CCBC ESSEX        SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICS & SCIENCE
CHEMISTRY 123 - General Chemistry II    Section ED1
Fall 2010               Hours:    M,W, F - 10:10 - 11:05 a.m.    Room F112
Ronald L. Drisko, Ph.D.                and W 11:15 - 12:10 p.m.     Room F712
Office: F512
Office Hours:
   MWF - 9:00 – 10:00 a.m.
M - 11:15 a.m.- 12:10 p.m.
T,R – 9:00 - 9:30 a.m.
Phone:(443) 840-1478
Email: Rdrisko@ccbcmd.edu
Description:

CHEM 123--3 Credits--General Chemistry II serves as a continuation of CHEM 121; includes the study of liquids & solids, reactions & properties of solutions; discusses equilibrium, chemical kinetics, acid-base theory, thermodynamics, oxidation & reduction, & electrochemistry.
3 lecture hours & 1 recitation hour per week
Prerequisites: Minimum grades of C in CHEM 121 and CHEM 122
Concurrent enrollment in CHEM 124 is highly recommended. Credit by exam is available.

Overall Course Objectives

 

Upon completion of this course the student will be able to:

1. describe the models for the solid, liquid, and gas phases using kinetic molecular theory;
2. interpret phase diagrams;
3. demonstrate mastery of the concepts of molality and mole-fraction;
4. demonstrate ability to interconvert concentration units;
5. describe colligative properties and work problems associated with gases,
liquids and solids;
6. give a general expression for the chemical equilibrium of gases, of ions in
solution, weak acids and weak bases and solve problems associated with Le
Chatelier's Principle;
7. determine the rate expression of a chemical reaction given kinetic data and
other experimental results;
8. determine the activation energy of a chemical reaction given temperature and
kinetic data;
9. balance oxidation /reduction equations via the method of half reactions or
oxidation number;
10. determine the equilibrium constant from thermodynamic data;
11. determine the free energy of a chemical reaction from thermodynamic data.
(enthalpies and entropies of reaction);
12. determine the standard voltage of a given electrochemical reaction given a
table of reduction potentials;
13. work equilibrium problems using the Nernst equation; and
14. calculate nonstandard voltages using the Nernst equation.

Major Topics

I. Gases, Liquids, Solids and Changes in State
II. Phase Diagrams
III. Colligative Properties
IV. Chemical equilibrium of Gas Liquids, and Solids
V. Chemical Kinetics
VI. Redox Reactions
VII. Thermodynamics (Gibbs' Free Energy, Entropy, Enthalpy and Equilibrium)
VIII. Electrochemistry

Rationale

CHEM 123 (along with its laboratory component, CHEM 124) is a continuation of CHEM 121. It builds on the foundation laid in CHEM 121 as well as introduces additional topics that help to set a strong chemistry foundation for science students.

Evaluation

Three(3) Hour Tests will be given (55% of final grade). In addition, 20 % of the final grade will be determined by homework assignments (WileyPlus). A comprehensive final exam (25%) will be given during the final exam period (see tentative syllabus).

For the purpose of this document, a make-up exam is defined as an exam which is different from the exam taken by the class on an announced exam date.  If a student knows in advance that he/she cannot take the exam on the announced date, he/she should contact the instructor immediately to arrange to take the exam at another mutually agreed-to time.  If, on the announced date of an exam, a student is unable to be present to take the exam, he/she must contact the instructor by telephone or email on that day.  If arrangements can be made to take the exam before it is passed back to the class (usually the next class period after the exam was given), this is not a make-up.  If the instructor is not notified of a student's inability to take the exam on the scheduled date or if the student fails to appear to take the exam at the agreed-to date and time, except in extremely extenuating circumstances, the student will receive a score of zero for the missed exam.

The Final Exam in this course will be comprehensive and will consist of two parts. The first part will require approximately one hour and will be a standardized multiple choice exam prepared by the American Chemical Society. This exam has national standards which will allow us to compare our students' performance with that of students nationwide. The second hour of the final exam period will be a exam prepared by the instructor in the format of the Hour Exams. The Final Exam score will be the average of these two exam parts.
 

Hour Tests (3)
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55%
Homework -------------- 20%
Final Exam
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25%
100%
Final Average
Grade
90 - 100
A
80 - 89
B
70 - 79
C
60 - 69
D
< 60
F
 

Students are advised that the college operates a free tutoring program. The schedule of chemistry tutors is not yet available but students who feel that tutoring might be needed should contact the tutoring office in the Student success Center. The time to seek tutoring is before one gets in trouble in the course not after failing the first exam!
 

