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GENERAL CHEMISTRY 161 - SPRING 2015
All readings and assignments are in “Chemistry: Structure and Properties” by Nivaldo J. Tro, Custom edition for Rutgers University
General Chemistry. Exact pace of topics and associated problems subject to change, as determined in lecture
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READING
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TOPICS/HOME WORK
Classification of matter, model of the atom, isotopes
1.1-1.10
1: 35, 41, 45, 47, 53, 59, 61, 65, 69, 73, 75, 77, 91, Math Sheet
2.1-2.7
Significant figures, accuracy and precision, units of measurement, dimensional analysis
App I
2:17, 19, 23, 27, 29, 37, 65, 71, 75, 85
App II
App I: 3, 7, 9, 15. App II: 1, 3, 5, 9, 11, 13
Mole concept, nature of light, photoelectric effect
2.8, 3.1-3.2 2: 49, 53, 55, 57, 59, 85, 89
3: 37, 39, 41, 43, 73, 78, 97
Bohr model, line spectra, wave-particle duality, quantum numbers, orbitals
3.3-3.6
3: 51, 53, 57, 59, 61, 69, 71, 79
Electron configurations, structure of the periodic table
4.1-4.5
4: 45, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, 61, 63, 65, 75
4.6-4.8
Periodic trends: ionization energy, atomic radius, electron affinity, metallic character
4: 71, 73, 81, 85, 87, 89, 91, 103
Ionic and covalent bonding, simple Lewis structures, polyatomic ions
5.1-5.8
5:29, 39, 41, 45, 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, 65, 67, 69
Molar mass, mole concept for compounds, mass-mole-molecules interconversion, chemical
5.9-5.12
composition, empirical and molecular formulas, combustion analysis, structure of hydrocarbons
5: 71, 73, 77, 79, 83, 85, 87, 95, 97, 99, 103, 105, 107, 109, 113, 121, 123, 125
CHAPTER 1.1 - 5.8
EXAM I
Electronegativity, bond polarity, Lewis structures, formal charge
6.1-6.4
6: 23, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39 ,41, 43
Resonance, exceptions to octet rule, bond energy, bond length
6.4-6.6
6: 45, 47, 49, 51, 75, 81, 83, 85, 97
VSEPR, polarity of molecules
6.7-6.10
6: 53, 55, 57, 59, 61, 63, 65, 67, 69, 71, 73
22.1-22.5,
Organic chemistry: hydrocarbons, isomerization, nomenclature, functional groups
22.8
22: 37, 39, 43, 45, 51, 53, 55, 95, 99
7.1-7.3,
Hybridization, sigma and pi bonding, balancing chemical equations
8.1-8.3
7: 31, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45. 8: 15, 17, 19, 21, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33
Stoichiometry, limiting reactant, percent yield, reactivity of groups 1A, 7A, combustion reactions
8.4-8.6
8: 39, 41, 43, 45, 49, 53, 55, 59, 61, 63, 65, 67, 71
Solutions, electrolytes, molarity, dilution problems, net ionic equations, precipitation reactions
9.1-9.5
9: 21, 23, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 45
CHAPTER 5.9-8.6; 22
EXAM II
Acid-base reactions, redox reactions
9.5-9.9
9: 47, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, 61, 65, 67, 69
Energy, First law of thermodynamics, calorimetry, enthalpy
10.1-10.6
10: 33, 35, 37, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 59, 61, 67, 69
Calculating ΔH using Hess’s Law, bond energies
10.7-10.10
10: 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, 83, 85, 89
10.11
Lattice Energies, Born Haber cycle, nature of gases, measurement of pressure, gas laws
11.1-11.3
10: 91, 93, 94, 95, 96. 11: 25, 27, 29, 31
Gas laws, ideal gas equation, molar mass, density, partial pressure
11.3-11.6
11: 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 45, 51, 55, 57, 59, 63, 65, 67, 69, 127
Kinetic molecular theory, diffusion, effusion, real gases
11.6-11.11
11:71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, 83, 85, 91, 92
Liquids, nature of intermolecular forces
12.1-12.4
12: 33, 35, 37, 39, 45, 47
EXAM III CHAPTER 9.1-11.11
12.5-12.8
Vapor pressure, heating curves, phase diagrams
13.1-13.2
12: 41, 51, 53, 55, 57, 63, 65, 67. 13: 19
Solids, unit cells, crystal structures
13.3-13.7
13: 27, 29, 31, 35, 37, 39, 41, 45, 47
Final exam review
5/7, Th
FINAL EXAM