General Chemistry 1

Below are all the topics covered within the course. Each topic will have an associated lesson and then problem set with worked, step-by-step solutions.

1.     What is Chemistry, and does it Matter?

2.     The Periodic Table

3.     General Chemical properties of the Elements

4.     Experimentation: Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis

5.     The International System of Units (SI System): Understanding Units and Derived Units

6.     Working with Exponents

7.     Scientific Notation

8.     The SI Prefixes

9.     Unit Conversions/Dimensional Analysis

10.  Accuracy versus Precision in Experimentation

11.  Measurement: Significant Figures

12.  Overview: Topics 1-11

13.  Atomic Theory

14.  Theories of Atomic Structure: Electrons, Protons, and Neutrons

15.  Atomic Numbers and Atomic Masses

16.  The Mole

17.  Overview 2: Topics 13-16

18.  Nuclear transmutation

19.  Radioactivity and its Different Forms

20.  Nuclear Fusion and Fission

21.  Phases of Matter and Solutions

22.  The Covalent Bond

23.  Ions and the Ionic Bond

24.  The Molecular Formula and Naming of Chemical Compounds

25.  Polyatomic Ions and Oxidation States

26.  Overview 3: Topics 18-25

27.  The Chemical Equation: Stoichiometry and Balancing Chemical Equations

28.  Types of Chemical Reactions Part 1

29.  Types of Chemical Reactions Part 2

30.  Molecular Weights/Molar Masses

31.  Limiting Reactants and Reagents

32.  Yields: Theoretical and Percent and Percent Error

33.  Percent Composition of Compounds and Solutions

34.  The Empirical Formula

35.  Overview 4: Topics 27-34

36.  Concentrations of Reagents/Reactants in Solution

37.  Dilutions

38.  Introduction to Acids and Bases

39.  Stoichiometry in Solution and Neutralization Reactions

40.  Titrations

41.  Electrolytes

42.  Ionic equations and Net Ionic Equations

43.  Precipitation Reactions

44.  Oxidation and Reduction and Intro to Redox

45.  Redox Reactions in Solution: Redox Stoichiometry

46.  Balancing Redox Reactions, Half-Reactions

47.  Balancing Redox Reactions in Acidic Solutions

48.  Balancing Redox Reactions in Basic Solutions

49.  Overview 5: Topics 36-48

50.  Electromagnetic Energy and the Electromagnetic Spectrum

51.  The Atomic Line Spectra

52.  The Balmer-Rydberg Equation

53.  Particle and Wave Behavior of Matter

54.  Basic Quantum Mechanics and its Application in Chemistry

55.  The Wave Function and Quantum Numbers

56.  ­Construction of Electron Orbitals using Quantum Mechanics

57.  Electron Spin and the Pauli Exclusion Principle

58.  Electron Configuration of Atoms

59.  ­The Nuclear Effective Charge, intro to Electronegativity

60.  Overview 6: Topics 50-59

61.  Introduction and formation of Molecules

62.  ­The Octet Rule

63.  Covalent Bonds and their Strength

64.  Polar Covalent Bonding

65.  Lewis-Dot Structures

66.  Formal Charge

67.  Resonance

68.  Understanding Bonding through Orbitals; Valence Bond Theory

69.  Molecular Geometry and the VSEPR Model

70.  Hybridization in Bonding

71.  Creating Molecules through Orbital Overlap

72.  Understanding Bonding through Orbitals; Molecular Orbital Theory

73.  Combining both MO Theory and VB Theory

74.  Overview of Molecular geometry and VSEPR Valence Bond Theory

75.  Ionic Bonds

76.  Ionic Solids

77.  Lattice Energy

78.  Overview 7: Topics 61-77

79.  Energy Conservation, Work

80.  The Heat of Reaction Enthalpy

81.  Exothermic versus Endothermic Reactions: Changes in States of Matter

82.  The Standard State

83.  Hess’s Law

84.  Bond Dissociation Energy

85.  Standard Heat of Formation

86.  Heats of Combustion

87.  Entropy

88.  The Concept of Free Energy

89.  Calorimetry

90.  Overview 8: Topics 79-89