Chemistry 139
General Chemistry II
SPRING, 2005
Instructor: Dr. R. C. White
Text: Chemistry: The Central Science by Brown,
Ninth Ed., Prentice Hall
Office: 109 Farrington
e-mail: chm_rcw@shsu.edu
Office Hours MWF 3:00 – 5:00 or by appointment
phone: 936.294.1060
web site: http://www.shsu.edu/~chm_rcw/
Prerequisite: Grade of C or higher in CHM 138
Attendance Policy: Attendance is mandatory. If you habitually miss class, you will habitually make poor grades.
This is the second semester of a year long course in general chemistry for science majors. The course will cover solution chemistry, chemical kinetics, chemical, acid/base and other aqueous equilibria, electrochemistry and coordination chemistry. In this course, the student will learn about the topics above and learn about organization and discipline. To successfully complete the course, the student must read the assigned text, work as many end-of-chapter problems as needed to understand the thought processes required for the material and study two hours for every hour in class.
Homework Problems will be assigned, but not taken up and graded. You should work these so that you can pass the exams. Often the exam questions are simply homework questions with slight changes.
Grading
The student’s progress in the course will be reported by three exams and a comprehensive final exam. Thus, the exams will be as follows:
Thursday, February 10 100 pt,
Thursday, March 10 100 pts
Thursday, April 14 100 pts
Final Exam, (Section 05) Tuesday, May 10
Final Exam, (Section 06) Monday, May 9
There are 500 pts to be earned for the semester. The grades will be assigned as follows
440-500= A (³ 88
380-439 = B (³ 76%)
310-379 = C (³ 62%)
250-309 = D (³ 50%)
Regrading Exams
If a student feels that an exam has been misgraded, the student must submit the exam for a regrade within one week after the exams are handed back to the student. The entire exam will be regraded. Exams not picked up after one week will be discarded.
Makup Exams
There are no makeup exams. If anyone misses an exam, the final exam will also serve as a comprehensive makeup exam.
Academic Honesty
A University is a place where students learn about course material and learn about good citizenship. Academic dishonesty is abhorrent to the goals and indicates a paucity of personal integrity. Academic dishonesty, whether it is cheating on exams, plagiarism, or any other dishonest behavior will result in failure of the class. See Academic Policy Statement 810213 in the Faculty Handbook.
Classroom Demeanor
Proper classroom behavior is expected at all times. This means no reading newspapers in class, talking with each other and the like. This is a University with adult students and one should strive to learn how to conduct one’s self professionally. Cell phones are to be turned off during class.
Course Outline
Week of |
Chapter |
Subject |
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January 17 |
13 |
Introduction, properties of Solutions |
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January 24 |
13 |
Properties of Solutions |
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January 31 |
14 |
Chemical Kinetics |
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February 7 |
14 |
Chemical Kinetics |
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February 14 |
15 |
Chemical Equilibria |
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February 21 |
15 |
Chemical Equilibria |
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February 28 |
16 |
Acid/Base Equilibria |
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March 7 |
16 |
Acid/Base Equilibria |
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March 14 |
17 |
NO CLASS SPRING BREAK |
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March 21 |
17 |
Aqueous Equilibria |
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March 28 |
20 |
Electrochemistry |
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April 4 |
20 |
Electrochemistry |
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April 11 |
9 |
Molecular Geometries |
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April 18 |
19 |
Thermodynamics |
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April 25 |
24 |
Chemistry of Coordination Compounds |
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May 2 |
24 |
Chemistry of Coordination Compounds |
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May 9 |
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Final Exams |
Homework
Just like riding a bicycle, playing golf, carving wood, or anything else that one does, proficiency requires practice. One must repeat the learning process again and again to become really familiar with the material.
Problems
Chapter 13: 13.23, 13.25, 13.29, 13.37, 13.39, 13.47, 13.51
Chapter 14: 14.13, 14.21, 14.25, 14.27, 14.33, 14.37 (turn in), 14.49
Chapter 15: 15.7, 15.9, 15.11, 15.17, 15.19, 15.21, 15.25, 15.33, 15.43, 15.57
Chapter 16: 16.9, 16.19, 16.27, 16.33, 16.37, 16.39, 16.49, 16.53, 16.67,
Chapter 17: 17.15, 17.21, 17.27, 17.31, 17.37, 17.39, 17.49, 17.53, 17.81
Chapter 20: 20.7, 20.9, 20.13, 20.21, 20.23, 20.33, 20.35, 20.49,
Chapter 9: 9:11, 9.17, 9.25
Chapter 24: 24.15, 24.17, 24.23, 24.2524.37
Americans with Disabilities Act
It is the policy of
Section 51.911(b) of the Texas Education Code requires that an institution of higher education excuse a student from attending class or other required activity including examinations for the observance of a religious holy day, including travel for that purpose. A student desiring to absent himself/herself from a scheduled class to observe (a) holy day(s) shall present a written statement concerning the religious holy day(s). The student will be responsible for any material covered during the absence.
Visitors in Classrooms
Visitors to class must obtain permission from the instructor before entering the class and shall not cause disturbances in class. It is the instructor’s prerogative to dismiss visitors.
The exams will be very similar to the homework problems. If you are diligent in working homework problems, you will learn chemistry and also prepare for exams. The purchase of an answer book to problems is discouraged as all it will do is provide “answers to copy down” and will discourage valid studying. Students are not here to “beat a system” but to become educated.
Regrading Exams
If a student feels that an exam has been misgraded, the student must submit the exam for a regrade within one week after the exams are handed back to the student. The entire exam will be regraded. Exams not picked up after one week will be discarded.