A systematic exploration of the fundamental principles of chemistry with an emphasis on the metric system, chemical reactions, stoichiometry, thermochemistry, gas laws, atomic structure, chemical bonding, states of matter and solutions.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites: High school chemistry (recommended, but not required)
Course Topics
Module 1: Fundamental terminology and measurement system.
Module 2: Chemical reactions (common types and balancing), redox equations, mol concepts.
Module 3: Thermochemistry, including temperature-change and phase-change calorimetry, thermochemical equations, heats of reaction and Hess’s Law.
Module 4: Treatment of atomic structure including determination of electron configuration and orbital diagrams.
Module 5: Detailed treatment of ionic and covalent intra-molecular bonding and various types of inter-molecular bonding.
Module 6: Detailed structure of the liquid and solid phases of matter are studied in this module and used to illustrate and explain phase changes and phase change diagrams of water.
Lab Topics
Lab 1: Equipment / Safety
Lab 2: Chemical Reactions
Lab 3: Quantitative Analysis
Lab 4: Thermochemistry
Lab 5: Gas Law Experiment
Lab 6: Bonding and Properties
Lab 7: Molality/Colligative Property Experiment
Lab 8: Molar Mass
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