CHE 101
GENERAL CHEMISTRY I

Lecture Outlines



I: INTRODUCTION

The Scientific Method
Definitions
States of Matter
Exponential Notation
Conversion Factors
S.I. Units
Area and Volume
Density
Temperature
Significant Figures
Dimensional Analysis
Percent Composition

II: THE ATOM

Early Atomic Theory
Electricity and Magnetism
Experiments Leading to Modern Atomic Theory
Elements/Particles/Atomic Number
Isotopes
Percent Abundance
Atomic Weights
An Introduction to the Periodic Chart

III: COMPOUNDS

The Mole Concept
Example Mole Calculations
Writing Chemical Formulas
More About Ions
Guidelines for Determining the Charge on an Ion
Ionic Compounds
Molar Mass Percent Composition
Two Different Types of Chemical Formulas
Combustion Analysis
Rules for Assigning Oxidation Numbers
Chemical Nomenclature

IV: CHEMICAL REACTIONS

Chemical Reactions
Balancing Chemical Equations
Stoichiometry
The Limiting Reagent
A Systematic Three-Step Procedure to Determine the L.R.
Percent Yield
More Limiting Reagent Examples
Other Types of Reactions

V: AQUEOUS REACTIONS

Reactions in Aqueous Solution
Solute Concentrations: Molarity
Preparing Solutions by Dilution
Stoichiometry of Reactions in Solution

VI: GASES

Physical Behavior of Gases
Liquid Pressure
The Barometer
The Manometer
Boyle's Law
The Two-State Boyle's
Law Charles's or Gay-Lussac's Law
The Two-State Charles's Law
Avogadro's Law
Standard Temperature and Pressure (STP)
The Ideal Gas Law
The Two-State Ideal Gas Law
Molar Mass-Ideal Gas Relationship
Law of Combining Volumes
Dalton's Law of Partial Pressures
Mole Fraction
Model for the Kinetic Molecular Theory of Gases
The Speed of Gas Molecules
Distribution of Molecular Speeds
Effusion of Gases
Real Gases
The van der Waals Model of Real Gases

VII: THERMOCHEMISTRY

Definitions
Joule's Mechanical Equivalent of Heat Experiment
Units of Energy
Sign Conventions
Endothermic/Exothermic Reactions
Expansion Work Against a Constant External Pressure
An Equation for Expansion Work
Heat Capacity
Specific Heat
Experimental Determination of Specific Heat
The Fundamental Equation of Calorimetry
The "Coffee Cup" Calorimeter
The Bomb Calorimeter
The First Law of Thermodynamics
State Properties
An Equation for the Change in Enthalpy
vs.
What is Enthalpy?
Rules of Thermochemistry
Values of with Special Names
Standard Conditions
Standard Molar Enthalpies of Formation

VIII: INTRODUCTION TO QUANTUM THEORY

Electromagnetic Radiation
The Particle Nature of Light
Atomic Line Spectra
The Bohr Model of the Atom
The Bohr Model Explains the Hydrogen Atom Spectrum
Wave-Particle Duality
The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle
Wave Mechanics
The Probability Function
Quantum Numbers and Orbitals
The Principal Quantum Number
The Orbital Angular Momentum Quantum Number
The Magnetic Quantum Number
The s Orbitals
The p Orbitals
The d Orbitals
Radial Functions and Probability Plots
The Electron Spin
Multielectron Atoms
The Pauli Exclusion Principle
Energy Ordering for Multi-electron Atoms
Electron Configurations
The Structure of the Periodic Table
Orbital Diagrams
Hund's Rule
Magnetic Properties

IX: PERIODICITY

History of the Periodic Table
Atomic Radius
Shielding
Ionic Radius
Ionization Energy
Electron Affinity

X: CHEMICAL BONDING

Types of Chemical Bonds
The Covalent Bond
The Octet Rule
Lewis Dot Structures
Rules for Determining Lewis Dot Structures
Resonance
Electronegativity
Polar Covalent Bonds
Dipole Moments
Oxidation Numbers Revisited
Formal Charges
Exceptions to the Octet Rule
Molecular Geometry
Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion (VSEPR) Theory
The Effect of Unshared Pairs on Molecular Geometry
Bond Energies
Using Bond Energies to Estimate for a Reaction
The Valence Bond Model
Bond Number and Geometry as Predicted by Valence Bond Theory
Hybridization
Multiple Bonds
An Introduction to Molecular Orbital Theory
Molecular Orbitals Formed by p Orbitals
MO Diagrams
Bond Order
MO Electron Configurations
On Orbitals and Bonding Theories
Delocalized Electrons

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