1. Chemistry and Measurement
Modern Chemistry
Experiment and Explanation
Law of Conversation of Mass
Matter: Physical State and Chemical Composition
Measurement and Significant Figures
SI Units
Derived Units
Units and Dimensional Analysis.
2. Atoms, Molecules, and Ions
Nuclear Structure and Isotopes
Atomic Weights
Naming Simple Compounds
Writing Chemical Equations
Balancing Chemical Equations.
3. Calculations with Chemical Formulas and Equations
Molecular Weight and Formula Weight
The Mole Concept
Mass Percentages from the Formula
Elemental Analysis: Percentages of Carbon, Hydrogen, and Oxygen
Determining Formulas
Molar Interpretation of a Chemical Equation
Amounts of Substances in a Chemical Reaction
Limiting Reactant, Theoretical and Percentage Yields.
4. Chemical Reactions
Ionic Theory of Solutions and Solubility Rules
Molecular and Ionic Equations
Precipitation Reactions
Acid-Base Reactions
Oxidation-Reduction Reactions
Balancing Simple Oxidation–Reduction Equations
Molar Concentration
Diluting Solutions
Gravimetric Analysis
Volumetric Analysis.
5. The Gaseous State (5 lectures)
Gas Pressure and Its Measurement
Empirical Gas Laws
The Ideal Gas Law
Stoichiometry Problems Involving Gas Volumes
Gas Mixtures: Law of Partial Pressures
Kinetic Theory of an Ideal Gas
Molecular Speeds: Diffusion and Effusion
6. Thermochemistry
Energy and Its Units
First Law of Thermodynamics, Work and Heat
Heat of Reaction, Enthalpy of Reaction
Thermochemical Equations
Applying Stoichiometry to Heats of Reaction
Measuring Heats of Reaction
Hess’s Law
Standard Enthalpies of Formation.
7. Quantum Theory of the Atom
Quantum Numbers and Atomic Orbitals.
8. Electron Configurations and Periodicity (4 lectures)
Electron Spin and Pauli Exclusion Principle
Building-Up Principle and the Periodic Table
Writing Electron Configurations Using the Periodic Table
Orbital Diagrams of Atoms, Hund’s Rule
Some Periodic Properties.
9. Ionic and Covalent Bonding
Describing Ionic Bonds
Electron Configurations of Ions
Ionic radii
Describing Covalent Bonds
Polar Covalent Bonds and Electronegativity
Writing Lewis Electron-Dot Formulas
Delocalized Bonding: Resonance
Exceptions to the Octet Rule
Formal Charge and Lewis Formulas
Bond Length and Bond Order
Bond Enthalpy
10. Molecular Geometry and Chemical Bonding Theory
The Valence-Shell Electron-Pair Repulsion (VSEPR) Model
Dipole Moment and Molecular Geometry
Valence Bond Theory
Description of Multiple Bonding.