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Date
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Lecture Topic
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Text
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1
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9/27
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How do scientists approach problems?
The scientific Method
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Ch. 1
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2
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9/29
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States of matter, mixtures, physical
and chemical changes
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3
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9/30
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Energy, heat, units of measure
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Ch. 2
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4
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10/1
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Converting units, mass, density, heat
capacity
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5
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10/4
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Atomic structure and mass, periodic
table, isotopes
Problem Set #1 Due – 1.14, 1.20, 1.24, 1.36, 2.24,
2.30, 2.58, 2.64, 2.78
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Ch. 3
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6
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10/6
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Electronic structure of atoms
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7
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10/7
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The periodic table and periodic trends
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Ch 4
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8
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10/8
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Representative elements and their
properties
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9
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10/11
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The big bang and
the formation of the element
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10
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10/13
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Ions and Valence
electrons: forming ions from atoms, different valences for transition
metals Problem Set #2 Due – 3.18, 3.44, 3.52, 3.60 (a-e), 4.10, 4.14,
4.22, 4.30, 4.32, 4.48
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Ch 5
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Exam
I: Thursday, 10/14 - Lectures 1-9, Chapters 1-4
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11
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10/15
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Ionic compounds, electron dot
structures, chemical names and formula of ions
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Ch 5
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12
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10/18
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Covalent
bonds - single, double and triple bonds
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13
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10/20
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Covalent bonds – bond polarity, weak
attractive forces, shapes of molecules and ions
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14
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10/21
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The mole - molar mass, chemical eqns
Problem Set #3 Due – 5.28, 5.32, 5.34,
5.42, 5.44, 5.50, 5.58, 5.62, 5.70
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Ch 6
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15
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10/22
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Chemical equations – balancing,
stoichiometry
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16
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10/25
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What drives chemical reactions - heat,
entropy, free energy, activation energy
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17
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10/27
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Equilibrium and the rates of chemical
reactions - affect of temperature and catalysts, equilibrium.
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18
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10/28
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Gases - kinetic energy and
temperature, pressure, Avagadro’s hypothesis, Henry’s Law, Charles
Law, Boyles Law.
Problem Set #4 Due – 6.22(a-c), 6.24(a-c), 6.28,
6.30, 6.36, 6.56, 6.60, 6.64
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Ch 7
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EXAM II: Friday, 10/29 – Lectures
10-17, Chapters 5-6
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19
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11/1
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Liquids and solids -
vapor pressure, phase transitions, vaporization, boiling point, melting
point, heats of phase transitions
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Ch 7
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20
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11/3
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Water - hydrogen
bonding, ice, solvation
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Ch 8
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21
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11/4
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Solutions- solubility, units of
concentration
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22
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11/5
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Acids and bases – definitions,
strong and weak, dissociation constants
Problem Set #5 Due – 7.34,
7.42, 7.50, 7.62, 7.66, 8.24, 8.42, 8.52, 8.56, 8.80
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Ch 9
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23
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11/8
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The pH Scale – measuring pH
determination, comparing pH of different solutions, neutralization
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24
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11/10
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Buffers, acid rain
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25
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11/11
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Nuclear
processes – Radiation, radioactive decay, half-life, radioisotopes.
Problem Set #6 Due -
9.34, 9.38, 9.52, 9.56, 9.60 (a-b), 9.68, 9.74, 9.76
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Ch 10
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EXAM III:
Friday, 11/12 - Lectures 18-24, Chapters. 7-9
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26
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11/15
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Nuclear Reactions - nuclear energy,
fusion, fission, nuclear weaponry
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Ch 10
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27
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11/17
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Radiation and the human body -
Measuring radiation, effect on the body, medical uses
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28
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11/18
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Organic Chemistry - Hydrocarbons,
straight chain alkanes, properties
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Ch 11
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29
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11/19
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Nomenclature - Branched chain alkanes,
nomenclature, aromatic hydrocarbons, multiple bonds
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30
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11/22
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Organics in
your everyday lives - Alcohols, fluorocarbons, aldehydes, ketones, organic
acids, amines, amino acids
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31
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11/24
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Combustion - octane
rating, greenhouse effect. Problem
Set #7 Due - 10.12 (c,d), 10.14, 10.26, 10.36, 10.38, 10.40(c,d),
11.14(a-c), 11.22, 11.26, 11.30, 11.40, 11.46 (d-g)
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EXAM
IV: Monday, 11/29 – Lectures 25-31, Chapters 10-11
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32
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12/1
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Guest Lecture (Professor Geri
Richmond): Nuclear Wastelands and Storing Nuclear Wastes
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33
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12/2
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Polymers, Proteins and Plastics
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34
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12/3
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Review
and Wrap-up
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FINAL EXAM: Thursday 12/9, 10:15a
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