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