Faculty | Responsibilities | Office | Office Hours | |
Dr. David A. Franz | lectures, recitation | HBC 232, ext. 4181 | MWF, 9-10; MF,1:30-3:00 | franz@lycoming.edu |
Dr. Charles H. Mahler | labs U,X,Y | HBC 202, ext. 4351 | MWF, 10-11; MW, 1-2 | mahler@lycoming.edu |
Dr. Henry Berkheimer | lab T | HBC 213 | berkheim@lycoming.edu | |
Miss Lou Ann Miller | lab Z | louann_miller@merck.com | ||
Ms. Amy Hall | study group facilitator | halamy@lycoming.edu |
Course Format
•Lectures - MWF,
11:30 a.m., HBC G09, attendance required (3 pt. penalty per absence
> three).
•Recitation - one
hour on Thursday, attendance checked, possibly required.
•Laboratory - one
three-hour period, attendance required in the scheduled period.
•Assigned homework
- covered each Thursday in Recitation. Past experience has shown that a
student's performance on homework correlates very positively with his or
her performance in the course.
•Study Group –
an optional session, time and place to be announced, facilitated by Amy
Hall, a Junior chemistry major.
Grading Scheme
The final grade is based on the percentage of a total
score of 800 points, distributed as follows:
10 best quizzes, 15 points each | = 150 |
3 hour exams, 100 points each | = 300 |
1 lab average, 200 points | = 200 |
1 final exam, 120 points | = 120 |
1 homework/class average | = 30 |
800 |
•There will be no make-up exams. If the final exam % grade is higher than any one hour exam grade, the lowest hour exam grade will be dropped and the final exam % grade substituted for it.
•Assignment of letter grades is based roughly on the following: A (90%-100%); B (80%-89%); C(70%-79%); D (60%-69%); F (below 60%). Plus and minus grades are included in these ranges. Consideration is also given to student performance as evidenced in the classroom, laboratory, and on homeworks.
Texts and Other Items
•Chemistry, Molecules, Matter and Change – Atkins and
Jones (Freeman, 1997).
•Lab safety glasses - available from the Chemistry Club.
Also, long pants required in lab, and no bare feet or sandals.
•Lab notebook with quadrille pages (Freeman) - available
at the Campus Store.
•Scientific calculator (with log functions and scientific
notation) - no passing of this item during quizzes and tests.
•Student Study Guide (optional) to accompany the text.
•CD-Rom 3.0 (optional) to accompany the text.
•Website (optional) – http://www.whfreeman.com/chemistry3e
Academic Honesty - Unless otherwise stated, all work submitted for a grade must be your own. Students found cheating on examinations, quizzes, or laboratory reports will be dealt with according to the procedures in the Faculty Handbook, which allow for either a reduction in course grade or expulsion from the course with a grade of F. You are encouraged to work on homework problems with other students. However, for any homework which is collected for grading, you must submit your own work; outright copying of homework will be penalized.
Special Invitation - Please feel free to bring to any of the faculty your interests, difficulties, questions, or perplexities. Or just come by for a chat. If our posted office hours don't suit, you are welcome to make an appointment.
