Chem 031: Introductory Chemistry --- Fall 2007

Reading Assignments and Lecture Notes


Notes will be made available here before the lecture.


Lecture # Date Download pages (PDF Format) Topic Readings
Lecture 1 8/27/2007 Pages: Syllabus
introduction to Chem 31; syllabus review
Syllabus
Lecture 2 8/29/2007 Pages: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 fundamentals; conversions; measurements
1.1 - 1.4
Lecture 3 8/31/2007 Pages: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
significant figures; matter; basic laws
1.5, 1.6
Lecture 4 9/5/2007 Pages: 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18
atomic models, initial and present 2.1 - 2.5
Lecture 5 9/7/2007 Pages: 19, 20, 21, 22, 2324 periodic table; bonding
2.6, 2.7
Lecture 6 9/10/2007 Pages: 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 nomenclature; mixtures 2.8, 2.9
Lecture 7 9/12/2007 Pages: 31, 32, 33, 34 mole concept; formulas; chemical equations 3.1-3.3
Lecture 8 9/14/2007 Pages: 35, 3637, 38, 39 stoichiometric calculations 3.4
Lecture 9 9/17/2007 Pages: 40, 4142, 43, 44, 45 limiting reactant; percent yield; stoichiometry 3.5
Lecture 10 9/19/2007 Pages: 46, 47, 48, 49, 50 solvation; net ionic equations; precipitation 4.1 - 4.3
Lecture 11 9/21/2007 Pages: 51, 52, 53, 54, 55 acids and bases; titrations; other definitions 4.4
Lecture 12 9/24/2007 Pages: 56, 57, 58, 59, 60 oxidation-reduction reactions; oxidation numbers 4.5
Lecture 13 9/26/2007 Pages:  61, 62, 63, 64, 65 pressure; ideal gas law 5.1-5.3
Lecture 14 9/28/2007 Pages:  66, 67, 68, 69, 70 partial pressures; stoichiometry 5.4, 5.5
Lecture 15 10/1/2007 Pages:  71, 72, 7374, 75, 76 kinetic theory; real gases 5.6, 5.7
Lecture 16 10/3/2007 Pages:  77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82 energy, heat, and work; enthalpy 6.1, 6.2
Lecture 17 10/5/2007 Pages:  83, 84, 85, 86 calorimetry; stoichiometry 6.3, 6.4
Lecture 18 10/8/2007 Pages:  87, 88, 89 Hess's law; enthalpy of formation 6.5, 6.6
Lecture 19 10/10/2007 Pages:  90, 91, 92, 93 nature of light; pre-QM experiments
7.1
Lecture 20 10/12/2007 Pages:  94, 95, 96, 97 atomic spectra; wave-particle duality 7.2, 7.3
Lecture 21 10/15/2007 Pages:  98, 99, 100, 101, 102 quantum mechanics; atomic orbitals
7.4
Lecture 22 10/17/2007 Pages:  103, 104, 105, 106, 107 periodic table; many-electron atoms
8.1, 8.2
Lecture 23 10/19/2007 Pages:  108, 109, 110, 111, 112 orbital filling; trends in atomic properties: size
8.3, 8.4
Lecture 24 10/22/2007 Pages:  112, 113, 114, 115, 116 ionization energy; electron affinity; chemical reactivity
8.5
Lecture 25 10/24/2007 Pages:  117, 118, 119 types of bonding; ionic bonding
9.1
Lecture 26 10/26/2007 Pages:  120, 121, 122, 123 lattice energy
9.2
Lecture 27 10/29/2007 Pages:  124, 125, 126, 127 covalent bonding
9.3
Lecture 28 10/31/2007 Pages:  128, 129 electronegativity; metallic bonding
9.5, 9.6
Lecture 29 11/2/2007 Exam time recouping

Lecture 30 11/5/2007 Pages:  130, 131, 132, 133, 134 Lewis structures; formal charges 10.1
Lecture 31 11/7/2007 Pages:  135, 136, 137, 138, 139 octet rule exceptions; VSEPR theory (electron groups)
10.2
Lecture 32 11/9/2007 Pages:  140, 141, 142, 143 VSEPR theory (molecular shapes)
10.2
Lecture 33 11/12/2007 Pages:  144, 145, 146, 147 valence bond theory; types of orbitals
11.1
Lecture 34 11/14/2007 Pages:  148, 149, 150 overlap; types of bonds
11.2
Lecture 35 11/16/2007 Pages:  151, 152, 153 molecular orbital theory
11.3
11/19/2006 Thanksgiving break - no class
11/21/2006 Eat turkey
11/23/2006 Say hi to the family for me
Lecture 36 11/26/2007 Pages:  154, 155, 156 physical states; phase changes
12.1
Lecture 37 11/28/2007 Pages:  157, 158, 159, vapor pressure; Clausius-Clapeyron equation
12.2
Lecture 38 11/30/2007 Pages:  160, 161, 162 intermolecular forces
12.3
Lecture 39 12/3/2007 Pages:  163, 164 hydrogen bonds; solids
12.4, 12.5
Lecture 40 12/5/2007 Pages:  165, 166, 167 unit cells
12.6