ST. PETERSBURG COLLEGE

 

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                                                         GENERAL CHEMISTRY

CHM   1046                             AND QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS II                                 ___3__

Prefix      Number                                                              Course Title                                                                                Cr.Hrs.

 

 

 

  A.   Course Description:

 

 

         Prerequisite: CHM 1045, and CHM 1045L, and MAC 1105, and MAC 1106. Corequisite: CHM 1046L. This course is a continuation of  General Chemistry and Qualitative Analysis II and extends the study of chemical principles in thermodynamics, kinetics, acid-base reactions, oxidation-reduction, electrochemistry, nuclear chemistry, and gaseous and solution equilibra. Forty-seven 47 contact hours.

 

 

 B.     Major Learning Outcomes:

 

         1.   The student will be able to comprehend be able to describe the nature of gas phase equilibrium systems.

 

         2.   The student will be able to understand andbe able to apply the principles of chemical kinetics.

 

         3.   The student will be able to understand be able to explain the nature of aqueous solution systems and apply the principles of solubility to problems involving these systems.

 

         4.   The student will be able to understand andbe able to apply acid-base chemical principles.

 

         5.   The student will be able to comprehend be able to explain the nature of aqueous ionic equilibrium systems.

 

         6.   The student will be able to understand be able to explain and analyze the formation and properties of coordination compounds and complex ions.

 

         7.   The student will be able to understand be able to describe and analyze the properties of electrochemical systems involving oxidation-reduction reactions.

 

8.      The student will be able to understand andbe able to  apply the principles of chemical thermodynamics.

 

         9.    The student will be able to explain principles of radioactive decay.

 

 

 

 

C.     Course Objectives Stated in Performance Terms:

 

         1.   The student will be able to be able to describecomprehend the nature of gas phase equilibrium systems by:.

 

               The student will be able to:

 

               a.   writing the corresponding expression for KC Given when given a balanced equation for a reaction involving gases,. write the corresponding expression for Kc

 

               b.   Interpret interpreting the magnitude of Kc KC in relation to the extent of forward and reverse reactions.

 

               c.   For using a given equation, calculatecalculate the numerical value of KcKC , and know the equilibrium concentrations of all species.

 

               d.   For calculating the numerical value of KC, knowing the original concentrations of all species and the equilibrium concentration of one species for a given equation, .calculate the numerical value of Kc knowing the original concentrations of all species and the equilibrium concentration of one species.

 

               e.   predicting the direction in which a chemical system will move to reach equilibrium when Given given the value of KcKC. predict the direction in which a chemical system will move to reach equilibrium.

 

               f.    predicting the equilibrium concentration of one species, knowing the concentrations of all other species at equilibrium when Given given the value of KCKc, .predict the equilibrium concentration of one species, knowing the concentrations of all other species at equilibrium.

 

               g.   predicting the equilibrium concentrations of all species, given their initial concentrations Given when given the value of KCKc. predict the equilibrium concentrations of all species, given their initial concentrations.

 

 

               h.   predicting the effect of a change in number of moles, volume, or temperature upon the position of an equilibrium by Using using Le Chatelier's Principle., predict the effect of a change in number of moles, volume, or temperature upon the position of an equilibrium.

 

         2.   The student will be able to be able to understand and apply the principles of chemical kinetics by:

 

               The student will be able to:

 

               a.   Determinedetermining the order of a reaction, given the rate as a function of concentration of reactants.

 

               b.   Determinedetermining the order of a reaction, given the concentration of reactant asaas a function of time.

 

               c.   writing a rate expression for the reaction, and calculating the rate constant given the rate at a known concentration Given when given the order of a reaction,. write a rate expression for the reaction, and calculate the rate constant given the rate at a known concentration.

 

               d.   Useusing rate equations to determine original concentrations and the rate constants.

 

               e.   Useusing the rate equations to determine the time required for the concentration of reactant to drop to a particular value, given the rate constant and the original concentration.  (Also be able to determinedetermining the initial concentration given the concentration at some particular time).

 

               f.    calculating the other quantity Given when given either the half-life or rate constant for a first order reaction. calculate the other quantity.

 

               g.   Describe describing and assessing energy diagrams showing energy of activation and enthalpy change and describe describing the effect of catalysis.

 

               h.   List listing and describe describing the three factors which effect rates of reaction according to collision theory.

 

               i.    Useusing the Arrhenius equation to obtain the rate constant at T2 T2 given its value and T1 T1 and the energy of activation.

 

                j.   Useusing the Arrhenius equation to obtain the activation energy given rate constants at two different temperatures.

 

         3.   The student will be able to be able to explainunderstand the nature of aqueous solution systems and apply the principles of solubility to problems involving these systems by:.

 

               The student will be able to:

 

               a.   predicting whether it will be an electrolyte or a nonelectrolyte in aqueous solution when Given given the formula for a substance,. predict whether it will be an electrolyte or a nonelectrolyte in aqueous solution.

 

               b.   Predict predicting the relative solubilities of different solutes in water.

 

               c.   Predict predicting the effect on solubility of a change in temperature or pressure.

 

               d.   Writewriting balanced net ionic equations for the formation of a solution, and for the formation of precipitates.

 

               e.   Utilizing using an equation for a precipitation reaction, relaterelating the amounts of reactants and products.

 

         4.   The student will be able to be able to understand and apply acid-base chemical principles by:.

 

               The student will be able to:

 

               a.   Given giving the following: [H++], [OH-], pH, or pOH calculatecalculating any of the others.

