Course Outline

Week 1, January 13
Day Topic Reading Materials available
Mon 1st Semester Review Problem Set

Problem Set
Problem Set Solutions
Wed Units of Concentration
Solution Process
Factors Affecting Solubility: Pressure and Temperature
14.1-14.23
Chapter 14
Thu Colligative Properties Exercise Exercise
Fri Colligative Properties

Colligative Properties Problem Set

14.4 Chapter 14
Problem Set
Problem Set Solutions
Week 2, January 20
Day Topic Reading Materials available
Mon Martin Luther King Day, No Classes
Wed Chapter 14 Assignment Due

Rates of Chemical Reactions
Reaction Conditions and Rate

15.1-15.2 Chapter 15
Thu
Kinetics Exercise exercise
Fri Effect of Concentration on Reaction Rate
Concentration-Time Relationships: Integrated Rate Laws
15.3-15.4 Chapter 15
Week 3, January 27
Day Topic Reading Materials available
Mon Concentration-Time Relationships: Integrated Rate Laws 15.4 Chapter 15
Wed Particulate View of Reaction Rates
15.5
Chapter 15
Thu Kinetics Problem Set

Problem Set
Solutions to Problem Set
Fri

Reaction Mechanisms

Chapter 15 Assignment Due

EXAM 1, 4:00 

15.6 Chapter 15
Week 4, February 3
Day Topic Reading Materials available
Mon The Nature of the Equilibrium State 16.1 Chapter 16
Wed The Reaction Quotient and Equilibrium Constant 16.2
Chapter 16
Thu
Kinetics and Equlibrium Problem Set

Problem Set
Problem Set Solution
Fri Determining an Equilibrium Constant 16.3 Chapter 16
Week 5, February 10
Day Topic Reading Materials available
Mon Using Equlibrium Constants in Calculations 16.5 Chapter 16
Wed More About Balanced Eqauations and Equilibrium Constants
16.6
Chapter 16

Thu Equlibrium Problem Set

Problem Set
Problem Set Solutions
Fri Disturbing a Chemcial Equilibrium
Applying the Concepts of Chemical Equilibrium
16.6-167 Chapter 16
Week 6, February 17
Day Topic Reading Materials available
Mon Chapter 16 Assignment Due

Acids, Bases, and the Equilibrium Concept
The Bronsted Concept of Acids and Bases
Water and the pH Scale

17.1 - 17.3 Chapter 17
Wed Equilibrium Constants for Acids and Bases

17.4
Chapter 17

Thu Acid Base Problem Set I
Problem Set
Problem Set Solutions
Fri Equilibrium Constants and Acid-Base Reactions

EXAM 2, 4:00 

17.5 Chapter 17
Quiz 6 Comments
Week 7, February 24
Day Topic Reading Materials available
Mon Types of Acid-Base Reactions 17.6 Chapter 17
Wed Polyprotic Acids and Bases
Lewis Concept of Acids and Bases
Molecular Structure, Bonding, and Acid-Base Behavior
17.7-17.10
Chapter 17
Thu Acid Base Problem Set II

Problem Set
Problem Set Solutions
Fri Chapter 17 Assignment Due

Introduction to Buffers 


Chapter 17
Week 8, March 2
SPRING BREAK
Week 9, March 9
Day Topic Reading Materials available
Mon The Common Ion Effect 18.1 Chapter 18
Wed Buffer Solutions
18.2
Chapter 18
Thu Strong Acid Titration Problem Set

Problem Set
Problem Set Solution
Fri Buffer Solutions 18.2 Chapter 18
Week 10, March 16
Day Topic Reading Materials available
Mon Acid-Base Titrrations 18.3 Chapter 18
Wed Acid-Base Titrations
18.3
Chapter 18
Thu Acid-Base Buffers and Titrations Problem Set

Problem Set
Problem Set Solutions
Fri Spring Holiday - No Classes
Week 11, March 23
Day Topic Reading Materials available
Mon The Solubility of Salts 18.4 Chapter 18
Wed Precipitation Reactions
18.5
Chapter 18
Thu Ksp Problem Set

Problem Set
Problem Set Solutions
Fri Chapter 18 Assignment Due

Solubility and Complex Ions
Solubility, Ion Separations, and Qualitative Analysis

 EXAM 3, 4:00 

18.6-18.7 Chapter 18
Week 12, March 30
Day Topic Reading Materials available
Mon Spontaneous Change and Equilibrium
Heat and Spontaneity
Dispersal of Energy and Matter
Entropy and the Second Law
19.1-19.4 Chapter 19
Wed Entropy Changes and Spontaneity
Gibbs Free Energy
19.5-19.6
Chapter 19
Thu Delta G zero, K, and Product-Favorability
19.7
Chapter 19
Fri Delta G zero, K, and Product-Favorability
Thermodynamics, Time, and Life
19.7-19.8
Chapter 19
Week 13, April 6
Day Topic Reading Materials available
Mon Thermochemistry Problem Set


Problem Set
Problem Set Solutions
Wed

Chapter 19 Homework Due

Oxidation-Reduction Reactions

20.1
Chapter 20
Thu Balancing Redox Reactions Problem Set Problem Set
Problem Set Solutions
Fri Simple Voltaic Cells
Commercial Voltaic Cells
20.2-20.3 Chapter 20
Week 14, April 13
Day Topic Reading Materials available
Mon Standard Electrochemical Potentials  20.4 Chapter 20
Wed Voltaic Cell Problem Set

Thu Electrochemical Cells Under Nonstandard Conditions 20.5 Chapter 20
Fri Undergraduate Research Day, No Class, Attend a Talk!
College of Arts and Science Schedule
School of Engineering Schedule
Week 15, April 20
Day Topic Reading Materials available
Mon Electrochemistry and Thermodynamics
Electrolysis: Chemcial Change Using Electrical Energy
Counting Electrons
20.6-20.8 Chapter 20
Wed Electrochemistry Problem Set
Problem Set
Problem Set Solutions
Thu Special Seminar
Atmospheric Chemistry
Fri Chapter 20 Assignment Due

Review for Exam

EXAM #4



Week 16, April 27
Day Topic Reading Materials available
Mon Natural Radioactivity
Nuclear Rections and Radioactive Decay
Stability of Atomic Nuclei
Rates of Nuclear Decay
23.1-23.4 Chapter 23
Wed Artificial Nuclear Reactions 
Nuclear Fission 
Nuclear Fusion 
Radiation Health and Safety
Applications of Nuclear Chemistry

Nuclear Chemistry Problem Set
23.5-23.9 Chapter 23

Problem Set
Problem Set Solutions
Thu Readin Day - No Class
Fri Chapter 23 Assignment Due

Finals Begin

Sat
Week 17, May 7
Day Topic Reading Materials available
Wed Finals End