Course: General
Chemistry I
Reference Number:
306812/306813
Credits: 4
Semester: Fall
2009
Professor: Dr.
Edwin Thall
Office/Phone: C-110/646-2082
Office Hours: M-F
7:00A-7:50, MW 9:30A-10:20, T 9:30A-11:30, W 12:30P-1:30
Web Site: http://web.fccj.edu/~ethall
Email: ethall@fscj.edu
Course Description:
Designed primarily for majors in science,
engineering, pre-medicine, or pharmacy.
This course is designed to introduce students
to modern chemical concepts including
atomic structure and periodicity, chemical
bonding, states of matter, gas laws, and solution.
Text: Brady
& Senese, Chemistry: Matter and Its Changes, fifth edition, (2009).
Supplement: Thall,
2045C Lab Manual & Handouts
Suggested Text Problems:
Chapter 1 36-45,56-63
Chapter 2 11-13,33-36,50-54,57-65,70-74,76-79,90-101,104-105,128,129
Chapter 3 37-44,47-52,55-58,76-78,80-86,89,93-96,101-104,107-112,117-120123,125,126
EXAM #1 Chapters 1-3
Chapter 4 49-66,71-74,79-90,97-102,111,113
Chapter 5 25-30,33-38,43,44,47,48
Chapter 6 41,42,45-52,55,57-60,62-64,68-74,76
EXAM #2 Chapters 4-6
Chapter 7 31-36,91-136,141,145-149
Chapter 8 17-22,28-32,48—50,55-64,74-105
EXAM #3 Chapters 7/8
Chapter 9 50-83
Chapter 10 35-46,49-76
EXAM #4 Chapters 9/10
Final Exam 25% from each exam
Laboratory
Error Analysis, Density, TI83 Graphing, Salt
Determination, Reactions/Solubility, BaCl2
Hydrate,
Fe/CuSO 4,
NaHCO3/NaCl Mixture,CuSO 4.5H2O/CuSO4
Mixture, Standardize HCl Solution,
Na2CO3/NaCl Mixture,
Atomic Spectra, Heat of Fusion, Specific Heat, Heat of Reaction,
Spectrophotometry, Solubility Versus Temperature,
Molecular Geometry, Pressure Versus Volume,
Absolute Zero, Ideal Gas Constant, Molar Mass
Determination.
Course Evaluation:
A: 90+
B: 80-89 C: 70-79 D: 60-69
F: below 60
60% Exams (lowest score 1/7, other scores
2/7 each)
20% Final
20% Labs (includes 5% notebook)
If permission granted, makeup exams worth
90%
Florida House Bill 1545:
If first two attempts at credit
course unsuccessful (audit,IW,AW, W count as attempts), you
will be charged out-of-state
tuition (four times the cost of regular tuition) for third attempt.
Drops during first week do not
count as attempts.