Each student is expected to attend class regularly. Students who miss lectures are responsible for obtaining notes and/or other information from classmates or from the instructor. It should be noted that attendance is monitored during the first three weeks of the semester.

Habitual lateness for lecture or laboratory sessions reveals a lack of respect for the instructor and fellow students as well. All students are expected to be present in the classroom when the lecture is expected to start (10:10). Students who arrive late for lecture interrupt the teaching/learning process of the classroom. If you must be late for lecture due to an unavoidable circumstance, please enter the classroom quietly and sit at the nearest available desk.

All cell phones, beepers or other types of electronic devices must be turned off during class times! Students are not permitted to use cell phones or to text message in the classroom. Failure to heed these rules may result in disciplinary action in accordance with the College's policies concerning disruptive behavior. Notebook computers may be used in class only for the taking of class notes. The instructor reserves the right to request the student to show him the file containg the class notes taken at any particular time in the class period.

Course Procedures

Course Materials

Chemistry: Matter and It's Changes , Fifth Edition by Brady & Senese
WileyPlus Access Card (may be purchased online at http://edugen.wiley.com/edugen/secure/index.uni)
Electronic Calculator (with exp or Yx functions)

Office Hours

All students are invited to avail themselves of the opportunity of meeting with the instructor during office hours. No appointment is necessary to confer with the instructor during these times. It must be stressed that some questions asked by a student during lecture may not be appropriately dealt with at that time as the time required to deal with a matter which is particular to only one student is time which is not available to the other members of the class. If the instructor asks a student to confer with him about a particular matter after class or during office hours, the student should not feel put-off but should take advantage of the chance to work with the instructor one on one.

Tentative Syllabus

Note: A number of short videos have been placed on my webpage (http://faculty.ccbcmd.edu/~rdrisko1/index.htm ). These videos will allow students to review concepts from CHEM 111 to get "up to speed" as we apply them to new situations in CHEM 123. There are also some videos on the first concepts we introduce in CHEM 123 -- in particular the relationships between the solid, liquid, and gas phase. Other videos will be added to this list as we progress to other topics throughout this semester.
READING ASSIGNMENTS
PROBLEM ASSIGNMENTS
Chapter 11, Sections 11.1-11.8, 11.12    
Chapter 11 Questions & Problems, due Sept 12
Chapter 12, Sections 12.1-12.8
   
Chapter 12 Questions & Problems, due Sept 19
Chapter 13, Sections 13.1-13.8
   
Chapter 13 Questions & Problems, due Oct 1
Chapters 11,12,13, Oct 6
Chapter 14, Sections 14. -14.7
   
Chapter 14 Questions & Problems, due Oct 15
Chapter 15, Sections 15.1-15.6
   
Chapter 15 Questions & Problems, due Oct 24
Chapter 16, Sections 16.1-16.7
  
Chapter 16 Questions & Problems, due Oct 31

Chapters 14,15, 16, Oct 27

Chapter 17, Sections17.1-17.5
 
Chapter 17 Questions & Problems, due Nov 7
Chapter 18, Sections 18.1-18.10
   
Chapter 18 Questions & Problems, due Nov 14
Chapter 19, Sections 19.1 - 19.7
Chapter 19 Questions & Problems, due Dec 5
Chapters 17,18,19, Dec 8
Final Exam, Dec 13; 10 -12

Important Dates
 

Last day to drop with 50% refund -----September 17

Thanksgiving Break (College Closed) ----November 25-26
Last day to drop -----November 5

Last day of classes -----December 11

 

Reading Assignments

Reading assignments for each chapter covered this semester are presented in the tentative syllabus. It is expected that students will read this material prior to the instructor’s going over it in lecture. This provides an opportunity for the student to anticipate which sections of a chapter may be troublesome and, hopefully, will stimulate questions as the material is presented in class. It should also be noted that the textbook provides complete solutions to many types of exercises assigned in the homework sets within the reading assignments. Such information provides an excellent resource and model for set-up and solution of the “classic” types of problems encountered in this course.

 

Homework

The homework assignments will be completed online using the WileyPlus interactive system. (A specific URL for access to this course and section in WileyPlus will be given in the first class. The assignments are listed above with tentative due dates. These online questions & Problems sets must be completed by the deadlines which will be set and will constiute 20% of the final grade. It cannot be emphasized too strongly that the homework constitutes the nucleus of material that the student is expected to know in this course. It is logical, therefore, that exam questions will be structured similarly to homework problems. In some situations items placed upon exams are taken directly from the homework!!

 

COLLEGE POLICIES FOR COURSE SYLLABI

For college-wide syllabus policies such as the Code of Conduct related to Academic Integrity and Classroom Behavior, please go to the MysyllabiPolicies Tab on the MyCCBC webpage

 

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