General Chemistry
Summer 2001


Chemistry Reading Assignments:

General Chemistry I:
 
Lecture Date: Topic: Reading in 
Brown, LeMay & Bursten
June 25 Historical Background & The Tools of the Trade Sections 1.1, 1.2, 2.1
June 26 The Tools of the Trade Sections 1.3 - 1.6
June 27 Atomic Structure & The Periodic Table Sections 2.2 - 2.4
July 2 Ions & Ionic Compounds; Chemical Nomenclature; Chemical Equations Sections 2.5 - 2.7, 3.1-3.3
July 3 The Mole; Chemical Equations & Stoichiometry
Quiz #1 (covers chapters 1 & 2)
Sections 3.4 - 3.6
July 4 Have a Happy Fourth!
July 9 Stoichiometry (cont.) Sections 3.6, 3.7
July 10 The Gas Laws Chapter 10; 
Sections 13.4, 13.5
July 11 Phase Changes; Solutions & Concentrations 
Quiz #2 (covers chapters 2 & 3)
Sections 11.5, 11.6, 4.5,  13.4, 
July 16 Solutions (continued); An Introduction to Thermochemistry  Sections 4.6, 13.5, 5.1 - 5.3
July 17 Thermochemistry (cont.) Sections 5.4 - 5.7
July 18 Thermochemistry (cont.)
Quiz #3 (covers chapters 3, 10, 11)
Sections 5.4 - 5.7
July 23 Introduction to Chemical Kinetics Sections 14.1 - 14.4
July 24 Chemical Kinetics (continued) Sections 14.5 - 14.8
July 25 Catalysis; Nuclear Chemistry
Quiz #4 (covers chapters 4, 5, 13, 11)
Chapter 21

General Chemistry II:
 
Lecture Date: Topic: Reading in 
Brown, LeMay & Bursten
July 30 Electronic Structure of Atoms Sections 6.1 - 6.6
July 31 Orbitals & Electron Configurations Sections 6.7 - 6.9; 7.1-7.4
August 1 Periodicity & Ionic Bonding
Quiz #5 (covers chapters 14 & 21)
Sections 7.1 - 7.4; 8.2 - 8.3
August 6 Covalent Bonding: Lewis Structures, The Octet Rule, and Its Exceptions Sections 8.1, 8.4, 8.8
August 7 Electronegativity & Resonance Sections 8.5 - 8.7
August 8 Molecular Geometry & Intermolecular Forces
Quiz #6 (covers chapters 6, 7, 8)
Sections 9.1 - 9.3, 11.2
August 13 Hybrid Orbitals & Molecular Orbital Theory Sections 9.4 - 9.8
August 14 Introduction to Equilibrium Sections 15.1-15.5
August 15 LeChâtelier's Principle; Introduction to Acid-Base Equilibrium Quiz #6 (covers chapters 8, 9) Sections 15.6, 16.1 - 16.3

Review Assignments.


Last Modified: 8/13/2001
Created: 6/18/2001