Semester B 2014/15
Dr. C. K. Andy Siu
Dr. Michael C. W. Chan
Dr. Peggy P. K. Lo
C01/CA1 Thursday 12:00 13:50 AC1 LT-17
or
C02 Friday 09:00 10:50 AC1 LT-17
BCH1100 Chemistry 14/15 Sem B - Week 1
What Is Chemistry?
And
Why Study It?
http://www.monkeysee.com/video_clips/24979-what-is-chemistry
Chemistry is unique among all the sciences because it is the only discipline
that routinely and on a daily basis creates entirely new forms of matter.
Recommended Reading
Chemistry: The Central Science, 13th Ed, Brown / LeMay,Jr. / Bursten / Murphy /
Woodward / Stoltzfus, Pearson Education Limited (ISBN 978-0-321-91041-7)
Lectures 1 4:
Dr. Andy Siu
G6623, AC1
Lectures 5 8:
Dr. Michael Chan
G6615, AC1
Lectures 9 12:
Dr. Peggy Lo
G6637, AC1
Chapter 5: Thermochemistry
Chapter 10: Gases
Chapter 14: Chemical Kinetics
Chapter 15: Chemical Equilibrium
Chapter 16: Acid-Base Equilibria
BCH1100 Chemistry 14/15 Sem B - Week 1
Assessment
50% in Coursework
Online assignments (MasteringChemistry by Pearson)
Laboratory (4 experiments)
Atoms
Democritus
(460 370 BC)
John Dalton
(1766 1844 AC)
Matters made up of
indivisible particles,
called atomos.
There can be no
indivisible particles
an idea that hindered the
development of chemistry?!
Matters consisted
of tiny particles,
called atoms.
Elements
An element is composed
of only one type of atom.
Atoms of a given element must have the same atomic number (i.e. same number
of protons) but can have different mass numbers (i.e. different number of
neutrons), called as isotopes.
Periodic Table
A systematic catalog of the elements
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12 g
1.992647 1023 g / 12 C atom
12
C atoms)
A mole (mol) is defined as the amount of a substance that contains 6.02214 x 1023
particles (Avogadros Number).
Or, we can say the mass of one mole (or the molar mass) of 12C atoms is 12 g mol1.
What is the molar mass of baseball?!
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Iron on Copper
Image originally created
by IBM Corporation
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Chemical Bonds
Diamond
Graphite
20 m
Fullerene
Graphene
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Water
H2O
Methane
CH4
Methane hydrates are cage compounds formed between water molecules and
methane molecules in deep oceans.
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Polycarbonates (a type of plastics) are light but very strong molecules, made
from, for example, phosgene and bisphenol A (BPA).
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We will definitely not take the elemental form of iron (Fe) as iron supplement.
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The ionic part of the hemoglobin molecule (i.e. the iron(II) ion, Fe2+) in our red
blood cells is responsible for carrying the oxygen molecules and carbon dioxide
molecules throughout our body.
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In the first 4 weeks of this course, we will discuss how atoms can join together
by chemical bonds and form chemical compounds.
In Lecture 1,
In Lecture 2,
In Lecture 3,
we have already had a general concept about atoms, molecules, and ions.
In Lecture 4,
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