General chemistry summer 2002
Reading assignments


1st session Date Chapter Pages 
(Munowitz) 
Lab 
Week 1 M 6/24/02 MM Introduction
MM 1 Fundamental concepts
1-13
13-43
 
  Tu 6/25/02 MM 2 Atoms and molecules 43-75 Designing a model air bag
  W 6/26/02 Workshop on balancing equations: Why are greenhouse gas concentrations rising?    
Week 2 M 7/1/02 MM 10 Macroscopic to microscopic - gases and kinetic theory 351-393  
  Tu 7/2/02 MM 11 Disorder-order and phase transitions 393-435 Determining the partial pressure carbon dioxide in breath
  W 7/3/02 Workshop on using supercritical carbon dioxide as a solvent 
Quiz 1
   
Week 3 M 7/8/02 MM 12 Equilibrium - The stable state 435-461  
  Tu 7/9/02 MM 13 Energy, heat and chemical change 461-489 Nutty calorimetry
  W 7/10/02 Entropy workshop 
Quiz 2
   
Week 4 M 7/15/02 MM 14 Free Energy and the direction of change 489-527  
  Tu 7/16/02 MM 15 Making accommodations - solubility and molecular recognition 527-569 Solubility and spontaneity
  W 7/17/02 Oz 1A When did the ozone hole form? Why do we need ozone?
Quiz 3
   
Week 5 M 7/22/02 Oz 2A, 2B, 2C Does oxygen chemistry explain the ozone hole?
MM 18 Kinetics - the course of chemical reactions
643-685  
  Tu 7/23/02 Oz 3 Does gaseous chlorine chemistry explain the ozone hole? Oz 2D: Iodine clock
  W 7/24/02 Oz 5  How is Antarctic chemistry unique? 
Session review
Quiz 4
   
2nd session        
Week 1/6 M 7/29/02 Session 1 review 
MM16 Acids and bases

569-607
 
  Tu 7/30/02 MM16 Acids and bases 569-607 The chemistry of antacid tablets (titration lab)
  W 7/31/02 Acids and bases workshop
No quiz
   
Week 2/7 M 8/5/02 MM17 Chemistry and electricity 607-643  
  Tu 8/6/02 MM17 Chemistry and electricity 607-643 Alchemy
  W 8/7/02 Electrochemistry workshop
Quiz 5
   
Week 3/8 M 8/12/02 MM4 Light and matter; St1 The nature of light 103-145  
  Tu 8/13/02 St2 Blackbody radiation, color and temperature 145-177 MM 5 Quantum theory of the hydrogen atom; 
St 3 One-electron atoms and ions
  W 8/14/02 MM6 Periodic properties of the elements; St4 Multi-electron atoms
Quiz 6
177-217  
Week 4/9 M 8/19/02 St5 What do we know about stars from stellar spectra?  
  Tu 8/20/02 MM7 Covalent bonding and molecular orbitals  218-260 Spectrophotometric determination of an equilibrium constant
  W 8/21/02 MM20 Spectroscopy and analysis
Quiz 7
721-751  
Week 5/10 M 8/26/02 MM8 Some organic and biochemical species and reactions 261-297  
  Tu 8/27/02 MM8 Some organic and biochemical species and reactions 261-297 Making soap
  W 8/28/02 Workshop on molecular spectroscopy
Quiz 8
   
Week 6/11   Evaluation conferences    
                                last updated: Wednesday, July 15 2002.