Chemistry 10A
General Chemistry (1st semester)

Fall 2003

Syllabus
(subject to change by the instructor at any time)
Approximate associated sections of the text are in parenthesis.

I. Overview: order and coverage of topics

Introduction to Chemistry (1.2 to 1.4)
Atomic Structure (2.1 to 2.4)
Measurements and Calculations in Chemistry (1.5, 1.6)
    The Mole (3.4, 3.5)
Light and Energy (6.1 to 6.3, 2.4)
Electronic Structure and Atomic Orbitals (6.4 to 6.6, 7.1)
Electronic Structure and the Periodic Table (7.2 to 7.4, 1.3)
Chemical Bonding:
    Ionic Bonding (7.5 to 7.6, 2.4, 3.3)
    Covalent Bonding and Lewis Structures (8.1 to 8.3)
    Molecular shape (8.4 to 8.7)
Chemical Formulas (3.1 to 3.2, 3.6)
Chemical Reactions, Stoichiometry (4.1 to 4.4)
    Applications to precipitation, acid-base, redox reactions (4.5 to 4.7)
Molecular Orbital Theory and pi-Bonds (9.1 to 9.5)
    Band Theory in Metallic Bonding (9.6)
Theory of Gases (5.1 to 5.7, 10.1)
Phases of Matter: Forces in gases, liquids, solids (1.4, 10.2 to 10.3)

II. Detailed Version
Blank lines delimit separate weeks.

03 Sep   Introduction to Chemistry and Matter (1.2, 1.4, 2.1)
05 Sep   Atomic Structure (2.2, 2.3, 2.4)

08 Sep   Measurements (1.5, 1.6, 3.4, 3.5)
10 Sep   Light and Energy (6.1, 6.2, 2.5)
12 Sep   Atomic Spectra (6.2, 6.3) ...PS#1 Due
    [note: time change & shorter class due to Mass]

15 Sep   Electrons and Quantum Numbers (6.4, 6.5)
17 Sep   Shape and Energy of Atomic Orbitals (6.6, 7.1)
19 Sep   Periodicity (7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 1.3) ...PS#2 Due

22 Sep   Periodicity continued
24 Sep   Exam #1
26 Sep   Ionic Bonding (2.4, 7.4, 7.5)

29 Sep   Ionic compounds and properties (7.6, 3.3)
01 Oct   Ionic aqueous solutions (3.7)
03 Oct   Covalent Bonding (8.1) ...PS#3 Due

06 Oct   Lewis Structures (8.3)
08 Oct   Bonding and Molecular Shape (8.4 to 8.7)
10 Oct   Bonding and Molecular Shape ...PS#4 Due

13 Oct   Polar Covalent Bonds (8.2)
15 Oct   Exam #2
17 Oct   Fall Holiday -- no class

20 Oct   Chemical Formulas, Elemental Analysis (3.1, 3.2, 3.6)
22 Oct   Balancing Chemical Equations and Stoichiometry (4.1, 4.2)
24 Oct   Yield, Limiting Reagent (4.3, 4.4) ...PS#5 Due

27 Oct   Precipitation Reactions (4.5)
29 Oct   Acid-base Reactions (4.6)
31 Oct   Redox Reactions (4.7) ...PS#6 Due

03 Nov  Elemental Analysis (3.6)
05 Nov  Exam #3
07 Nov  Introduction to Molecular Orbital Theory (8.1, 8.5)

10 Nov  Multiple Bonds (9.1, 9.2)
12 Nov  Diatomics (9.3)
14 Nov  More pi-bonding systems (9.4, 9.5) ...PS #7 Due

17 Nov  Band Theory (9.6), allotropes of carbon
19 Nov  Exam #4
21 Nov  Molecules in Motion (5.1)

24 Nov  Ideal Gas Equation (5.2, 5.3)
26 Nov  Applications of the Ideal Gas Equation (5.4, 5.5)
28 Nov  Thanksgiving -- no class

01 Dec   Stoichiometry in Gaseous Reactions, Vapour Pressure (5.6, 5.7) ...PS#8 Due
03 Dec   Real Gases, van der Waals equation (10.1)
05 Dec   Exam #5

08 Dec   Phases of Matter and Periodicity (1.3, 1.4)
10 Dec   Intermolecular Forces in Gases, Liquids (8.2, 10.2)
12 Dec   Forces in Solids (10.3)

Final Exam is Mon, December 15, 8:00-10:00am


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