Chemistry 101

Course Prerequisite/Co-requisite: MAT-090

Course Description

This course is an introductory chemistry course for students who are not attempting a science major. The content of the course complies with the Core curriculum for introductory chemistry. The course introduces basic chemical principles and laws, to include, atomic theory, the periodic table, nomenclature, chemical formulas, structure and bonding, stoichiometry, physical states, properties of solutions and acid-base chemistry. The student should have some background in algebra.

The laboratory component of the course is designed to compliment the material presented in the lecture.

The instructor will maintain a webpage for this course under www.ojc.edu. The webpage will contain test information, laboratory information and chapter review questions.

Course Objectives:

On successful completion of this course the student should know:

  1. Recognize terminology, natural laws pertaining to chemistry, laboratory techniques, chemical formulas and their names and chemical equations.
  2. Identify and apply the concepts of stoichiometry, atomic theory, periodic law, chemical bonding, physical states, solutions and acid-base chemistry.
  3. Identify above concepts and apply them to the endeavors defined for the laboratory.
  4. Apply the scientific method to the laboratory activities.

Required textbook and other materials

Introductory Chemistry A Foundation, 5th Edition, S. S. Zumdahl, D. C. Houghton Mifflin Co., 2004.

Bound laboratory notebooks, Scientific Notebook, Inc., are available at the OJC bookstore.  Laboratory reports will not be accepted unless they are submitted in these notebooks.

Course Outline - The outline below does not represent the order of presentation and was taken verbatim for the CCCS guidelines.

  1. Introduction
    1. Terminology
    2. Classification of Matter
    3. Physical and Chemical Changes of Matters
    4. Measurement including Significant Figures
    5. Introduction to Dimensional Analysis
  2. Atomic Theories and Periodic Table
    1. Atomic Theories and Structure of the Atom
    2. Relative mass and the mole
    3. Electronic Arrangement and the Periodic Table
      1. Electron Configuration
      2. Orbital Notation
      3. Classification of the elements
      4. Property Trends
    4. Classification of the Elements and the Periodic Table
    5. Property Trends and Periodic Table
  3. Chemical Bonds and Molecules
    1. Noble Gas Configuration and Chemical Bonding
      1. Ionic
      2. Covalent
      3. Polar Covalent
    2. Lewis Dot Configuration
    3. Polyatomic Ions
    4. Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion Theory (VSEPR)
    5. Polarity
  4. Nomenclature and Formulas of Compounds
    1. Oxidation Number
    2. Ionic Compounds
    3. Covalent Compounds
  5. Chemical Reactions
    1. Chemical Equations and Terminology
    2. Types of Chemical Reactions
    3. Energy and Reactions
    4. Stoichiometry
      1. Limiting Reagent
      2. Percent Yield
  6. States of Matter
    1. Gas State
      1. Pressure
      2. Gas Laws (Boyles’, Charles’, Ideal Gas, Dalton’s)
      3. Stoichiometry
    2. Condensed States
      1. Liquid State
      2. Solid State
      3. Intermolecular Forces
    3. Changes in States of Matter
  7. Solutions
    1. Terminology
    2. Concentration Units and Preparation
    3. Colligative Properties
  8. Reaction Rates and Equilibrium
    1. Rates and Rate Law
    2. Factors that influence rate
    3. Chemical Equilibrium and the Equilibrium Expression
    4. LeChatelier’s Principle
  9. Acid/Base Chemistry
    1. Acid/Base Theories
    2. Nomenclature
    3. pH
    4. Strengths of Acids and Bases
    5. Titration and Stoichiometry
    6. Buffers
  10. Nuclear Chemistry
    1. Radioactivity
    2. Nuclear Equations
    3. Measurement
    4. Half-Life