CHEMISTRY 132, GENERAL CHEMISTRY

SECTION 001, DR. W. STEINMETZ

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, ASHEVILLE

COURSE HOME PAGE

1.)    Course Syllabus

2.)    Handouts

a)      Questionnaire

b)      Supplemental Instruction (SI) Program

c)       Material to be covered on first midterm exam

d)      Material to be covered on the second midterm exam

e)      Sample second midterm exam

f)       Sample third midterm exam

g)      First Law of Thermodynamics

h)      Second Law of Thermodynamics

i)        Molecular Orbital Theory

j)        Classes of Chemical Reactions

k)      Dipole Moment

l)        Table of Interhalogen Compounds

3.)    Homework

a)      Homework assigned on 21 & 23 August

b)      Homework assigned on 29 Aug.

c)       Homework assigned on 9 Sep.

d)      Comment on Problem 3.111 from McMurry & Fay dealing with lattice energies

e)      Homework assigned on 30 Oct (classes of reactions)

4.)    Group Problems

a)      Week 1: units and significant digits

b)      Week 2: periodic table

c)       Week 3: properties of the hydrogen atom

d)      Week 4: atomic properties

e)      Week 5: Lewis electron-dot structures

f)       Week 6: hybridization and extended valence

g)      Week 7: stoichiometry

h)      Week 8: acid-base and precipitation reactions

i)        Week 9: redox reactions

j)        Week 10: First and Second Law of Thermodynamics

k)      Week 11: Second Law of Thermodynamics and Acids/Bases (last set)

5.)    Figures

a)      Periodic table of the elements, current list on August, 2013

b)      Atomic Orbitals (figure showing spherical harmonics)

c)       Electron diffraction of chlorobenzene.  The figure shows interference fringes which demonstrates the wavelike character of the electron.

d)      Atomic radii.  Atomic radii of the elements in the first three periods of the periodic table.  The surface in each case is the locus of points where the value of the normalized wave function is 0.002.  The probability of finding the atom’s electrons on or inside the surface is 97 to 99%.  The surfaces were calculated using Spartan via Density Functional Theory calculation with a B3LYP functional and a6-31G** basis set.

e)      The 8 ionization energies (IE) in kJ/mole of atomic oxygen.  The striking increase for the removal of the 7th and 8th electrons validates the shell model.

6.)    Solutions to quizzes and exams

a)      First quiz

b)      Second quiz

c)       Third quiz

d)      Fourth quiz

e)      Fifth quiz

f)       Sixth quiz

g)      Seventh quiz

h)      Eighth quiz

i)        Ninth quiz

j)        Tenth quiz (last quiz)

k)      First midterm exam

l)        Second midterm exam

m)    Third midterm exam

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Last revised, 22 November 2013