CH 200B - Chemistry I

4 lecture hours 2 lab hours 4 credits

Course Description
This is a general chemistry course for students in engineering and nursing degree programs. Students will design and conduct experiments, analyze and interpret data and relate experimental results to theoretical understandings of chemical phenomena. Specifically, students will more thoroughly understand such subjects as basic chemical calculations, nomenclature, atomic structure, intra- and intermolecular forces, kinetic molecular theory, properties of gases, and solutions. Not for credit for students who have credit for CH 103, CH 310, CH 200 or CH 200A. This course is designed for students who did not take chemistry in high school or need a refresher course because they took a chemistry class more than five years ago. This course is for students without a background in chemistry. (prereq: none)

Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

Plan and create structured experiments
Write proficiently in technical communications
In a laboratory experiment, identify potential procedural errors
Differentiate between precision and accuracy
Interpret data to isolate trends
Use the periodic table to determine electron configurations, trends in atomic radii, trends in ionic radii, ionization energy, electron affinity, and electronegativity
Describe the formation and properties of ionic, covalent, and metallic bonding, including Lewis dot structures
Predict Lewis dot structures, molecular geometry, and molecular polarity for molecules and polyatomic ions
Compare melting points, solubility and other physical properties for molecules using intermolecular forces
Apply the law of conservation of mass to solve stoichiometric problems, including limited reagent problems
Employ the gas laws, the kinetic theory of gases and gas stoichometry
Explain the energy considerations in material changes, both physical and chemical
Explain colligative properties of solutions including solubility of gases
Use solution chemistry, including molarity, dilutions, pH, acid-base properties

Prerequisites by Topic

No prerequisites by topic appended

Course Topics

Nomenclature (naming compounds)
Dimensional analysis and stoichiometry
Mass relationships and chemical reactions
Solutions, molarity, pH and solubility of gases
Classification and properties of matter, atomic structure, periodic relationships, etc.
Chemical bonding, Lewis dot structure, molecular geometry, dipole moments and polarity
Properties of gasses
Heat of reaction-endothermic and exothermic reactions

Laboratory Topics

Density
Determination of chemical formula of compounds
Determination of unknown compound via physical properties
Determination of the atomic mass of aluminum
Determination of the heat of reaction
Intermolecular forces
Determination of composition of a mixture

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Dr. Anne-Marie Nickel

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