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Dec 21, 2024
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CH 201 - Chemistry II3 lecture hours 2 lab hours 4 credits
Course Description
This general chemistry course is a continuation of CH 200 for students in engineering programs and students interested in chemistry. Students will design and conduct experiments, analyze and interpret data and relate experimental results to theoretical understandings of chemical phenomena. Corrosion, electrochemistry, oxidation-reduction, types of solids, semiconductors, crystalline materials, rates of reactions, acid-base theory, buffers and chemical equilibria are covered. Optional topics covered might include a description of electrical conductivity in electrical insulators, semiconductors and conductors. (prereq: CH 200 , CH 200A or CH 200B )
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Plan and create structured experiments; conduct an experiment properly; collect appropriate data and observations, and analyze and interpret data
- Qualitatively predict chemical equilibria and quantitatively perform equilibria calculations
- Identify and compare solid structures and their physical properties
- Explain and quantify the molecular level changes that occur during oxidation reduction reactions, corrosion; the operation of an electrochemical cell; and acid dissociation, base dissociation, hydrolysis, solubility, precipitation, neutralization and buffer systems
- Describe typical sizes of atoms, molecules, and bonds
- Explain at the molecular level how temperature, concentration, catalysts and surface area affect the rate, the rate law, and the activation energy of a reaction
- Identify common acids, bases, and ionic compounds, including organic acids and bases
Prerequisites by Topic
- One quarter university level chemistry
Course Topics
- Corrosion
- Oxidation-reduction
- Galvanic cell technology
- Electrolysis
- Types of solids
- Crystalline materials
- Reaction rates and chemical change
- Acid-base theory
- Gas-phase equilibria
- Buffers
- Solution-phase equilibria
Laboratory Topics
- Corrosion of iron
- Buffers
- Rates of chemical reactions
- Structures of solids and their properties
- Analysis of ions
- LeChatelier’s principle
Coordinator
Anne-Marie Nickel
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