[Dr. John W. Sibert, Associate Professor]
[Copper Cyclam Complex Crystal]    
[Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Dallas][Department of Chemistry at the University of Texas at Dallas]
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Class Period

Day

Date

Topic

Chapter

1

Mon

Jan 7

Course Introduction

2

Wed

Jan 9

Intermolecular attractions: liquids and solids

Intermolecular attractions: liquids and solids

Energy changes during changes of state

Le Chatelier's Principle/phase diagrams

12

3

Fri

Jan 11

4

Mon

Jan 14

5

Wed

Jan 16

6

Fri

Jan 18

Structure of solids

13.1–13.3

 

Mon

Jan 21

Martin Luther King, Jr's Birthday observed (No class)

7

Wed

Jan 23

Solutions:  heats of solutions

Solubility:  temperature and pressure effects

Concentrations

Colligative properties: boiling pt. elevation/freezing pt. depr

14

8

Fri

Jan 25

9

Mon

Jan 28

10

Wed

Jan 30

11

Fri

Feb 1

12

Mon

Feb 4

Kinetics:  factors affecting reaction rates

15

 

Tues

Feb 5

Exam 1 (Chapters 12,13,14)

13

Wed

Feb 6

Concentration vs. rate

Concentration vs. time

Concentration vs. time

Reaction rate theories/activation energies

15

14

Fri

Feb 8

15

Mon

Feb 11

16

Wed

Feb 13

17

Fri

Feb 15

Dynamic equilibrium; equilibrium law

Magnitude of K; calculating K from thermodynamic data

Le Chatelier's principle

Equilibrium calculations

16

18

Mon

Feb 18

19

Wed

Feb 20

20

Fri

Feb 22

21

Mon

Feb 25

Bronsted acids and bases

17

 

Tues

Feb 26

Exam 2 (Chapters 15,16)

22

Wed

Feb 27

Strengths of Bronsted acids and bases

Lewis acids and bases:  properties of elements and oxides

Ionization of water/pH/strong acids and bases

17

23

Fri

Feb 29

24

Mon

Mar 3

25

Wed

Mar 5

26

Fri

Mar 7

Ionization constants for weak acids and bases

18

 

 

Mar 10–Mar 14

Spring Break

27

Mon

Mar 17

Equilibrium calculations

Solutions of salts:  ions as weak acids and bases

Buffers:  control of pH

Acid/base titrations

18

28

Wed

Mar 19

29

Fri

Mar 21

30

Mon

Mar 24

31

Wed

Mar 26

Solubility equilibria for salts; Ksp

Solubility equilibria for salts; common ion effect

19.1

32

Fri

Mar 28

33

Mon

Mar 31

First law of thermodynamics

20

 

Tues

Apr 1

Exam 3 (Chapters 17,18,19)

34

Wed

Apr 2

Entropy, third law of thermodynamics

Gibb's free energy

Free energy changes/maximum work

Free energy and equilibrium

20

35

Fri

Apr 4

36

Mon

Apr 7

37

Wed

Apr 9

38

Fri

Apr 11

Galvanic cells

Cell potentials and reduction potentials

Cell potentials and free energy changes

Electrolysis/Stoichiometry of electrochemical reactions

21

39

Mon

Apr 14

40

Wed

Apr 16

41

Fri

Apr 18

42

Mon

Apr 21

 

Tues

Apr 22

Exam 4 (Chapters 20,21)

43

Wed

Apr 23

Nuclear Chemistry

Final Exam Review

22

44

Fri

Apr 25

45

Mon

Apr 28

 

 

Apr 29–30

Reading Days

 

Tues

May 6

Cumulative Final Exam (7pm to 9:45pm)

Exam Schedule:                  Tues       Feb 5                      Exam 1                  7 to 8:30pm

Tues       Feb 26                    Exam 2                  7 to 8:30pm

Tues       Apr 1                      Exam 3                  7 to 8:30pm

Tues       Apr 22                    Exam 4                  7 to 8:30pm

Tues       May 6                     Final Exam            7 to 9:45pm (NOTE TIME CHANGE)


 

 

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