While
every effort has been made to make sure this electronic syllabus is error-free,
it is not official.
The definitive source of course information remains the original (paper)
syllabus distributed in class.
Course
description - This course is designed to look at ions/molecules in
dynamic situations. We will focus
on chemical reactions and various measurable parameters associated with
reactions (equilibrium constants, energy, rates of reaction
.). Applications of these ideas to everyday life will be
discussed whenever possible.
Faculty
Responsibilities
Office
Dr.
Chriss McDonald* lectures,
recitations
HBC 233
Dr.
David Franz
labs
HBC 232
*321-4186
(work), 433-4493 (home, please feel free to call me up to 10 PM), or e-mail (mcdonald@lycoming.edu)
Texts
etc.
a.
General Chemistry, Second
Edition, Hill and Petrucci#
b.
Bound laboratory notebook by Freeman#
c.
Lab safety glasses@
d.
Calculator (add, subtract, multiply, divide, logs)
e. Lab
deposit, $5 at lab check-in, (refundable upon checkout). There is also a $3 nonrefundable copying fee for lab.
#available at the bookstore
@
Chem Club sells these (many stylish options)
Course
format
Lectures - MWF, 11:30 12:20, HBC
G09, Attendance required.
Recitations - Thursday, 7:45 - 8:35
am and 1:00 - 1:50 PM, HBC G40. The
primary method for evaluating chemistry students in testing situations is to
have them work problems. In
recitation we will practice the same sort of problems you will see in testing
situations. Attendance expected.
I will not take attendance but I might use some of the examples discussed
in recitation as exam and quiz questions. I have found, that on the average, students who attend recitation in my
courses get an average of one full letter grade higher than those who dont
attend.
Assigned homework
- Problems designed to enhance your understanding and prepare you for testing
situations. A key will be posted on
the web (I'll provide address soon) and outside my office.
Homework will not be collected. A
large chunk of recitation will be devoted to working these problems.
Laboratory - Here you will experience what chemists actually do.
Your labwork will be evaluated as described in the lab.
A lab syllabus will be distributed at the first lab session.
Make sure and show up with your $5 lab deposit plus $3 copying fee
that first week.
Grading
scheme
a. The
final grade is based on the number of points obtained out of a possible 620
points. I suggest trying to get as
many of these points as possible. The
points will be distributed as follows:
intro/biography
5 points (01%)
quizzes
50 points (08%)
hour exams
300 points (49%)
final exam (cumulative, standardized)* 110 points
(18%)
laboratory
155 points (25%)
total
620 points (100%)
*a higher score on the final exam can be used to replace a lower score
from exam 1-3.
As always you will have the opportunity to obtain bonus points through attendance at our colloquium series. Assuming you stay for the whole show and you mind your manners you will receive 3 points per colloquium. You may also receive up to 8 bonus points by writing a paper on a topic that we have mutually agreed upon (2-3 pages, typewritten, double spaced, with a minimum of 2 bibliographic sources. The ceiling on bonus points (excluding bio assignment and those on exams) is 12.
b.
Assignment of letter grades is based on the following scale:
558 - 620 A, 496 - 557 B,
434 - 495 C, 372 - 433 D, < 371 F.
c.
A word about learning chemistry. Studying
chemistry is hard work for most people (this is certainly true for me).
Thoreau said, The cost of a thing is the amount of what I call life
which is required to be exchanged for it. Chemistry will certainly cost
you a lot of effort (we wouldnt have it any other way!)
I would recommend that you work on the lecture material at least one hour
per day outside of class for starters. Once
you see how things are going this amount can be adjusted as needed (I suggest a
significant increase in study time prior to an exam).
If you are having trouble make sure and come and see me. Im easy to talk to and will do whatever I can to help you.
A Chem 111 study coordinator is also available (Betsy Williams [she's
really smart/helpful, wileliz@lycoming.edu]). You will be responsible for
all of the material listed on the following schedule for the indicated exams and
quizzes. It is not sufficient to
learn the material from the lecture alone.
You are expected to read and think about the material prior to the
lecture. I also suggest you work
problems, LOTS of problems. We must necessarily cover a large amount of material
so our pace must be geared towards those who are ready to learn.
The hour exams will be somewhat cumulative in the sense that we need to
know the earlier material to comprehend the latter.
Policy
on attendance
Attendance
at quizzes and exams is mandatory. No
makeups will be administered. If
I am made aware of the absence beforehand
and I deem the reason for the absence to be legitimate,
later tests/quizzes will be averaged and used for the earlier missed exam or
quiz. Each documented,
unexcused lecture absence beyond the first two will cost you one point from your
total (be there or be square).
