General Chemistry at Penn State
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Syllabus
These are copies of lecture notes that will be shown during lectures.
You are encouraged to print these viewgraphs and bring them to class.
The notes are not complete. You should bring extra
paper and plan to add to them during lecture.
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Lecture Notes provided by Dr. Mary Bojan PDF files (2 slides/page) |
Lecture Notes provided by Dr. Lori Van Der Sluys PDF files (2 slides/page) |
Lecture Notes provided by Dr. Alan Benesi |
| Aug 27 | Introduction Kinetics Part 1; Reaction Rates |
NMR Spectra | |
| Aug 31 | Kinetics Part 2 | Kinetics Part 2; Rate Laws and Time Dependence Kinetics Part 3; Temperature Dependence and Mechanisms Kinetics Part 4; Catalysis and Enzymes |
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| Sep 10-12 | Equilibrium | Equilibrium |
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Sep 24 |
Acids and Bases 1 Acids and Bases 2 |
Dissociation and pH Strong and Weak Acids and Bases Ka, Kb, Salt Solutions Chemical Structure |
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| Sep 26 | Periodicity Common Ion Effect, Buffers Buffer Solutions, Titrations, and Indicators Solubility Equilibria, Precipitation and Dissolution |
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| Oct 10 |
Thermodynamics Thermodynamics II |
Spontaneity, Enthalpy and Entropy |
Gibbs' Cute Trick |
| Oct 12 | Periodicity | Free Energy and Keq |
Useful Equations |
| Oct 15 | Oxidation/Reduction and Voltaic Cells Spontaneity, effect of Concentration Batteries, Corrosion Electrolysis, Quantitative electrochemistry Quantitative Notes |
Useful Equations
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| Oct 29 | Transition Metals | Transition Metals Part 1; Complex Formation and Chelates Transition Metals Part 2; Color, Magnetism, and Crystal Field Theory |
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| Nov 2 |
Nuclear Chemistry Medical Nuclear |
Nuclear Reactions Half Life and Mass-Energy Conversion Fission and Fusion NMR, Medical Applications |
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| Nov 12 | Liquids and Phase Diagrams Bonding in Solids, Crystal Structures |
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Nov 16 |
Main Group Elements 1 Groups I, II, Noble gases, H and Halogens |
Active Metals, Group I and II Hydrogen, Noble Gases and Halogens |
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| Nov 28 | Main Group Elements 2 | Oxygen (Group VI), Nitrogen and Phosphorus(Group V) Carbon (Group IV) and Boron (Group III) |
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| Dec 3 | Modern Materials, Polymers and Ceramics | Modern Materials Part 1; Polymers Modern Materials Part 2; Ceramics |
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| Dec 7 |
Metals, Alloys, and Metallurgy Modern Materials: Electronics and semiconductors |
Modern Materials Part 3; Biomaterials and Metals Modern Materials Part 4; Metals and Alloys Modern Materials Part 5; Semiconductors, Superconductors and Nanotechnology |
Periodic Table