schedule
Our daily schedule if things go according to plan. This schedule will be corrected to show what was actually covered each day after the fact.
| date | topics | chapter / sections |
|---|---|---|
| Wed 8/29 | course introduction, canvas, topics, grading, being prepared, buy and register for Reef | |
| Fri 8/31 | some thermo review, heating q = mC∆T | Chapters 1-6 |
| Mon 9/3 | Labor Day - no class | |
| Wed 9/5 | review G=H-TS and phase changes, solution physical properties, heating curves, ice + water problems | 5.2, 6.2, 6.5, 7.1, 7.2, 7.4 |
| Fri 9/7 | vapor pressure, Clausius-Clapeyron Equation,interpreting phase diagrams | 7.1, 7.2 |
| Mon 9/10 | intro to solutions | 7.1 |
| Wed 9/12 | thermo for solutions, dissolving salts - dissociation/hydration | 7.3 |
| Fri 9/14 | intro to colligative properties | 7.4 |
| Mon 9/17 | more colligative properties, the van't Hoff factor, ionization and partial ionization, weak vs strong vs non-electrolytes | 7.4 |
| Wed 9/19 | Exam 1 light class day - let out early |
Chapter 7 |
| Fri 9/21 | chemical equilibrium defined, thermodynamics of equilibrium (∆G), activities and why they matter, the mass action expression and Q | 9.1 |
| Mon 9/24 | introduction to the equilibrium constant, K. relationships for Q and ∆G, and K and ∆G°, true K and its relationship to Kc and Kp, the process of reaching equilibrium | 9.1, 9.2 |
| Wed 9/26 | setting up a RICE table, solving for "x" in a RICE table | |
| Fri 9/28 | Equilibrium under "stress" - Le Chatelier's Principle | 10.1-10.3 |
| Mon 10/1 | Aqueous equilibria, acidic vs basic, the pH and pOH of a solution, understanding the "pH scale" | 10.1-10.3 |
| Wed 10/3 | weak acid/base equilibrium, conjugate pairs, using Ka and KbRICE tables and weak acids and bases | |
| Fri 10/5 | solving for pH with weak acids/bases, "type 1" problems | 9.1-9.2, 10.1-10.3 |
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| Mon 10/15 | ||
| Wed 10/17 | Exam 2 | Chapters 9, 10 (to 10.3) |
| Fri 10/19 | Mixing both conjugate pairs species to make a buffer (common ion effect), what is a buffer, RICE tables with "type 2" problems, partial neutralizations | 10.4 |
| Mon 10/22 | mixing and calculating a buffer pH, buffering action via problem solving - add strong acid or base to a buffer and calculate the resulting pH | 10.4 |
| Wed 10/24 | pH curves / titrations, interpreting end points and determining Ka and Kb from pH curves | |
| Fri 10/26 | how indicators work, how to pick the best indicator for a titration, titration curve quantitative calculations, fraction of species diagrams | 10.4, 10.5 |
| Mon 10/29 | more on fraction of species diagrams, polyprotic acids and their fraction of species diagrams, pH curves for polyprotic acids, protonated state and deprotonated state, amino acids, proteins, predicting the charge on a polyprotic in a given pH | 10.4, 10.5 |
| Wed 10/31 | solubility equilibria, understanding saturated, under-saturated, and over-saturated solutions (Q vs K), molar solubility, Ksp | 8.1 |
| Fri 11/2 | common ion effect for solubilities, predicting precipitations, the broad range of Q, solving RICE tables for solubility problems | 8.1 |
| Mon 11/5 | buffer review, pH curves, overlap of solubility equilibria and the pH of solution when dissolving basic salts,overview 8 and 10 | Chapters 8 and 10.4-10.6 |
| Wed 11/7 | Exam 3 | Chapters 8 and 10.4-10.6 |
| Fri 11/9 | Introduction to kinetics (Dr. Vanden Bout) - reaction rates - chemical kinetics, measuring rate laws, order of a reaction, order of a specific reactant in a reaction | 11.1-11.3 |
| Mon 11/12 | method of initial rates - rate laws | 11.1-11.3 |
| Wed 11/14 | integrated rate laws and half-life | 11.3 |
| Fri 11/16 | potential energy diagrams, activation energy and rate, catalysts and how they work and what they do, reaction mechanisms, pseudo 1st order | 11.4, 11.5 |
| Mon 11/19 | reduction / oxidation reactions (redox) - how to recognize and how to balance redox reactions, the differences in a voltaic cell and an electrolytic cell, the root of electrochemical potential, E° | 12.1, 12.2 |
| Wed 11/20-Fri 11/23 | Thanksgiving Break no classes | |
| Mon 11/26 | the basics of an electrochemical cell, calculating the standard potential of a standard cell E°, predicting good better best oxidizing agents and reducing agents, electrolytic cells, calculating moles by using current, time, and Faraday constant, | 12.2-12.5 |
| Wed 11/28 | Non-standard cells and the Nernst equation, conc cells | |
| Fri 11/30 | the three types of batteries and examples of each, calculating free energy from standard potential and also K | |
| Mon 12/3 | Overview of kinetics and electrochemistry | |
| Wed 12/5 | Exam 4 | Chapters 11 and 12 |
| Fri 12/7 | last day of class, overview of course, grades/grading, review for final exam | |
| Mon 12/17 | Final Exam is from 2pm - 5pm in ROOM TBA | All chapters covered |