The following topics are covered throughout the academic year.
One year of college chemistry and the ability to do differential and integral calculus
The text book is "Physical Chemistry" by R. A. Alberty and R. J. Silby. We will cover chapters one through nine. The topics include; zeroth law of thermodynamics, ideal gases, real gases, equations of state, critical phenomena, work, heat, first law of thermodynamics, internal energy, expansions of gases, enthalpy, heat capacity, calorimetry, thermochemistry, spontaneity of a chemical reaction, Carnot heat engine, entropy, Clausius theorem and second law of thermodynamics, third law of thermodynamics, Gibbs and Helmholtz energy, thermodynamic properties of open and closed systems, fugacity, partial molar quantities, activity, chemical equilibrium in homogenous and heterogenous chemical systems, phase equilibrium in one and two component systems, Roult's law, Henry's law, and colligative properties.
One year of college chemistry and the ability to do differential and integral calculus.
The text book is "Physical Chemistry" by R. A. Alberty and R. J. Silby (John Wiley and Sons, Inc. 1992). We will cover chapters ten through fifteen. The topics include; history and origins of quantum theory, line spectra of hydrogen, wave-particle duality of light, Heisenberg uncertainty principle, Schrodinger equation, operators, particle in a box, harmonic oscillator, rigid rotor, hydrogen-like atoms, orbital and spin angular momenta, variation method, many electron atoms, Pauli exclusion principle, Hartree-Fock self consistent field method, atomic term symbols, atomic spectra, the Born-Oppenheimer approximation, hydrogen molecular ion, molecular orbital description of homo nuclear diatomic molecules, electron configuration and term symbols of homo nuclear diatomic molecules, valence bond theory, Huckel molecular orbital theory and molecular symmetry.
One year of college chemistry.
The text book is "Inorganic Chemistry" by G. L. Miessler and D. A. Tarr (Prentice Hall, 1991). We will cover the first seven chapters of the book. The topics include; introduction to inorganic chemistry, atomic structure and chemical periodicity, simple bonding theory, symmetry and group theory, molecular orbitals, acid-base and donor-acceptor chemistry, and chemistry of the main group elements.
Students who complete this portion during the fall and winter quarters (or have covered this material at another institution) will be permitted to take the special topic on "Coordination Chemistry" during the spring quarter.