General Chemistry I

General Information:

Time: M-F 8:00 - 9:30 Place: 261 D. M. Brown Hall

Course Summary: This is the first lecture course in general chemistry for those intending to major in chemistry or go to professional school. Corequisites: Chem 1111 (General Chemistry Laboratory).

Website: The URL for the course website is: http://faculty.etsu.edu/kirkby/genchem.website.summer2004.html

Instructor: Dr. Scott Kirkby

Office: 464 D. M. Brown Hall

Phone: 423-439-5823 Email: kirkby@etsu.edu

Office Hours: Mon., 10:00-12:00,

Individual assistance may also be obtained by appointment or by emailing questions to the instructor.

Text: Ebbing, D., Gammon, S. and Ragsdale, R. Essentials of General Chemistry, Houghton-Mifflin Company, Boston, MA, 2003. An optional study guide and student solutions manual are also available. Krannich, L. K. Study Guide: Essentials of General Chemistry, Houghton-Mifflin Company, Boston, MA, 2003. Bookin, D., Ebbing, D., Gammon, S. and Ragsdale, R. Student Solutions Manual: Essentials of General Chemistry, Houghton-Mifflin Company, Boston, MA, 2003.

Lab Manual: Wardeska, J., Huang, T. and Kopp, R. Experiments in General Chemistry, J Wiley, 2003.

Grading:

A single grade is obtained for the course (4 hours, lecture and lab) computed on the above basis.

Note: You must be registered for both lecture and laboratory to pass the course. If you have taken this course at ETSU within the past year and are repeating it, and if you made an average of 70% or higher in the laboratory, you may omit the laboratory work and apply the previous laboratory grade to this semester’s average. If you elect to do this, you must remain registered for the laboratory and you must notify the lecturer no later than the first scheduled laboratory class.

The midterm tests will not be explicitly cumulative, but material from previous tests may be required to complete the current work. There will be no make-up exams except for extenuating circumstances. An early ride home, being late for class, etc. are not such circumstances. If you must miss an exam, arrangements should be made with the lecturer before the exam. If this is not possible, written documentation (e.g. a doctor’s note) must be provided.

The two lowest quiz/assignment grades will be dropped. Dates for quizzes/assignments may be announced in advance or may be unannounced (“pop” quiz). There will be no makeup of quizzes or assignments.

The laboratory grade will be based on two written laboratory exams (60%) and the laboratory work (40%). Specific requirements will be detailed by your lab assistant. Attendance and completion of the laboratory work is required for a passing grade to be obtained. A laboratory breakage fee card of $15.00 plus tax must be paid prior to the first laboratory class.

Cell Phones, etc.:Cell phones, pagers, IR transmitting calculators or any communications devices are not permitted during tests or quizzes. Use of any communications device during a test or quiz will result in a grade of zero for the assignment.

Calculators:Non programmable scientific calculators are permitted for use on the midterm tests and the final exam. Programmable calculators may only be used if the student can demonstrate, to the satisfaction of the test proctor, that the memory is free of stored information. IR transmitting calculators are not permitted. Calculators that are part of a communications device, e.g. cell phone, are not permitted.

Academic Misconduct:

The following is an excerpt from the student hand book:

“Academic misconduct will be subject to disciplinary action. Any act of dishonesty in academic work constitutes academic misconduct. This includes plagiarism1, the changing or falsifying of any academic documents or materials, cheating, and the giving or receiving of unauthorized aid in tests, examinations, or other assigned school work. Penalties for academic misconduct will vary with the seriousness of the offense and may include, but are not limited to: a grade of F on the work in question, a grade of F for the course, reprimand, probation, suspension, and expulsion. For a second academic offense the penalty is permanent expulsion.”

Calendar: A PDF formatted calendar of important dates for the course is available.

Conversion to Letter Grades:

This course is an introduction to chemistry. The material is often abstract and mathematical. It cannot be learned the night before a test. It can only be mastered by working problems. Please make every attempt to keep up and do not hesitate to ask questions both in and out of class.

Topic Outline:

1. Introduction, and Chemistry and Measurement
2. Atoms Molecules and Ions
3. Calculations with Chemical Formulas and Equations
4. Chemical Reactions
5. The Gaseous State
6. Thermochemistry
7. Quantum Theory and the Atom
8. Electron Configurations and Periodicity
9. Ionic and Covalent Bonding
10. Molecular Geometry and Chemical Bonding Theory
11. Note: You will also be responsible for all of the mathematics covered.

Lectures

1. Introduction, and Chemistry and Measurement
2. Atoms Molecules and Ions
3. Periodic Table of the Elements
4. Calculations with Chemical Formulas and Equations - Revised
5. Stoichiometry - Revised
6. Chemical Reactions
7. Acid-Base and Redox Reactions
8. The Gaseous State
9. Kinetic Molecular Theory and Real Gases
10. Energy
11. Thermochemistry
12. Quantum Theory of the Atom
13. Electron Configurations and Periodicity
14. Ionic Bonding
15. Properties of Ionic Substances
16. Covalent Bonding

    Lab Final:

    Lab Final Study Guide
    

Assignments:

Course Notes: Elementary lecture notes are available for download. These notes are not meant to be complete, merely an additional aid to the student. No assurances are given for their correctness. The textbook should be assumed to be correct in all conflicts between it and these notes.

Suggested Problems:

Chapter 1: 5, 16, 19, 23, 31, 32, 39, 40, 47, 50, 53, 55, 56, 81, 85, 86

Chapter 2: 7, 14, 17, 18, 20, 27, 28, 29, 31, 33, 45, 46, 47, 48, 51, 59, 60, 67, 68, 84, 85

Chapter 3: 3, 11, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 25, 27, 35, 37, 40, 41, 43, 48, 53, 58, 59, 70, 78

Chapter 4: 3, 6, 12, 14, 15, 17, 20, 25, 26, 27, 31, 34, 35, 36, 39, 42, 45, 55, 65, 80, 85

Chapter 5: 2, 5, 8, 14, 15, 17, 21, 23, 27, 33, 34, 37, 42, 44, 47, 48, 55, 63, 65

Chapter 6: 4, 5, 22, 29, 30, 34, 35, 37, 41, 42, 43, 44, 55, 65, 71, 79, 80

Chapter 7: 3, 4, 5, 15, 17, 20, 21, 22, 26, 29, 31, 32, 37, 38, 43, 45, 49, 52, 55, 57, 63

Chapter 8: 5, 6, 8, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 43, 44, 51, 52, 55

Chapter 9: 3, 8, 13, 15, 18, 23, 24, 31, 32, 35, 36, 43, 45, 47, 50, 57, 59, 62, 65, 69

Chapter 10: 3, 6, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 23, 24, 28, 33, 40, 50

Note: Students are encouraged to attempt as many problems as required to become proficient with the course material in addition to those listed above. Questions at the end of each chapter in the text are numbered in the format: chapter number.question number, the question number above corresponds to the number in the given chapter.

Old Midterms and Finals: The following midterms and final exams are available.