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CHEM 1412 - General Chemistry
Continuation of CHEM1411. Topics include oxidation, reduction, and electrochemistry;
molecular and ionic equilibria; introduction to chemical kinetics and chemical
thermodynamics; introduction to organic chemistry, radioactivity and atomic
energy; and qualitative analysis of common ions.
Prerequisites/Corequisites:
CHEM 1411
1.
To provide the student with rigorous training in the fundamental
principles of general
chemistry.
2. To acquaint the student
with the relation of chemistry to his daily life.
3.
To help the student to develop skills in the fundamentals of
stoichiometry, equilibrium calculations, and the applications of thermodynamics
to chemical systems.
4.
To stimulate the student’s further interest in chemistry and to provide
a basis for
open-ended
inquiry through presentation of selected items of descriptive chemistry.
5.
To help the student gain the ability to analyze and synthesize
information in the form
of
chemical calculations.
6. To provide the student
with a meaningful and stimulating laboratory experience.
Detailed performance objectives have been written and are available.
Topical
Outline:
Lecture:
1.
Oxidation Reduction - one week
2.
Chemical Thermodynamics - one week
3.
Chemical Kinetics - one week
4. Chemical
Equilibrium - two weeks
5.
Ionic Equilibria & Buffers - three weeks
6.
Hydrolysis - one week
7. Solubility
Product - one week
8.
Electrochemistry - two weeks
9.
Nuclear Chemistry - one week
10. Organic Chemistry - two
weeks
1.
Class lecture - demonstration
2.
Demonstrations of concepts, laws, problem solving
3.
Laboratory experience
4.
Periodic chart, transparencies, models
5.
Written handouts
1.
Three major tests
2.
Several ten - minute tests (announced and unannounced)
3.
Problem assignments
4. Question
assignments
5.
Laboratory reports
6.
Final examination
The following method is used to arrive at the final
grade:
Laboratory grade
25%
Final examination
25%
The grade classifications as outlined in the College
Catalog are employed:
B
good
C
average
D
poor
F
failure
W
withdrawn
TEXTBOOKS
by Whitten, Davis, Peck and Stanley
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Lab Manual:
Hered -Basic Laboratory Studies in General Chemistry
Optional reference - available in lab:
A
Qualitative Analysis Supplement, 7th
ISBN: 0534408761
The Qualitative Analysis chapters are now available in a handy paperback
supplement, perfect for bundling with the core text, GENERAL CHEMISTRY, Seventh
Edition, or for use as a standalone item.
Experiment #
22 Reaction Rate (Iodine clock reaction)
25
Electrometric Study of an Acid-Base Reaction
28 “Determination
of Iron by Permanganate Titration
29 “Electrochemical
Cells”
38 “Preparation
of an ester – Acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin)”
36 “The Covalent Bond – Geometry, Isomerism, Conformation”
44 Conversion
of Aluminum Scrap to Alum
“Qualitative Analysis of
Group I – III Cations” (pp. 407 - 418 in
Lab
Manual)
Qualitative Analysis
REFERENCES
Lab
Manual (Hered, 10th ed.) – pp. 407 – 418
Text
(Whitten, 6th ed.) Chapters 29 – 36 (pp. 1141 – 1232)
The
remainder of Chemistry 1412 lab will be the qualitative analysis of cations in
Groups I – III (required) and Groups IV, V, and General
(optional extra credit). Written
reports on the qualitative analysis experiments will be submitted for each Group
when completed and contain these sections:
·
Introduction / Purpose
Identify the group precipitant and write chemical
equations for the precipitation reaction
·
Experimental Procedure
·
Questions and Problems for the Group (from the lab manual). Write
the equations of the confirmation reactions (for all the ions of the group).
·
Conclusions
LAB MANUAL
Basic Laboratory Studies in General Chemistry, special edition for WCJC(with qualitative analysis) by Hered
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Basic
Laboratory Studies in General Chemistry With Semimicro Qualitative Analysis, 10/e, ©1997 |
| Grace R. Hered
, City Colleges of Chicago |
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| DESCRIPTION |
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Parallel in style and sequence to Robinson et al's General Chemistry, Essentials of General Chemistry, and General Chemistry with Qualitative Analysis, 10/e, this manual emphasizes the use of descriptive chemistry and encourages students to think independently and sharpen their problem-solving skills in the lab. |
Statement
on Critical Thinking
Student’s acquisitions of critical thinking skills
in chemistry courses is achieved by the following activities:
1. Problem assignments
require critical thinking skills in order to apply acquired
knowledge
to the solving of these problems.
2.
Laboratory work requires critical thinking skills to arrive at
conclusions based
upon observed data.
3. Tests (major and
ten-minute) require critical thinking skills primarily in the
solving of problems and in the synthesis of conclusions from previously
acquired
information.
The Department believes that all students that
satisfactorily complete a chemistry course have demonstrated the acquisition of
critical thinking skills
