Chem 106 General Chemistry II Course Syllabus Fall 2009 8M M W F 3:05-4:00 POL 250 Dr. Jim Baker [email protected] Office: /PEL258E (985) 448-4576

TEXTBOOK: Principles of General Chemistry, Martin Silberberg, McGraw Hill, 2008 ISBN:978-0-07-310720-2 Office Hours: 8M, 10-12 TRF and other times by mutual arrangement

CATALOG DESCRIPTION: Introductory Chemistry II. 3-3-0 Prerequisite: CHEMISTRY 105 with a grade of C or better, or permission of department head. Pre/Corequisite: MATHEMATICS 102. A continuation of CHEMISTRY 105 with emphasis on solutions, chemical equilibrium, thermodynamics, kinetics, acid-base chemistry, electrochemistry, and ionic equilibrium. Degree credit will NOT be given for BOTH CHEMISTRY 102 and CHEMISTRY 106.

Chapter Coverage

Chapter Content Chapter Content 6 Thermochemistry 18 Acid/Base Equilibria 11 Covalent Bonding 19 Ionic Equilibrium 12 Liquids and Solids 20 Thermodynamics 13 Solutions 21 Electrochemistry 16 Kinetics; Rates and Mechanisms 23 Nuclear Chemistry 17 Equilibrium

Class Notes Lecture notes from PowerPointTM slides presented during class will be made available, usually post lecture, online at http://blackboard.nicholls.edu . This material is recommended, not required. While many students find this amenity useful they should not be viewed as an acceptable replacement for the hard work of writing down and recopying class notes. Testing Three (3) in class Mid Term exams will be administered during the semester at times outlined on the second page of this syllabus. Content will be, in some respects, cumulative because of the nature of the material we are covering, but emphasis will be weighted more heavily on newly covered material. BRING YOUR NSU ID CARD. Bring two well-sharpened #2 pencils with functional erasers and an official NSU SCANTRON sheet with you to each quiz. Calculators which lack the ability to display alphabetical text will also be permitted during the exam. Make-ups ······· None! Occasionally, incidents of illness, work or personal tragedy intervene at inopportune times. It has been my experience that personal events such as these present the student with limited opportunity for catching-up. Do your very best to guard your personal health. A missed exam will be averaged as a zero, which will have a devastating effect upon your chances of achieving a passing score.

rading An overall score will be computed on the basis your exam performances. A comprehensive final exam will determine 30% of your final percentage. The three mid-term exams will count for 70% of your G total score. Your letter grade will then be assigned according to the following computed percentages. A: 90%+ B: 80 – 89% C: 70 – 79% D: 60 – 69% F: 0 – 59% Attendance It has been my observation that most people who fail to thrive intellectually do so after becoming detached from the learning experience and environment. All great works require commitment and do not be fooled, Earning your College diploma is one of the greatest and most demanding things you will ever do. Failure to commit only leads to failure to achieve, and you will fail. If you are not now sure of your commitment then you are likely to fail. Attendance will be measured daily. You are allowed 4 absences.. . One (1) percentage points will be subtracted from your final calculated course average for each and every absence in excess of the allowed 4 absences. [As determined by the presence or absence of your signature on the daily attendance sheet I make no distinction between “excused” and “unexcused”. I feel the distinction to be silly and meaningless

D:\Docs\2018-05-03\090b613c4340eaecf5ecd55574d9fbc9.doc Page 1of 4 Academic Dates** Fall Semester 2009 August 2009 Su M T W H F S 8/19/2009(W) Fall Semester classes begin; Late Registration Drop/Add BEGINS a 1 9/7/2009 (M) Labor Day Holiday UNIVERSITY CLOSED 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 1 1 1 1 1 9/11/2009 (F) Exam 1 16 10 1 12 23 24 25 23 247 8 0 1 2 10/9/2009 (F) Exam 2 /30 2 2 2 2 2 /3 5 6 7 8 9 10/5-16/2009 (H,F) Fall Break NO CLASSES 10/28/2009 (W) Last day to drop Fall classes September 2008 Su M T W H F S 11/ 6/2009 (F) Exam 3 a 1 2 3 4 5 11/23-27/2009 (M-F) Thanksgiving Holiday UNIVERSITY CLOSED 6 7 8 9 1 1 1 12/1/2009 (T) Last day of Instruction Fall Semester 13 1 1 1 10 1 12 12/2/2009 (W) Study Day, Review for Final Exam 20 24 25 26 27 28 29 Final Exam 27 21 2 3 4 5 6 th 8 9 0 & Exam 4 Tu , Dec 8 1:00-3:00 PM October 2009

