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Summer 2008
Syllabus Part 1 (up to Exam 1)
| Date | Topic | Reading | Textbook Exercises | Supplemental | ||||
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Gas phase Equilibrium | 15. 1-7 |
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| M May 19 | Syllabus | “Essential Background” | ||||||
| Kinetics I: Reaction Rates | 14.1-3 | 14.1,13-15,23,27,29, 30, 31 | Kinetics 1-3 | |||||
| T May 20 | Kinetics II: Rate Laws Temp. Dependence | 14.4, 5 | 14.4,35,39,40,43,50,53,54,55, 57 | Kinetics 4-9 | ||||
| W May 21 | Kinetics III: Mechanisms | 14. 6-7 | 14. 8, 63, 65, 67, 68 | Kinetics 10-12 | ||||
| R May 22 | Catalysis and Enzymes | Enzyme Supplement | 14. 70, 72, 77-79, 82, 83 | Kinetics 13-17 | ||||
| F May 23 | Dissociation, pH, Strong Acids and Bases | 4.2-4 | 16.15-18,20,21,29,30 | Acid-Base 1-8 | ||||
| 16.1-5 | 16. 33-35,37,43-47 | |||||||
| Basic Skill Test 1: Nomenclature Bonus Deadline:May 24 (midnight) | ||||||||
| Basic Skill Test 2: Ions in Solution Bonus Deadline: May 24 (midnight) | ||||||||
| Basic Skill Test 3: Equilibrium Bonus Deadline: May 24 (midnight) | ||||||||
| Unit Quiz 1 Kinetics START DATE: May. 24 | ||||||||
| Final Due Date: May 27 (midnight) | ||||||||
| M May 26 | Memorial Day | Holiday No classes | ||
| T May 27 | Weak Acids and Bases Ka, Kb, Salt Solutions | 16.6-9 | 16.53- 57,75,76,77 | Acid Base 9-32 |
| 16.81-83, 86, 87 | ||||
| Basic Skill Test 4: Basic Acid-Base chemistry (pH) Bonus Deadline May 27 (midnight) | ||||
| W May 28 | Chemical Structure | 16.10-11 | 16.93-97, 101-103 | Acid Base 33-36 |
| Lewis Theory | ||||
| R May 29 | Periodicity | 7.1-6 | 7.21,22,26,29,49, 53, 55, | Periodicity 1-9 |
| 22.1 | 22.13-18, | |||
| F May 30 | Common Ion Effect Buffer Solutions/ | 17.1-3 | 17.11-15 | Buffers 1-14 |
| 17.3,5,19,20, 22-27, 37-42 | ||||
| Basic Skill Test 5: Periodicity Bonus Deadline:May 31 (midnight) | ||||
| Unit Quiz 2 Acid Base START DATE: May 30 | ||||
| Final Due Date: Jun. 1 (midnight) | ||||
| M Jun. 2 | Review | |||
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FIRST MIDTERM EXAM – Monday June. 2 2:20 - 3:35 pm Pollock Testing Center |
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| Covers Chapter 14, 16, and 7 Basic Skills 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 |
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