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Date | Reading | Topic | Lab |
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8-31 | Introduction; Atoms, Elements & Periodic Table | Orientation; Check - In | |
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9- 2 | 1.1 – 1.7 | e-,p+,n; Rutherford Model; Isotopes | |
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9- 4 | 1.8 – 1.9 | QUIZ 1 (1.1 – 1.7); Compounds & Mixtures; Ionic Compounds | |
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9- 7 | 1.13 - 1.16 | Nomenclature | Separations (#2) |
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9- 9 | 2.1 – 2.7 | Units, Density, Conversions, Significant Figures | |
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9-11 | 2.8 – 2.10 | QUIZ 2 (1.8 - 2.7); Mole, Molar Mass, Measuring Compounds | |
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9-14 | 2.10 – 2.13 | Molar Mass, % Composition, Empirical and Molecular Formulas | Density (#1) |
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9-16 | 2.14 – 2.15 | Molarity, Dilution | |
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9-18 | 2.14 – 2.15 | QUIZ 3 (2.8 – 2.15); Molarity, Dilution | |
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9-21 | 3.2 – 3.3 | Chemical Reactions and Equations; Electrolytes | % Water (#4) |
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9-23 | 3.3 – 3.5 | Electrolytes; Ionic Reactions and Net Ionic Equations | |
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9-25 | 3.6 – 3.11 | QUIZ 4 (2.14 – 3.5); Precipitation, Acid-Base Reactions | |
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9-28 | 3.12 – 3.16 | Oxidation-Reduction (Redox); Balancing Redox Equations | Nine Bottle (#9) |
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9-30 | 17.1 – 17.2 | Half Reactions and Balancing Redox Equations | |
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10- 2 | EXAM 1, Chapters 1 – 3 & 17 | ||
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10- 5 | 4.1 – 4.5 | Stoichiometry, Yield, and Limiting Reactant | Alum (#3) |
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10- 7 | 4.5 – 4.6 | Stoichiometry, Combustion Analysis | |
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10- 9 | 5.1 – 5.9 | QUIZ 5 (Chapter 4); Gases and Gas Laws | |
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10-12 | 5.9 – 5.15 | Gas Laws, Stoichiometry, Partial Pressures | Atomic Weight (#6) |
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10-14 | 5.16 – 5.17 | Molecular Motion, Kinetic Theory, Real Gases | |
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10-16 | LONG WEEKEND, NO CLASS | ||
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10-19 | 6.1 – 6.7 | QUIZ 6 (Chapter 5); Energy, Heat, Enthalpy and Calorimetry | Distillation (#7A) |
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10-21 | 6.8 – 6.10 | Calorimetry, Reaction Enthalpies, Hess’ Law | |
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10-23 | 6.10 – 6.12 | Enthalpies of Combustion, Standard Heats of Formation | |
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10-26 | 7.1 – 7.4 | QUIZ 7 (Chapter 6); Light and Atomic Spectra | Calorimetry (#8) |
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10-28 | 7.5 – 7.8 | Quantum Mechanical Model of the Atom | |
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10-30 | EXAM 2, Chapters 4 - 6 | ||
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11- 2 | 7.9 – 7.11 | Orbitals, Energy Levels, Electron Configurations | FP, Density, IR (#7B) |
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11- 4 | 7.12 – 7.20 | Ions, Periodic Properties and Trends | |
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11- 6 | 7.21 – 7.23 | QUIZ 8 (7.1 - 7.20); Descriptive Chemistry | |
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11- 9 | 8.1 – 8.3 | Lewis Symbols & Ionic Compounds | ReCrystl, MP (#7C) |
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11-11 | 8.4 – 8.9 | Lewis Structures, Octet Rule, Resonance, Formal Charges | |
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11-13 | 8.9 – 8.14 | QUIZ 9 (7.21- 8.9); Octet Exceptions, Electronegativity | |
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11-16 | 9.1 – 9.5 | Molecular Shape by VSEPR | Mol. Wt. (#7D) |
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11-18 | 9.6 – 9.7 | VSEPR; Polar Bonds and Polar Molecules | |
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11-20 | 9.8 – 9.11 | QUIZ 10 (8.9 – 9.7); Bond Strengths and Lengths | |
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11-23 | 9.12 – 9.16 | Valence Bond Theory and Hybrid Orbitals | No lab |
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THANKSGIVING BREAK | |||
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11-30 | 11 | Carbon-Based Materials and Structures | GC, IR, UV (#7E) |
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12- 2 | EXAM 3, Chapters 7 - 9 | ||
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12- 4 | 10.6 – 10.12 | Intermolecular Forces; The Liquid State | |
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12- 7 | 10.13 – 10.17 | Course Evaluations; Phase Changes, Phase Diagrams | Check - Out |
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12- 9 | Review | ||
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12-11 | QUIZ 11 (Chapter 10); Illustrated Review | ||
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12- | Final Exam, date and time to be announced |