**Additional information at http://www.nicholls.edu/schedule/2009-2010/2009_Fall_SOC.pdf Su M T W H F S a See also http://blackboard.nicholls.edu for the full course syllabus 1 2 3 Note: All parts of this document are tentative and should not be construed as a 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 contract. Students will be notified in class and/or on the Blackboard site of any 11 1 1 1 1 1 10 substantive changes 18 12 23 24 2 2 27 25 29 20 21 2 3 34 6 7 8 9 0 1 Reccomended Homework: Go to the Blackboard site for this course. There under COURSE November 2009 DOCUMENTS you will find Interactive Quizzes, 2 per chapter. Students have found these to be Su M T W H F S immensely useful. a 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 1 1 1 1 Chem 106, as a Core Curriculum course, fulfills three hours of general education 15 1 10 1 12 23 24 requirements in the area of the natural sciences and is thus designed to enable students to 6 7 8 9 0 1 22 2 2 2 2 2 2 meet the following broad outcome for all the natural sciences: 8 29 3 0 Course Goal: To provide the chemical background in inorganic chemistry needed to comprehend the nature and properties of matter including studies of the common elements and their compounds December 2009

on the basis of periodic classification, atomic and molecular theories, and the relation of atomic Su M T W H F S and molecular structure to chemical behavior, elementary stoichiometric calculations and solution a 2 3 4 5 chemistry. To present this discipline in an interesting and logical sequence so that the beginning 1 6 7 8 9 1 1 1 chemistry student may develop a basic understanding of the principles of inorganic chemistry and 0 1 2 overcome misconception about chemistry and fear of science as a whole. For further explanation of 13 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 5 6 7 8 9 the learning objectives associated with this goal, go to 20 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 http://www.nicholls.edu/gened/goals_objectives.html. 27 2 2 3 3 8 9 0 1

2 additional pages of this syllabus appear on BlackBoard

D:\Docs\2018-05-03\090b613c4340eaecf5ecd55574d9fbc9.doc Page 2of 4 STUDENT OBJECTIVES: Upon completion of this course, successful students will have developed a working knowledge of the following concepts: a) Theory of light and atomic spectra, quantum theory and quantum numbers, electron configurations, and periodic trends in the properties of elements. b) Molecular bonding and spatial geometry, including Lewis electron dot structures, molecular geometry, formal charge, polarity of molecules, hybridization of atomic orbitals and the VESPR theory of molecular geometry. c) Properties of solutions including concentration units, principles of solubility and colligative properties. d) Principles of heat flow, measurement of heat flow and calorimetry, enthalpy and enthalpies of formation, thermodynamic equations, bond dissociation energies, the first law of thermodynamics, and free energy. e) Reaction rates and concentrations, reactant concentration and time and reaction mechanisms. f) Equilibrium, the equilibrium constant expression, determination of equilibrium constants, applications of the equilibrium constant to problem solving, and the effects of changes in conditions upon an equilibrium system. g) Acid-base theories, water ionization constant and its affect of pH and pOH, weak acids and weak bases and their affect on the pH of aqueous solutions, and the acid-base properties of salt solutions. h) Buffer solutions and their affect on the pH of aqueous solutions, acid-base indicators, acid-base titrations, and polyprotic acids. i) Precipitate formation, use of the solubility product constant (Ksp) to predict solubility, dissociation of precipitates, and qualitative analysis. j) Electrochemistry, voltaic and electrolytic cells, effect of concentration on cell voltage, standard cell potentials, and batteries.

