Course Description
Chemistry 132 is the second course in the three- quarter General Chemistry sequence. It is designed to give students a fundamental understanding of chemistry and may be used by non-science majors to fulfill a Scientific Inquiry learning domain requirement in the Liberal Studies Program. The topics covered in Chemistry 132 include: thermochemistry; properties of various states of matter, including gases, liquid, solids, and solutions; kinetics of chemical reactions; and basics of chemical equilibrium.
Textbook and Materials
Required
- Tro, N. J. Chemistry: Structure and Properties, 2nd Ed., Pearson Education, Inc., UpperSaddle River, NJ, 2017. ISBN: 9780134293936. This text is available from the bookstore in hardbound, loose-leaf, and e-text formats.
- Non-graphing calculator for use on exams. Suggested models include:
- TI-30X family of calculators (available at the bookstore)
- CASIO fx-260solar or CASIO fx-250HC
- Modified Mastering Chemistry on-line homework system. This can be ordered through the bookstore with the loose-leaf textbook (ISBN 9780134777559), or e-text (ISBN 9780134565613).
Recommended
- Tro, N. J.; Shaginaw, K. T.; Kramer, M. B., Solutions Manual for Chemistry:Structure and Properties, Pearson Education, Inc., Upper Saddle River, NJ, 2017. ISBN 9780134460673
Tentative Schedule
| Session | Topics | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | First law of thermodynamics | § 9.2-4 |
| 2 | Enthalpy and calorimetry | § 9.5-7 |
| 3 | Using Hess’s law and bond dissociation energies to find heats of reaction | § 9.8-9 |
| 4 | Heats of formation; Born-Haber cycles and lattice energy | § 9.10-11 |
| 5 | Kinetic molecular theory; pressure; simple gas laws; ideal gas law | § 10.2-5 |
| 6 | Density; molar volume and molar mass; gas stoichiometry | § 10.5-6, 10 |
| 7 | Partial pressures; temperature and velocity distributions, effusion and diffusion, real gasses | § 10.7-9, 11 |
| 8 | Wrap-up; review for Exam 1 | |
| 9 | Exam 1 | |
| 10 | Intermolecular forces; surface tension and viscosity; capillary action; vapor pressure | § 11.2-4 |
| 11 | Vapor pressure | § 11.5 |
| 12 | Phase changes; heating curves; phase diagrams | § 11.6-9 |
| 13 | X-ray crystallography; unit cells; crystalline solids; ionic and covalent solids | § 12.2-6 |
| 14 | Glasses and ceramics; band theory; polymers | § 12.7-9 |
| 15 | Energetics of solutions; solubility; concentration | § 13.2-5 |
| 16 | Colligative properties | § 13.6-7 |
| 17 | Wrap-up; review for Exam 2 | |
| 18 | Exam 2 | |
| 19 | Reaction rates | § 14.2-3 |
| 20 | Rate laws; reaction order | § 14.4 |
| 21 | Integrated rate laws; half life; Arrhenius equation | § 14.5-6 |
| 22 | Reaction mechanisms; catalysis | § 14.7-8 |
| 23 | Chemical equilibrium; introducing the equilibrium constant | § 15.2-3 |
| 24 | Forms of the equilibrium constant; calculating equilibrium constants from data | § 15.4-6 |
| 25 | The reaction quotient, calculating equilibrium concentrations of reactants and products. | § 15.6-8 |
| 26 | Le Châtelier’s principle | § 15.9 |
| 27 | Wrap-up; review for Exam 3 | |
| 28 | Exam 3 | |
| 29 | Review for the Final Exam; OTEs | |
| 30 | Final Exam |