Course Description
Chemistry 120 is the first course in the three-quarter general chemistry sequence. It is designed to give students a fundamental understanding of chemistry. The topics covered in Chemistry 120 include: units and dimensional analysis; atomic structure; the electronic structure of atoms and periodic properties; bonding and molecular structure; stoichiometry; and reactions in aqueous solution.
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 | Units, metric prefixes | § E.1-2 |
| 2 | Significant figures, density, energy | § E.3-6 |
| 3 | Problem solving and dimensional analysis | § E.7-9 |
| 4 | Classifying matter, laws of matter | § 1.2-5 |
| 5 | Subatomic particles, atomic structure | § 1.6-8 |
| 6 | Atomic mass, the mole | § 1.9-10 |
| 7 | Waves and light | § 2.2 |
| 8 | The Bohr model, matter waves, uncertainty | § 2.3-4 |
| 9 | Quantum numbers, atomic transitions | § 2.5 |
| 10 | Shapes of atomic orbitals | § 2.6 |
| 11 | The periodic table, electron configurations | § 3.2-4 |
| 12 | Periodic properties | § 3.5-6 |
| 13 | More periodic properties | § 3.7-9 |
| 14 | Types of bonds, naming compounds | § 4.2-6, 4.8 |
| 15 | Mass percent, empirical formula determination | § 4.9-11 |
| 16 | Combustion analysis | § 4.11 |
| 17 | Electronegativity, Lewis dot structures | § 4.7, 5.2-3 |
| 18 | Lewis dot exceptions, resonance, formal charges | § 5.4-5 |
| 19 | Bond energies and VSEPR | § 5.6-9 |
| 20 | More VSEPR | § 5.9-10 |
| 21 | Valence bond theory; hybrid orbitals | § 6.2-3 |
| 22 | MO theory (first row diatomics) | § 6.4 |
| 23 | Balancing chemical equations; stoichiometry | § 7.2-4 |
| 24 | The limiting reactant, Percent yield | § 7.5 |
| 25 | Percent yield | § |
| 26 | Solution concentration and stoichiometry | § 8.2-3 |
| 27 | Electrolytes and solubility rules | § 8.4 |
| 28 | Precipitation reactions | § 8.5 |
| 29 | Net ionic equations | § 8.6 |
| 30 | Acid-base reactions | § 8.7 |
| 31 | Gas-evolution reactions | § 8.8 |
| 32 | Redox reactions | § 8.9 |