Humboldt State University ® Department of Chemistry

Richard A. Paselk

Chem 109
Spring 2008 Tentative Office: SA560a
Office Hours: T 1000-1150, W 1600-1650, Th 1000-1050, F 1400-1450; other times by appointment

Discussion Schedule
Phone: x 5719
Home: 822-1116
e-mail: rap1@humboldt.edu

Syllabus: See General Chemistry on my Web Page (http://www.humboldt.edu/~rap1)

Check this page WEEKLY for Discussion topics, Quiz topics etc.!

 
Week

Discussion/Exercise
Quiz
1 (1/21-25)
No Discussion first of week due to Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday
No Quiz
2 (1/28-2/1)

Laboratory Measurements and Significant Figures - Discussion Manual - LA & PS-A; Chap 1 homework - significant figures, exponential notation, solving problems with dimensional analysis.

1/Sig figs; Dimen Anal
3 (2/4-8) Discussion Study Module 1 (Nomenclature; Atomic Structure); Chap 2 & Chap 3.1-3.2 homework. DSM 1 Report due at beginning of period! 2/Naming Cmpds; Atoms
4 (2/11-15) Discussion Study Module 2 (moles-limiting reactants); Chap 3.3-3.10 homework. DSM 2 Report due at beginning of period! 3/Naming; Limiting reactant
5 (2/18-22) Discussion Study Module 3 (Net ionic reactions - precipitation, acid/base; Redox balancing by half-reactions) Chap 4 homework 4/Net Ion & redox bal.
6 (2/25-29) Discussion Study Module 4 (gases and gas law problems) Chap 5 homework 5/Gas names; gas prob.
7 (3/3-7) Discussion Study Module 5 (calorimetry, Hess Law problems) Chap 6 homework 6/Cal., Hess prob.
8 (3/10-14) Discussion Study Module 5 (calorimetry ONLY) Discussion Study Module 6 (energy & light) Chap 6 & 7 homework. DSM 6 Report due at beginning of period! 7/Cal., EM energy
9 (3/17-21)
Spring Break
10 (3/24-28) Discussion Study Module 7 (Quantum numbers; electronic configurations) Chapter 7 homework for Quantum Numbers (QN), electron configurations in atoms, and the Periodic Table and Periodicity. DSM 7 Report due at beginning of period! 8/QN, Elec. Config.; Per.Tble
11 (3/31-4/4)

 

Discussion cancelled due to Cesar Chavez Holiday

Lewis Structures - Discussion Manual - PS-G; Do Problem on your own - should be completed before Molecular Geometry discussion week 12! No Discussion Module.

No Quiz
12 (4/7-11) Discussion Study Module 8 (Lewis Structures, VSEPR Theory and Polarity) Molecular Geometry - Discussion Manual - LN. DSM 8 Report due at beginning of period! 9/LS & Mol. Geom.
13 (4/14-18) Chapter 10.1, 10.2, and 10.8 along with relevant Homework Problems (29-49 & 81-89) 10/Weak Forces, Vapor Pressure and Enthalpy
14 (4/21-25) Discussion Study Module 9 (Colligative Properties) Chapter 11.4-11.7 along with relevant Homework Problems on Schedule 11/Colligative properties, Concentration.
15 (4/28-5/2) Discussion Study Module 10 (Chemical Equilibria) Chapter 13 along with relevant Homework Problems on Schedule 12/Le Chat. Prin.; Chem. Equil. Problems.
16 (5/5-9) Discussion Study Module 11 (pH and Buffers {Acid/Base Equilibria}) Chapter 14.-7 & 15.1-2 along with relevant Homework Problems on Schedule 13/pH and Buffer problems


 

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