Chemistry 1A
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Introduction
- administrative matters
- overview of course
Nuclear & Radiation Chemistry
- nucleons, nuclides and isotopes
- fusion
- natural radioactivity
- 4 decay processes
- nuclear stability
- kinetics of decay
- carbon dating - biological damage
- medical imaging
Wave Theory of Electrons and Resulting Atomic Energy Levels
Shape of Atomic Orbitals and Quantum Numbers Filling Energy Levels in Atoms Larger than Hydrogen
Atomic Electronic Spectroscopy
- elemental analysis
- atomic absorbance and emission
- relative independence of core electrons to bonding
- x-ray fluorescence
- generation of x-rays
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The Periodic Table and Periodic Trends
Bonding in H2 - MO theory
- energy levels
- the sigma orbital/bond
- stability due to electron delocalization
Bonding in O2, N2, C2H2and C2H4
- pi orbitals
- non-bonding orbitals (lone pairs)
- O3 and UV absorption Band Theory - MO in Solids
- conductivity in metals
- semi conductors and insulators
Polar Bonds
Ionic Bonding
- as a limiting case of MO theory
- lattice energies
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Lewis Structures
- as a simple approx. to MO theory
- octet rule
VSEPR - molecular shape
- application to larger molecules including organic molecules
- liquid crystals
Gas Laws
- effects of temperature and pressure on volume
- ideal gas law
- partial pressures
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Thermochemistry
- heat and temperature
- greenhouse effect
- kinetic and potential energy
Enthalpy and Entropy - heat capacity
- enthalpy
- enthalpy change in a reaction (endo- and exothermic)
- enthalpy as a state function
- Hess's Law
- heat of formation
- introduction to entropy
- CO2 /energy release from fuels
- use of H2 as an alternative fuel
Chemical Equilibrium
- equilibrium as a dynamic process
- the equilibrium constant
- the reaction quotient
- predicting direction of chemical change
- introduce particular equilibrium constants
- Kp and partial pressures
- Kc and units of concentration
- Ksp
- Ka and Kb; pKa and pKb
- equilibrium calculations
- Le Chatelier’s principle
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| Equilibrium and Thermochemistry in Industrial Processes Mining
- general principles
- example: Mining of copper
- example: The Steel Story
Top 10 chemicals produced in the world:
- special example, sulfuric acid , ammonia
Introductin to Electrochemistry voltaic or galvanic cells
- using half-reactions - table of standard reduction potentials Effect of concentration
- Nernst equation - link between E and K - concentration cells |
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Electrochemistry (Batteries & Corrosion)
Primary and secondary batteries
- how common batteries work? - fuel cells and how they work - corrosion and corrosion protection Electrolytic Cells - how does electrolysis work?
- concept of overpotential
- chlor-alkali process (H2, NaOH, Cl2 from seawater)
Types of Intermolecular Forces - dispersion forces
- Hydrogen bonding
Polymers and the Macromolecular Consequences of Intermolecular Forces - synthetic polymers
- biopolymers |
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TextbookBlackman, Bottle, Schmid, Mocerino and Wille, |