Academic Misconduct A presumption is made that students will behave in an honorable and reasonable manner as regards their own academic integrity. Any documentable evidence of misconduct will be handled according to current Departmental and University policies and will be pursued to the fullest extent.

Student Outcome Objective. After completing a one term preparatory course students should be able to do the following: Louisiana Content Standards a. Identify questions and concepts that guide scientific investigations: SI-H-A1, A2 b. Read, write and talk about chemistry using a basic chemistry vocabulary; PH-H-A,B1, c. Observe and describe the objective by the properties of the materials from which they are made PS-E-A1,A3 d. Describe the properties of the different states of matter and identify the conditions that cause PS-E-A4, D1 matter to change states e. Write routine chemical formulas; PS-H-C3,C5 f. Write balanced equation to represent a variety of chemical reactions PS-H-D3 g. Set up and solve chemistry problems; manipulate and analyze quantitative data using the SI PS-H-A1 system h. "Think” chemistry on an atomic or molecular level in fundamental theoretical areas to visualize PS-H-B1, D4, what happens in a chemical change C4

Academic Grievances??:From time to time people will get the feeling that they are being treated badly, sometimes by a certain individual, sometimes by life in general. Normally noone wants to listen to you bellyaching about how rotten your life is unless , maybe their life is rotten too, but take heart. If you’re being done wrong by your teacher there’s a place you can go to get it all made right again. That’s right. You can find a sympathetic ear to tell your troubles to, and maybe just get a little justice in this world. You need look no further than Section 5 of the Code of Student Conduct and/or the following link: http://www.nicholls.edu/documents/student_life/code_of_conduct.pdf Sometimes they’ll agree with you, sometimes they’ll tell you to suck it up and stop yer gripin’. Maybe it’ll be therapeutic (50¢ word meaning good fur ya). You never know until you try…. So if it’s bad, and I mean reeeal bad, pop that link up above and roll the dice. We’ll keep a file open for ya.

D:\Docs\2018-05-03\090b613c4340eaecf5ecd55574d9fbc9.doc Page 3of 4 Continued Learning following an Extreme Emergency: Face it folks. We are living in a potential disaster zone. Not just Thibodaux, disasters are free to strike anywhere anytime but there’s an extra deep groove on our roulette table. Let’s just say that we’ve got a much better than average chance down here of being taken for a ride in that great vacuum cleaner of life. It’ll suck all the same but you need to either pick up or stay stuck. I would recommend the former. It’s really pesky when you’re as busy as you are now but you need to know so I’m gonna tell ya. You’re big kids now and you’ve got responsibilities. Teaching is my responsibility and learning is gonna be yours. When bad things happen to us good people, rest assured, I’ll still be teaching so you’d best not drop the ball. In the unfortunate event of a calamity you are responsible for:  evacuating your textbooks and other course materials;  becoming familiar with the University’s emergency guidelines;  regularly reading emergency notifications on the NSU website;  knowing your Nicholls email and Blackboard student login and password;  knowing how to use Blackboard;  regularly checking your University email;  http://mail.nicholls.edu  contacting me and your other teachers for guidance on completing your courses.

If the big one hits we’re all gonna be real, real busy getting everything up and running again. The classrooms and dorm rooms and most of your stuff may not survive but it is our intention to make sure that learning doesn’t stop, which means that I will keep on teaching until the semester reaches its logical conclusion, one way or another. If you decide to take a break from the learning process then your grades will suffer just the same way they would if you stopped coming to class and disaster had not struck. To put it another way, it is better to learn and to know than it is to assume. I’m real sorry, but some of this might require you to read some directions. Fortunately, most of our disasters come with plenty of advance notice. In August of 2005 my friends and I left our place in Lakeview (NOLA) with the dogs and two days change of clothing and not much else. We figured that we would be coming right back. Seems kinda silly in retrospect.

Check Blackboard daily and your email 4 or 5 times each day. Check the Nicholls homepage first thing every morning. Lost power? I’m afraid that will be a poor excuse. Improvise. You have to be tough. You have to survive. You will have to thrive. Any excuses you give will be treated as just so much whining.

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