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CHEM107 GENERAL CHEMISTRY

Course Objectives

By the end of this course freshmen engineering students will understand the basic structure of matter from atoms-to-molecules-to-compounds and predict the outcome of reactions in gas, liquid and solid state.

Course Content

(One term course for students of EE, CE, IE, FDE, ENVE, CENG, AEE, ME.) Introduction to atomic and electronic structure, chemical bonding, molecular structure and bonding theories, properties of liquids, solids and solutions, chemical equilibrium, kinetics, thermodynamics, metal complexes, organic compounds and nuclear chemistry.

Course Learning Outcomes

• Predict the reaction products in gas state using ideal and real gas law,
• Determine the electronic transitions from the wavelength of radiation absorbed by an atom or emitted from an excited atom,
• Predict compounds that may form using the periodic table,
• Use the electron configuration of atoms and predict cation, anion and energetics (ionization energies, electron affinites),
• Write Lewis electron structures and predict geometry of molecules and their energy levels using various models,
• Use the phase diagrams to predict phase of matter; gas, liquid, solid or super critical fluid,
• Describe the arrangement of atoms in common cubic crystal lattices,
• Use the band theory to describe the bonding in solids,
• Identify intermolecular forces and compare colligative properties, boiling and melting points of substances,
• Describe the growth of polymers through addition and condensation reactions of monomers,
• Understand the first law of thermodynamics and analyze energy exchanges as work and heat,
• Use calorimetric data to obtain internal energy and enthalpy for chemical reactions
• Calculate the heat energy exchanged in a chemical reaction
• State the second law of thermodynamics to predict the spontaneity of a reactions,
• Use the tabulated data to predict the free energy and spontaneity of a reaction,
• Use the method of initial rates and graphical methods to determine the rate laws and predict the reaction mechanism,
• Write the equilibrium constant for experimental data,
• Calculate the equilibrium concentrations from initial concentrations using equilibrium constant,
• Calculate molar solubility from solubility constant,
• Calculate pH and degree of ionization for weak acids and bases,
• Write and balance oxidation-reduction reactions,
• Use the standard reduction potentials and calculate the cell potentials for standard and non-standard conditions,
• Calculte the amount of metal plated, the amount of current needed or the time required for an electrolysis process.