERGY: Reversible and irreversible processes,
disorder, entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics, Third Law of
Thermodynamics and entropy changes, Gibbs free energy and equilibrium,
temperature dependence of equilibrium constant. (3 lectures)
Chapter 12: 11 – 21, 27, 31, 35 – 49, 55 – 65, 69 – 85, 89, 95, 105, 107, 111
Chapter 14: 17 – 23, 59, 65, 69, 85
LIQUIDS AND SOLUTIONS: Properties of liquids, phase changes and phase
diagrams of one-component systems, properties of solutions and concentration
units, colligative properties for non-electrolyte and electrolyte solutions,
Raoult’s law and distillation. (3 lectures)
Chapter 8: 3, 11, 15, 27, 51 – 59, 63, 65, 71, 77, 83, 85 – 91, 97
Chapter 9: 3 – 13, 17, 27, 37 – 47, 55, 59 – 63, 67, 73, 75, 83
SOLIDS: Unit cells and crystal lattices, metallic crystals, ionic crystals.
(2 lectures)
35, 37, 39, 43, 47, 49, 61, 79
Plagiarism and Cheating Policy (Policy C.8)
(Current version available at http://www.kpu.ca/sites/default/files/Policies/c08.pdf)
INTRODUCTION
Definitions
Cheating, which includes plagiarism, occurs where a student or group of students uses or attempts to use, unauthorized aids,
assistance, materials or methods. Cheating is a serious educational offense.
Plagiarism occurs where a student represents the work or ideas of another person as his or her own.
POLICY
Kwantlen Polytechnic University condemns all forms of cheating.
If it is determined that a student has cheated, the University will proceed with discipline in the following manner:
1.
For most first offences, a grade of zero will be awarded for the affected assignment, test, paper, analysis, etc.;
2.
For most second offences, a failing grade will be assigned in the affected course;
3.
Depending upon the circumstances surrounding a first or second offense, a more severe level of discipline may be
imposed by the University;
4.
Where deemed appropriate in the circumstances, for any third offence, the matter must be referred to the University
Vice President Academic under Policy No. C.21 Student Conduct for the assignment of discipline, which may include
suspension or expulsion from the University.
5.
Any student who contributes to an act of academic dishonesty by another student may face disciplinary action.
This policy must be communicated in all Course Presentations.
PROCEDURAL GUIDELINES
1.
When an instructor or invigilator believes that a student has cheated (which includes intent to cheat), the student will be
asked for an explanation of the events that led the instructor or invigilator to make the allegation. If after hearing the
explanation, the instructor or invigilator still believes that the student has cheated, the instructor or invigilator will
gather all available evidence and inform the Dean in writing. Documentation should include, but is not limited or
restricted to, a clear description of the offence (the date when the incident occurred or was detected, the course number
and section, the student’s name and number); evidence (cheat notes, plagiarized samples, photocopies of, or actual,
unpermitted aids or materials, etc.) as applicable; and names and phone numbers of witnesses, if applicable. It should
be sent to the Dean within 10 days of the incident or discovery, unless there are problems contacting the student. The
instructor or invigilator will inform the student of her/his decision regarding the assignment of a grade to the affected
work and that the documentation will be forwarded to the appropriate Dean.
2.
The Dean, upon (and only upon) receipt of the written information from the instructor or invigilator, will assign any
additional disciplinary action which may be in order under the policy described above, and will inform the Registrar.
3.
The Registrar will maintain a record of each offence in the student’s file.
4.
The affected student has the right at any time to consult with a University counsellor and/or the student ombudsperson.
5.
Except in circumstances where the matter has been referred to the President under Policy No. C.21 Student Conduct, a
student may appeal a decision or penalty under this policy to the Kwantlen University Appeals Committee (L.6
Appeals of Academic Decisions).