COURSE SYLLABUS

SEMESTER:

Spring 2001

HOME PHONE:

(423) 543-7499

 

 

PROFESSOR:

Milligan College

 

Eugene Nix

 

OFFICE HOURS:

 

MWF – 10:00 – 11:00

 

OFFICE PHONE:

 

(423) 461-8905

 

TTH – 10:30 – 11:30

               

COURSE LISTING:

Chemistry 171

 

 

Lecture:  MWF 9:05-10:00 a.m.

Recitation: W (1) 3:35-4:30 p.m. or (2) 4:40-5:35 p.m.

Laboratory: M 2:25-5:30 pm

                               

COURSE DESCRIPTION: 

A study of the principles of general chemistry including qualitive analysis.  Prerequisite:  Algebra, high school chemistry, or Chemistry 150, or consent of the instructor.  Students wishing to take this course to fill the laboratory science general education requirement must have the consent of the instructor.  Three hours of lecture, one-hour recitation, and one three-hour laboratory per week.  Four semester hours each semester.

 

TEXTS:                

Hill & Petrucci, General Chemistry An Integrated Approach, 2nd Edition, Prentice Hall:

                            Englewood Cliffs, NH, 1999.

Lab Manual: Slowinski & Masterton, Qualitative Analysis and the Properties of Ions in Aqueous Solution,

                           2nd Edition, Saunders College Publishing: Philadelphia, PA, 1990.

 

COURSE OBJECTIVES:  Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

1.

Summarize and distinguish principles and concepts of general college chemistry including, but not limited to, each of the following areas: electrochemistry; kinetics; equilibrium; thermodynamics; nuclear chemistry; descriptive chemistry of metals and nonmetals.

2.

Understand acids and bases both conceptually and by solving numerical calculations involving pH and concentrations.

3.

Explain nature’s direction in change using thermodynamic concepts of entropy, enthalpy, and free energy.

4.

Describe the behavior of metals and nonmetals based on their placement in the periodic table and their electron configurations.

5.

Demonstrate proficiency through laboratory experiences involving qualitative chemical analysis and other experiments related to classroom discussions.

 

COURSE REQUIREMENTS:

 

1.

Reading of chapters from the text will follow the sequential order given in the daily schedule.

2.

Problems will be assigned at the end of most chapters.

3.

Recitation will provide time for problem work and short quizzes.

4.

Laboratory:  The laboratory is an essential part of the course which both illustrates and supplements the classroom-instruction.  Any missed labs must be made up before the following lab session.  An automatic failure in the course may result if all labs are not completed and handed in.

5.

Attendance in lecture, laboratory, and recitation is expected.

6.

Tests should not be missed unless it is absolutely necessary.  You must contact me in advance if you will be gone when a test is scheduled.  If you are too ill to take and exam, please have a friend report this to me at or before the exam and bring an excuse from the nurse when you return to class.

7.

Test will be reviewed and discussed at recitation.  All test must be returned to me after review.  I will keep them on file until after you have gotten your semester grade.  Please record your grades for your own records.

8.

Quizzes will usually be given during your Recitation period.  The quiz will usually be based upon material from the previous three (Friday, Monday, and Wednesday) lectures.  Absolutely no make-up quizzes will be given.  One quiz score will be dropped at the end of the semester if you have taken every quiz.

 

 

 

 

EVALUATION/GRADING POLICY:                              

 

 

Final Grade

Quizzes

200 pts.

 

4 Unit Exams

400 pts.

¾ Test

Final ACS Exam

100 pts.

 

Laboratory

 

¼ Lab

 

Letter grades for the semester are assigned by the following range:

 

A

93-100%

B-

80-82

D+

67-69

A-

90-92

C+

77-79

D

63-66

B+

87-89

C

73-76

D-

6-62

B

83-86

C-

70-72

F

0-59

 

 

 

                                                                     TENTATIVE DAILY SCHEDULE FOR CHEMISTRY 171

                               

DATE

 

CHAPTER

TEXT TOPIC

LABS

 

 

Jan 10, 12

 

12

Colligative Properties

(12.6 – 12.10)

HANDOUT

Osmosis and

Dialysis

 

Jan 15

 

Jan 15, 17, 19, 22

 

13

 

Chemical Kinetics

 

HANDOUT

Clock Reaction

 

Jan 22

 

Jan 24, 26, 29, 31

 

14

 

Chemical Equilibrium

 

HANDOUT

Equilibrium Constant

 

Jan 29

 

Feb 5

 

 

TEST I

 

HANDOUT

Determ. of Acid-

Dissociation Constant

 

Feb 5

 

Feb 2, 7, 9, 12

 

15

 

Acids, Bases and Acid-

Base Equilibria

 

GROUP I

Qual. Anal.

pp. 32-40

 

Feb. 12

 

Feb 14, 16, 19, 21

 

16

 

Slightly Soluble Salts

and Complex Ions

 

Group II

Qual. Anal.

pp. 44-60

 

Feb. 19

 

Feb 23, 26, 28

 

17

 

Thermodynamics:

Spontaneity, Entropy and

Free Energy

GROUP II

cont.

 

Feb. 26

 

Mar 5

 

 

TEST II

GROUP IV

Qual. Anal

pp. 87-98

 

Mar 5

 

Mar  2, 7, 9, 19

 

18

 

Electrochemistry

GROUP III

Qual. Anal.

pp. 65-82

 

Mar 19

 

Mar  21, 23, 26

 

19

 

Nuclear Chemistry

GROUP III

cont.

 

Mar 26

 

Mar  28, 30

 

20

 

The s-Block Elements

ANIONS

Qual. Anal.

pp. 103-143

 

Apr 2

 

Apr 2

 

 

TEST III

 

ANIONS

Cont.

 

Apr 9

 

Apr  4, 9

 

21

 

The p-Block Elements

HANDOUT

Analysis of Aspirin

 

Apr 23

 

Apr  11, 18, 20

 

22

 

The d-Block Elements

and Coordination Chemistry

 

 

 

Apr  23

 

 

TEST IV

 

 

 

Apr  25

 

24

 

Chemistry of Materials

 

 

 

Apr 27

 

25

 

Environmental Chemistry

 

 

 

As scheduled

 

 

 

TEST IV – COMPREHENSIVE FINAL EXAM                (ACS Standardized)