CH104 - Fundamentals of Chemistry II
Spring 1999
| Instructor | Lisa M. Landino |
| Office/Phone | Science Center 530; 443-2434 |
| Email address | landino@middlebury.edu |
| When and where | Tuesday and Thursday 11:00 - 12:15; Science Center 117 |
| Office Hours | Wednesday, 9-11 am; Thursday, 2:30 - 3:30; Friday, 9-10 am |
1998-99 Catalog Description of Chemistry 104 Major topics include chemical kinetics, chemical equilibria, acid-base equilibria, chemical thermo-dynamics, electrochemistry, descriptive inorganic chemistry, and coordination chemistry. Lab work includes inorganic synthesis, qualitative analysis, and quantitative analysis in kinetics, acid-base and redox chemistry. 3 hrs lecture, 1 hour prelab and 3 hrs lab.
Required Text: Chemistry: The Central Science by Brown, LeMay and Bursten, 7th Edition, Prentice-Hall, 1997. Recommended Text: Student's Guide to Chemistry: The Central Science by James C. Hill, 7th Edition, Prentice-Hall, 1997. On reserve in Science Library: Solutions Guide to Red Exercises.
Exams and Grades
Your final grade will be based on a possible total of 100 points distributed as follows:
| Homework Problems (8 sets) | 10 points |
| Lecture Exam 1 - Tuesday, March 2 | 15 points |
| Lecture Exam 2 - Tuesday, April 6 | 15 points |
| Lecture Exam 3 - Tuesday, May 4 | 15 points |
| Final Lecture Exam - Saturday, May 15 | 20 points |
| Laboratory* | 25 points |
* You must complete all lab experiments and reports to pass the course.
Exams are scheduled from 7:00 to 8:30 PM. There are very few excuses that I will accept for missing an exam. Regardless of what the excuse is, I must be notified prior to the exam. Please call x2434 and leave me a message! My voice mail will indicate the date and time that you attempted to reach me. An official excuse from the Dean of Students' Office is required if you need to reschedule the final exam.
Letter grades will be determined according to the following standard scale:
| Grade | % |
| A+ | 97.0 - 100 |
| A | 93.0 - 96.9 |
| A- | 90.0 - 92.9 |
| B+ | 87.0 - 89.9 |
| B | 83.0 - 86.9 |
| B- | 80.0 - 82.9 |
| C+ | 77.0 - 79.9 |
| C | 73.0 - 76.9 |
| C- | 70.0 - 72.9 |
| D | 55.0 - 69.9 |
| F | < 55 |
| Date | Lecture Topic | Reading in textbook |
| Feb 9, 11, 16, 18 | Chemical Kinetics; HW1 due on 2/16/99 | Chapter 14 |
| Feb 18, 23, 25 | Chemical Equilibrium; HW2 due on 2/25/99 | Chapter 15 |
| March 2, 1999 | EXAM 1 on Chapters 14 and 15; 7:00 to 8:30 PM | |
| March 2, 4, 9, 11, 16 | Acid-Base Equilibria; HW3 due on 3/9/99; HW4 due on 3/18/99 | Chapter 16 |
| March 18, 30, and April 1 | Additional Aspects of Aqueous Equilibria HW5 due on 4/5/99 | Chapter 17 |
| April 6, 1999 | EXAM 2 on Chapters 16 and 17; 7:00 to 8:30 PM | |
| April 6, 8 | Chemical Thermodynamics; HW 6 due on 4/13/99 | Chapter 19 |
| April 13, 15, 20, 22, 27 | Electrochemistry; HW 7 due on 4/22/99 | Chapter 20 |
| May 4, 1999 | EXAM 3 on Chapters 19 and 20; 7:00 to 8:30 PM | |
| April 29, May 4, 6 | Chemistry of Coordination Compounds; HW 8 due on 5/6/99 | Chapter 24 |
| May 15, 1999 | FINAL EXAM - 9:00 AM to noon in SC117 |
Homework assignments: Homework problems for the semester are assigned below. Any changes to the assignments or the due dates will be announced in class. You can work on homework problems with other members of the class although, CLEARLY it is a violation of the Honor Code to simply copy someone's homework! I plan to announce other problems from your book and from other books that you can work on. These additional problems will not be graded but may show up on an exam. :-)
| Problem Set | Due Date | Homework Problems |
| 1 | Tuesday, February 16 | Chapter 14: 4, 8, 10, 18, 22, 30, 36 |
| 2 | Thursday, February 25 | Chapter 14: 40, 46, 48, 58, 62, 70, 73 Chapter 15: 6, 12, 18, 32, 40 |
| 3 | Tuesday, March 9 | Chapter 16: 4, 6, 11, 16, 20, 24, 30, 34, 40, 52 |
| 4 | Thursday, March 18 | Chapter 16: 58, 61a,c, 66, 68, 74, 78, 82, 86, 89, 97, 98 |
| 5 | Monday, April 5 | Chapter 17: 6, 12, 17, 20, 26, 28, 40, 46,50, 56, 69, 75 |
| 6 | Tuesday, April 13 | Chapter 19: 24, 28, 38, 40, 42, 54, 67, 68, 69 |
| 7 | Tuesday, April 22 | Chapter 20: 2, 4, 8, 14, 28, 30, 34, 38, 48, 51, 66, 74 |
| 8 | Thursday, May 6 | Chapter 24: 2, 6, 8, 14, 18, 20, 24, 30 |
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