1^st Quarter General Chemistry (CHE 2A)  
Instructor: Dr. Dorte Madsen

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Chapter 1: The Basics of Measuring Reality

• The Scientific Method
• Science vs. Pseudo-science: Limitations of the Scientific Method
• Properties of Matter
• Classification of Matter
• Measurement of Matter: SI Units
• Measurement of Matter: Non-SI Units
• Density and Percent Compositions
• Uncertainties in Scientific Measurements
• Significant Digits
• Advance Topic: Propagation of Error using Calculus
• Case Studies: English/Metric Conversion Errors         

Chapter 2: Atomic Theory

• Sub-Atomic Particles
• The Atom
• Elements
• Atomic Mass
• The Periodic Table of the Elements
• Case Study: Quarks and other sub-Nucleon Particles
• Case Study: The Natural Abundance of Elements in the Earth and the Universe

Chapter 3: Chemical Compounds

• Chemical Compounds
• Oxidation State
• Formulas of Inorganic and Organic Compounds
• Nomenclature of Organic Compounds
• Nomenclature of Inorganic Compounds
• The Mole and Avogadro's Constant
• Case Study: Non-Stoichometric Materials

Chapter 6: Gases

• Gas Pressure
• Virtual: Pressure
• Gas Laws
  • Dalton's Law
    • Virtual: Dalton's Law
    • Virtual: Avogadro's Law
    • Virtual: Boyle's Law
      • Virtual: Boyle's Law Calculations
    • Virtual: Charles's Law
• Ideal Gas Law and the Gas Constant
  
• Ideal Gas Equation
• Chemical Reactions in Gas Phase
• Gas Mixtures
• Kinetic Theory of Gases
  • Connecting Gas Properties to Kinetic Theory of Gases
• Non-Ideal Gases
• Case Study: Contrasting Earth, Mars and the Moon's Atmospheres

Now you know chemicals now lets make them do something of interest. What is so special about water?

Chapter 4: Chemical Reactions

• Stoichiometry and Balancing Reactions
• Reactions in Solution
• Limiting Reagents

Chapter 5: Reactions in Aqueous Solutions          

• Unique Features of Aqueous Solutions
• Precipitation Reactions
• Acids and Bases
  • pH Scale
  • The Hydronium Ion
• Redox Reactions
• Balancing Redox Reactions
• Oxidizing and Reducing Agents
• Titrations

Chapter 7: Electrons in Atoms

• Electromagnetic Radiation
• Atomic Spectra
• Quantum Theory
• The Bohr Atom
• Wave-Particle Duality
• Uncertainty Principle
• Wave Mechanics
• Quantum Numbers          
• Electronic Orbitals          
• Electron Spin          
• Multi-electron Atoms          
• Electronic Configurations
  • Aufbau Principle
  • Hund's Rules
  • Pauli Exclusion Principle
• Connecting Electronic Configurations to the Periodic Table
  

Chapter 8: The Periodic Table

• The Periodic Law          
• Metals and Nonmetals and Their Ions          
• Atomic Radii          
• Ionization Energy          
• Electron Affinity          
• Magnetic Properties          
• Periodic Properties of the Element      

Chapter 9 & 10: Chemical Bonding

• Lewis Theory of Bonding          
• Covalent Bonds          
• Electrostatic Potential maps          
• Lewis Structures          
• Resonance          
• Octet Rule Violations          
• Geometry of Molecules          
• Bond Order and Lengths          
• Bond Energies          
• Valence Bond Theory          
• Hybridization          
• Non-Singular Covelent Bonds          
• Molecular Orbital Theory          
• Delocalization of Electrons          
• Metallic Bonding