 

               b.   Writewriting equations for the dissociation of strong acids or strong bases.

 

               c.   Writewriting equations for the dissociation equilibria of weak acids and weak bases in aqueous solutions.

 

               d.   Predict predicting whether a given substance will give an acidic, basic, or neutral aqueous solution, and writewriting an equation for the solution system.

 

               e.   Writewriting equations for the reactions of acids and bases, and describe describing the solutions that result as acidic, basic, or neutral. 

 

                f.   Useusing titration data for an acid-base reaction to determine: the concentration of an acid or a base in aqueous solutions, and molecular mass of an acid or a base.

 

               g.   Select selecting an acid-base indicator appropriate for a given acid-base titration.

 

               h.   Classify classifying any given species in a reaction as an acid or base, according to the Arrhenius, Bronsted and Lowry, or Lewis models and.  Indicate  indicating the conjugate acid-base pairs.

 

         5.   The student will be able to be able to explaincomprehend the nature of aqueous ionic equilibrium systems by:.

 

               The student will be able to:

 

               a.   Writewriting an equilibrium constant expression for KspKSP, for the solution of as lightly soluble ionic substance; Ka KA for the dissociation of a weak acid in water solution; and KbKB, for the reaction of a weak base with water.

 

               b.   Utilize using equilibrium constant expressions to determine equilibrium concentrations and equilibrium constants associated with ionic equilibria.

 

               c.   Predict predicting the formation of precipitates or solubility using solubility product, Ksp KSP data.

 

               d.   Utilize using KAKa, KBKb, and Kw KW as well as appropriate equilibrium constant expressions to predict equilibrium concentrations in acid-base systems.

 

               e.   Utilize using acid and base dissociation constants to determine pH and concentrations in buffer solutions.

 

                f.   Calculatecalculating the equilibrium constant for a reaction, given the equilibrium constant for the reverse reaction, and/or equilibrium constants for two or more other, related reactions.  State Stating the law of multiple equilibria.

 

         6.   The student will be able to be able to explain and analyzeunderstand the formation and properties of coordination compounds and complex ions by:.

 

               The student will be able to:

 

               a.   determining the charge on the central metal atom when Given given the formula of a complex ion or coordination compound, .determine the charge on the central metal atom.

 

               b.   Illustrate illustrating the geometry of complex ions given their formula by determining the coordination number, relating it to the geometry, and sketching the complex.

 

               c.   Recognize recognizing geometrical isomers, and drawing structural formula that distinguish between them.

 

               d.   Writewriting the electron configuration and orbital diagram for a given transition metal or its ions.

 

               e.   drawing an orbital diagram for the electrons around the central metal atom and showing the hybrid orbitals used when Given given the composition of a complex and its geometry,. draw an orbital diagram for the electrons around the central metal atom and show the hybrid orbitals used.

 

         7.   The student will be able to be able to describe and analyzeunderstand the properties of electrochemical systems involving oxidation-reduction reactions by:.

 

               The student will be able to:

 

               a.   Determine determining the oxidation number of each atom in a molecule or an ion when given the molecular or ionic formula.

 

               b.   Balance balancing redox reactions using the half-equation method.

 

               c.   Label labeling the oxidizing and the reducing agents and the species being oxidized and reduced in a balanced oxidation-reduction reaction.

 

               d.   Utilize using standard voltages to:  decide whether or not a given redox reaction will occur at standard concentration and pressure at 298K.

 

               e.   For using a given redox reaction, writewrite the expression for the Nernst equation and useUuse the equation to calculate: the voltage E of a cell, given E0E0, and the concentrations of all other species.

 

                f.   For using a reaction, writewrite the expression for the Nernst equation and then use it to calculate the cell voltage, given the standard voltage and concentrations of all species.

 

               g.   calculating the concentration of one of the reactant species when Given given the balanced equation for a redox reaction and titration date for the reaction,. calculate the concentration of one of the reactant species.

 

         8.   The student will be able to understand and be able to pply the principles of chemical thermodynamics by:.

 

                    The student will be able to:

 

               a.   calculating the standard entropy change for a reaction when Given given the standard molar entropies of reactants and products,. calculate the standard entropy change for a reaction.

 

               b.   Given giving the enthalpy change and the standard entropy change for a reaction, calculatecalculate the standard free energy change at 298K and at any other temperature.

 

               c.   calculating the temperature at which equilibrium will exist at 1 atmosphere when Given given the enthalpy change and the standard entropy change for a reaction,. calculate the temperature at which equilibrium will exist at 1 atm.

 

               d.   Qquantitatively relaterelating the standard free energy change and the E0 for a given reaction at 298K.

 

               e.   Qquantitatively relaterelating the standard free energy change and the K for a reaction in an aqueous system.

 

f.     f.            Apply applying the laws of thermochemistry to calculations involving standard entropy change, standard free energy change, and enthalpy change.

 

9.      The student will be able to explain principles of radioactive decay by:

                       

a.       identifying and describing the types of nuclear changes in an atom.

 

b.      quantitatively relating nuclear changes with atomic mass changes.

 

c.       predicting nuclear stability from atomic number and atomic mass.

 

d.      calculating the amount of a decaying substance remaining after a specified length of time.

 

e.       calculating the mass and energy changes for nuclear reactions.

 

f.        describing nuclear fusion and nuclear fission.

 

 

 

D.     Criteria Performance Standard:

 

         Upon successful completion of the course the student will, with a minimum of 70% accuracy, demonstrate mastery of each of the above stated objectives through classroom measures developed by individual course instructors.

 

 

 

 

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