Lectures

Unit 1: Introduction to the language, representations, and concepts of chemistry

• Why study chemistry?
  • Feast of the Gods Deconstruction
  • Imaging Renaissance Paintings
• Measurement class assignment
• Discovery of atomic structure
  • STM images
• Atomic Symbols and Formulas class assignment
• Stoichiometry: Chemical formulas
  • Simple reaction
• Stoichiometry: Chemical Reactions
• Fuel Cells Class Assignment
• Aqueous reactions
• Solution Stoichiometry
• Chronic Beryllium Disease Class Assignment
• Review
• Sample Exam
• Sample Exam Answers

Unit 2: The microscopic world: atomic and molecular structure

• Light and wave particle duality
• Electronic Structure
• Periodic Trends
• Metals, Semi-conductors and insulators problem solving
• Chemical Bonding
• Lewis Dot Structures
• Lewis Dot Problem Solving
• Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion
• Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion Problem Solving
• Molecular Orbitals
• Covalent semi-conductors in class problem solving
• Review
• Attend PLUMS to try out a practice exam
• Exam 2

Unit 3: From microscopic to macroscopic descriptions of matter

• Thermochemistry
• Bond Strength
• Hybrid Car
• Ideal Gas
• Deviations from the Ideal Gas
• Hydrogen Storage Class Assignment
• Intermolecular Forces
• Solution Process and Colligative Properties
• Weaver Problem Solving Assignment
• Review
• Review for Final
• Exam 3
• Equation Sheet