Wed 1/19 course introduction, canvas, course website, grading, being prepared, InstaPolls, some properties of water, solvation, hydration

chembook 0

Mon 1/24 classification of matter, significant figures, brief intro to molar mass

chembook 6.1

Wed 1/26 acid / base theory, the 3 definitions, acid/base conjugate pairs, carboxylic acids (weak acids), amines (weak bases)

chembook 6.1-6.2, 6.6, 6.10

Mon 1/31 the lists of strong acids and strong bases, strong and weak electrolytes (acids/bases), percent ionization, the mass action expression, the reaction quotient (Q), the equilibrium constant (K), specifically K_a and K_b, solving for pH of percent ionization problems

chembook 6.3-6.4, 6.5, 6.9

Wed 2/02 K_w, pH, pOH, pK, pX, acid/base neutralizations, calculations, titration intro

chembook 6.5-6.8

Mon 2/07 big picture of acid/base theory and the reactions. More on titrations and the specifics of how they are performed, acid/base indicators. The water that is around us each day, nature's water and some of the problems facing society

chembook 6.1-6.10, 6.7-6.8, 6.11

Mon 2/14 intro to electrochemistry, eChem definitions, assigning oxidation numbers, into to balancing redox reactions

chembook 7.1-7.3

Wed 2/16 more on balancing redox reactions, identifying the oxidizing agent and reducing agents, voltaic vs electrolytic cells, anode vs cathode, calculating \(E^\circ\)

chembook 7.1-7.3

Mon 2/21 electrochemical cell shorthand notation, active metals vs inert metals, inert metal electrodes, S.H.E., standard potentials, using a std potential table

chembook 7.4

Wed 2/23 tweaking the std potential, how concentration effects the potential (Nernst equation), counting coulombs, electric current, the faraday constant, electroplating

chembook 7.6-7.7

Mon 2/28 follow up on electrolytic cells and counting coulombs, intro to batteries, battery types

chembook 7.7-7.8

Wed 3/02 more on batteries, battery facts / trivia

chembook 7.9-7.10

Mon 3/07 chapter overview, wrap-up

chembook 7

Mon 3/21 intro to organic chemistry, alkanes and their nomenclature, review of line/dot structures, functional groups

chembook 8.1

Wed 3/23 more on functional groups, different types of carbons in structures, amine types, heterolytic vs homolytic cleavage, organic reaction types

chembook 8.2

Mon 3/28 more on reaction types, intro to polymers, the Big 6 plastics, LDPE vs HDPE

chembook 8

Wed 3/30 other plastics, addition mechanism vs condensation mechanism, examples with plastics/polymers

chembook 8

Mon 4/04

chembook 8

Mon 4/11 ---

chembook 9.1

Wed 4/13 ---

chembook 9.2

Mon 4/18 ---

chembook 9.3

Wed 4/20 ---

chembook 9.4-5

Mon 4/25 ---

chembook 9.6

Wed 4/27 ---

chembook 9.7

Mon 5/02 ---

chembook 9.8-9