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Course Outline
CHEM& 163
General Chemistry III with Lab
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| Credits: 5 |
Clock Hours per Quarter: 70
AA Discipline: [Natural Sciences]
Lecture Hours:40
Lab Hours:30
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Description
Study of aqueous equilibria, atmospheric chemistry, thermodynamics, electrochemistry, nuclear chemistry, coordination compounds, and organic chemistry. Prerequisite: CHEM&162. Formerly CHEM 123, General Chemistry III-Honors. |
Intended Learning Outcomes
Prepare a buffer; perform Henderson-Hasselbalch calculations; apply equilibrium theory to the physiology of blood; predict the pH characteristics of salts.
Sketch the 4 regions of the atmosphere; name the major components of dry air at sea level; distinguish photodissociation from photoionization.
Recall the important reactions involved in ozone depletion, acid rain, and photochemical smog.
Define spontaneity and entropy; predict whether a reaction is spontaneous or not by applying Gibbs’ Free Energy; calculate Gibbs’ Free Energy changes under standard and nonstandard conditions.
Assign oxidation numbers to elements in compounds; balance redox reactions by the half-reaction method; sketch the parts of and calculate the reduction potential for a voltaic cell; calculate voltage with the Nernst equation.
Balance nuclear equations and predict isotope stability; memorize some medical uses of radioisotopes; perform half-life calculations using the integrated first order rate equation; explain the thermodynamics of nuclear reactions in terms of binding energy; describe nuclear chain reactions.
Differentiate between coordination compounds and complex ions; apply the concept of Lewis bases to coordination compounds; predict coordination numbers, charges, and geometries; memorize several biological and commercial chelating agents; explain how emission and absorption spectra generate the colors we see.
Depict normal chain and cyclic alkanes, alkenes and alkynes with structural formulas, condensed structural formulas, and line angle drawings; use these depictions to differentiate between structural, constitutional, and geometric isomers.
Recognize and explain the characteristic chemistry of these organic functional groups: alcohols, amines, aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids, anhydrides, esters and amides.
Differentiate between aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons; recognize toluene, phenol, aniline, benzaldehyde, benzoic acid, and xylene.
Demonstrate the safe use of laboratory glassware, equipment and reagents in order to: demonstrate the phenomena studied in lecture, characterize complex mixtures, and distinguish between and synthesize simple organic molecules.
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Course Topics
Environmental Chemistry
Thermodynamics
Electrochemistry
Nuclear Chemistry
Organic and Biochemistry
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Syllabi
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Spring 2013 |
1649 |
Ruth Russo |
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| CHEM& 163 |
Spring 2012 |
0415 |
Ruth Russo |
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| CHEM& 163 |
Spring 2011 |
0415 |
Ruth Russo |
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| CHEM& 163 |
Spring 2011 |
0416 |
Ruth Russo |
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Two Year Projected Schedule
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*If fall quarter starts on an odd year (2003, 2005, etc.), it's Year One.
**If fall quarter starts on an even year (2002, 2004, etc.), it's Year Two.
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