is the science of molecules. The field of Chemistry is vast and powerful, and we
hope to glean an idea of its structure and beauty. We have started with the basic
ideas underlying almost all chemical concepts.
Some 'highlights' of the introductory topics we have covered in class are:
- Units (text pp. 10-14), Significant Figures
(text pp. 19-23, 55)
- Describing Atoms (text pp. 7, 34-56, 71) and
Molecules (text pp. 66-68, 74-75)
- Molecular Mass (text pp. 68-72),
Percent Composition (text pp. 18-19, 43,
73-77, 105-107)
- Counting Molecules (text pp. 51-56, 68-71, 102)
- Balancing Chemical Reactions
(text pp. 98-107, 118, 134, 143-149)
Determining
Limiting Reagents
(text pp. 112-117)
- Combustion Analysis
(text pp. 34, 76-78, 99-101, 211, 216, 228, 257-258)
- Naming Simple Compounds by Oxidation
State (text pp. 81-87) or by Stoichiometry (text
pp. 81-85, 932-934)
- Chemical Energy
(text pp. 204-205, 207-208, 214-215, 227-232, 702-703) and Enthalpy
(text pp. 216-227, 377)
- State Properties and Hess's Law (text pp. 218-221)
- Heats of Formation,
Heats of Reaction
- Heat Capacity (text pp. 207-210, 212)
- Calorimetry (text pp. 210-214)
Remember these Thermodynamic Terms:
- The System,
Boundary, and
Surroundings
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Properties of State.
Intensive, and
Extensive Properties
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A Path, or
Process during a
Change of State
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