CHEMISTRY 128 SYLLABUS - SPRING 2004
Required Text: Chemistry: Principles & Reactions, 5th edition, Masterton & Hurley ISBN 0-534-40878-8
Recommended Text: Study Guide/Workbook, 5th edition, Hurley, ISBN 0-534-40881-8
DATE TOPIC TEXT READING
1/20 Solutions: units of concentration; factors affecting solubility pp. 257-264
1/22 Colligative Properties: effects of solutes on solvent properties pp. 264-274
1/27 What is a Reaction Rate? How is it related to Reactant Concentration? pp. 283-290
1/29 How do reactant concentrations change over time? Models for Reaction Rate pp. 290-298
2/3 Other factors affecting reaction rates: temperature, catalysis. Reaction Mechanisms pp. 299-309
2/5 Catch-up and Review Chapters 10-11
2/10 Exam 1 Chapters 10-11
2/12 Equilibrium Chemistry: Gases. What is an Equilibrium System? the Equilibrium Constant Expression? pp. 321-328
2/17 Determination and Applications of the Equilibrium Constant K; Perturbation of an Equilibrium System. pp. 329-339
2/19 Acids and bases, autoionization of water, and the pH scale pp. 351-357
2/24 Weak Acids and their Equilibrium Constants pp. 357-365
2/26 Equilibrium Constants of weak bases, relationship of equilibrium constants of weak bases and weak acids, and acid-base properties of salt solutions pp. 365-372
3/2 Equilibria in Acid-Base Solutions: Buffers pp. 379-385
3/4 Acid-base indicators; Acid-base titrations pp. 386-395
3/8-3/12 SPRING BREAK  
3/16 Catch-up and Review Chapters 12-14
3/18 Exam 2 Chapters 12-14
3/23 Precipitation Equilibria: precipitate formation and Ksp pp. 425-430
3/25 Selective precipitation; Dissolving precipitates pp. 430-437
3/30 What is a Spontaneous Process: Entropy and the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics pp. 445-451
4/1 Free Energy, Standard Free Energy Change; Effect of Temperature on Spontaneity pp. 452-459
4/6 Effects of Pressure and Concentration on Spontaneity; Free Energy Change and Keq; Additivity of Free Energy Changes pp. 459-466
4/8 Electrochemistry: Voltaic Cells and Standard Voltages pp. 475-484
4/13 How are Standard Cell Potential, Standard Free Energy Change and the Equilibrium Constant related? What is the effect of concentration on voltage? pp. 484-489
4/15 Electrolytic cells; commercial electrolytic and voltaic cells pp. 489-499
4/20 Catch-up and Review Chapters 16-18
4/22 Exam 3 Chapters 16-18
4/27 Radioactivity and Rates of Radioactive Decay pp. 507-514
4/29 Mass-Energy Relations; Nuclear Fission and Nuclear Fusion pp. 514-524
5/7 Final Exam - 12 noon to 2:00 PM Chapters 10-14, 16-19

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