Lecture, Lab and Exam Schedules for CHM 11500, Fall 2011

Date Week 8/22 1 Lecture 1 Lecture Topics for Fall 2011 CHM 11500 Introduction Energy, pp. 8-9; Scientific Approach, pp. 11-13; The Future of Energy Use , pp. 249-252; Depletion of Earth's Ozone Layer , p. 664. Chapter or Section(s) Lab (lab manual chapter) no lab Lab Reading Assignment Exams

8/26

Climate change and greenhouse gases; Concepts: atoms, molecules, formulas, chemical transformations, solution stoichiometry, dimensional analysis; gas laws

8/29 9/2 9/5 9/9

3 4

Concepts: atoms, molecules, formulas, chemical transformations, solution stoichiometry, dimensional analysis; gas laws Nuclear Chemistry: power plants/energy No Class - LABOR DAY Nuclear Chemistry: fusion/radioactive waste (kinetics)

1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 2.5, 2.6, 3.1, 3.3, 3.4, 5.3 (part, pp. 1905), 5.4 (part, pp. 196-200) 24.1-24.3

Check in, Safety Procedures, Course Policy Review

Course Packet

3 5

24.6-24.7

L1: Characterization of Compounds (Ch 1) **Safety Certification must be completed before you can work in lab** L2: Reenactment of 18th Century Analysis: Amount of Acid in Solution (Ch 2)

textbook 2.8, 4.1-4.4

9/12

Nuclear Chemistry: radio imaging (medical)

24.4-24.5 7.1, 7.2, 7.4 (part, pp. 279280, 282-287), 8.2, Infrared Spectroscopy , pp. 343-4

textbook 1.6, 3.5, p. 152

9/16

Atomic Spectroscopy, Ionization energies, shells, energy level configurations

9/19 9/23 9/26 9/30 10/3 10/7

8 9

Periodic Trendsvalency: radii, ionization energies, molecular formula trends as a prelude to bonding continued Ionic vs. covalent trends (ionic vs covalent vs metallic models), ionic bonds Covalent bonds and bond energies Hybridization Lewis structures: energies of bonds, violations of octet rules, formal charges, resonance

8.2, 8.3, 2.7, 2.8 " 9.1-9.3, 9.6 6.2, 6.4, 9.4, pp 396-398 11.1, 11.2 9.4, 10.1

L3: Chemical Synthesis (Ch 3)

textbook p. 112, pp. 71-2

Exam I Mon 9/19 8:00 - 9:00 pm (lectures 1-6)

10 11

L4: Preparing and Standardizing a Solution (Ch 4)

textbook 3.5, 4.4

12 13

no lab (compensation for evening exams)

Lecture, Lab and Exam Schedules for CHM 11500, Fall 2011
Date Week 10/10 8 Lecture Lecture Topics for Fall 2011 No Class - OCTOBER BREAK (10/10 - 10/11) 10.1, 10.2, 10.3; Molecular Shape, Biological Receptors, and the Sense of Smell, pp. 386-7. L6: Molecular Structure and Geometry (Ch 6) Textbook Chapter(s) Lab (lab manual chapter) L5: Enthalpy of Solution (Ch 5) Lab Reading Assignment textbook 6.1-6.4 Exams

10/14

14

Shapes of molecules (VSEPR), molecular polarity

10/17 10/21

15 16

Hydrocarbons, functional groups IR spectroscopy: fingerprints and bond energies

15.1, 15.2, 15.4, 9.5, Infrared spectroscopy, pp. 343-344

textbook 10.1-10.3

10/24 10/28 10/31 11/4

10

17 18

9.5, 10.3, 12.3, 13.1, 13.3, Polarity, electronegativity, intermolecular forces, solubility 13.5 continued Solubility, colligative properties 13.6

L7: Spectrophotometric Analysis (Ch 7)

textbook 3.5 and pp. 273-274 (Spectrometry)

Exam II Mon 10/24 6:30 - 7:30 pm (lectures 7-14)

11

19 20

L8: Where's the Iron?

(Ch 8)

textbook 3.5, pp. 273-4 (Spectrometry)

DNA sequencing and Biological molecules: proteins, carbohydrates, nucleic acids Fingerprinting, pp. 616617; 13.2, 15.6 continued Polymers L9: Preparation of Luminol (Ch 9) 15.5, 12.7 (part, pp. 461-6) L10: Investigation of Polymers (Ch 10 or hand-out) 12.6 12.7 (part, pp. 454-461, 466-8) no lab (Thanksgiving Break) textbook 15.5, pp. 461-6 (polymeric materials) Exam III Mon 11/14 6:30 - 7:30 pm (lectures 15-22)

11/7 11/11

12

21 22

11/14 11/18 11/21 11/25 11/28 12/2

13

23 24

continued Crystal structures, x-ray crystallography, polymorphism Ceramics, nanoparticles No Class - THANKSGIVING BREAK (11/24-11/25)

14

25

15

26 27

Electronic structure of solids Semiconductors, solar cells, solar energy Energy considerations of biologically derived fuels: biodiesel, ethanol, hydrogen Semester Review Final Exam Week (12/12 through 12/17)

12.7 (part, pp. 452-6) The Future of Energy Use, pp. 249-252 "

L11: Gold Nanoparticles (Ch 11)

textbook 13.7, pp. 466-8 (nanotechnology)

12/5 12/9

16

28 29

Check-out

Final Exam - TBA