date
topic
text
quiz/exam
1/7
solvents and solubility
12.1-4
1/9 pressure, temperature, and solubility 12.4,5, 20.13, 25.4
1/11 colligative properties 12.6-9
1/14 colligative properties 12.6-9
1/16 dynamic equilibrium 14.1-3
1/18 gaseous equilibrium 14.3 quiz 1
1/21 gaseous equilibrium 14.3
1/23 determination of equilibrium concentration 14.5
1/25 Le Chatelier- a Man and his Principle 14.4 quiz 2
1/28 acid/base introductory concepts 15.1, 4.2, 9.8
1/30 acid/base rxns in water 15.3
2/1 EXAM 1
2/4 Dr. McD, how do acid/base rxns occur? 15.2
2/6 pH of weak acid/weak base solutions 15.4
2/8 ions can be acids /bases too! 15.5,6
2/11 common ion effect 15.7
2/13 buffers 15.8
2/15 acid/base indicators 15.9 quiz 3
2/18 titrations 15.10
2/20 I got those acid rain blues 25.7
2/22 solubility-based equilibria 16.1,2 quiz 4
D E A D O' W I N T E R B R E A K
3/4 common ion effect, final chapter, Qip 16.3,4
3/6 ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy 23.13
3/8 EXAM 2
3/11 complex ions, Lewis acid-Lewis base theory 15.11, 16.5-7
3/13 transition metal complexes 22.7,8
3/15 isomerization in coordination compounds 22.9
3/18 first law of thermodynamics 6.2,3
3/20 enthalpy 17.1-2
3/22 entropy 17.3 quiz 5
3/25 free energy 17.4-6
3/27 free energy 17.6,7
3/29 we have no class
4/1 redox review 4.4, 18.1
4/3 balancing redox rxns 18.2
4/5 EXAM 3
4/8 voltaic cells 18.3
4/10 standard potentials 18.4
4/12 voltage, Nernst, K, DG, and everything 18.5,6
4/15 kinetics overview 13.1-3
4/17 rxn order 13.4-6
4/19 kinetic theory and catalysis 13.7,8,10
LABORATORY SYLLABUS FOR GENERAL CHEMISTRY 111
Spring 2002
Lycoming College Lab
Coordinator: Dr. Franz (Heim 232, 321-4181)
The labs for Chem 111 consist of two quantitative analysis
experiments followed by a series of qualitative analysis determinations and then
two investigative labs. Grades
in lab are much more dependent on the accuracy of your results than was the case
in Chem 110. In most experiments,
students will work individually on their own unknowns.
You are welcome to consult with your friends and neighbors, as well as
with the teaching assistant and instructor, but please remember that your grade
ultimately depends on your own work.
Please note the following reminders concerning lab safety. Unsafe behavior in Lab will not be tolerated. Repeated unsafe behavior will result in a zero for that lab. In lab: 1) Safety glasses must be worn at all times; 2) No eating, drinking, or tobacco use; 3) No horseplay; 4) No unauthorized, "independent" experiments; 5) No sandals (enclosed shoes only); 6) No shorts (long pants only); 7) Additional safety rules given in Lab. Report all accidents and injuries immediately. Know the location of all exits and emergency equipment (fire extinguishers, fire blanket, eye wash, showers, etc.) When in doubt, ask. Wearing contact lenses in lab is highly discouraged. If you do wear them in lab, please let the lab instructor and the lab assistant know, and you must wear a full goggle. Wear older clothes - they could be stained or ruined. Above all, use common sense and your chemical intuition - THINK. As a student chemist, you will be working in many situations, which demand your utmost care and attention to protect the safety and health of yourself, your fellow students, and the environment. Preparation and careful, patient work are needed to obtain the results required in each experiment.
Your Lab Notebook should be neat, well organized, up-to-date and
complete, with a Table of Contents. Leave
room to record your data, the uncertainties in measurements, and any
observations about the experiment. Use a different notebook page for each days data, and submit the
carbon at the end of the lab period.
Lab reports consist of the already submitted carbon copies of your notebook pages, the appropriate report form, sample calculations, and answers to any questions. Additional instructions will be given in the prelab lectures. For all parts of Exp. 21, there are simple report forms indicating the presence or absence of the cations in question. Lab reports are due at the beginning of the lab as shown on the schedule below - any changes will be announced in lab. Late labs will be penalized 10% plus 1 point per day late.
In order to make-up a lab, only absences notified ahead of time will be excused. All requests to make up a lab or attend a section other than your normal lab must go through Dr. Franz. Students who simply show up at a different lab section will not be admitted to that lab. Prelabs are due at the start of lab, and will not be accepted late. The overall Lab grade based on 200 points (as shown below) will be scaled to 25% of the course grade (see course syllabus).
Laboratory Schedule for Chemistry 111, Spring 2002
T/Th Dates Lab # Title Exp. Due
1/08, 1/10 Check in; Safety; Exp. 17, Pipet Use (5 pts.); Exp. 18 Set Up
1/15, 1/17 Exp. 18: Gravimetric Analysis for Ni2+ (50 pts.) Exp. 17
1/22, 1/24 Exp. 18:
1/29, 1/31 Exp. 20: Acid-Base Titration for w/w % KHP (50 pts.) Exp. 18
2/05, 2/07 Exp. 20:
2/12, 2/14 Exp. 21, Qualitative Analysis of Cations: Group I, Unknown #1 (15 pts.) Exp. 20
2/19, 2/21 Exp. 21: Qual. Analysis, Groups II and III Known Exp. 21, #1
"SPRING" BREAK (No Labs)
3/05, 3/07 Exp. 21: Groups II and III Known and Unknown #2-3 (30 pts.)
3/12, 3/14 Exp. 21: Exp. 21, #2-3
3/19, 3/21 Exp. 22: Investigation of the Reaction Between Fe3+ and SCN1- Ions (25 pts.)
3/26, 3/28 Exp. 22:
4/02, 4/04 Exp. 23: Synthesis of trans-dichlorobis(ethylenediamine)cobalt(III) chloride (25 pts.) Exp. 22
4/09, 4/11 Exp. 23
4/16, 4/18 Checkout of Lab Exp. 23
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