Week 1 - Jan. 21 lecture Introduction to Chemistry 104

- Jan. 23 lecture The Equilibrium Constant 15

- Jan. 25 first hour (a) group work writing expressions, Kc and calculations

- Jan. 25 second hour (b) lecture Predicting reaction changes

Week 2 - Jan. 28 lecture Factors affecting Equilibrium

- Jan. 30 group work practicing prediction; develop intuition

- Feb. 1 (a) lecture Example Applications to Reactions:

Decomposition, Solubility, Acid/Base, Complexation

(b) group work Application to Geochemistry: Rock Weathering

Week 3 - Feb. 4 lecture Intro to "the Force": Free energy and Entropy 19

- Feb. 6 group work Discover how DG relates to S

- Feb. 8 (a) lecture Derivation of DG; meaning of DG(f)

(b) group work free energy calcs and intuition building

Week 4 - Feb. 11 lecture Acid/Base definitions 16

- Feb. 15 (a) lecture Weak Acid/Base Equilibria

(b) group work differentiating strong/weak A/B calc. methods

Week 5 - Feb. 18 lecture Weak Acid/Bases and their Salts; Titrations

- Feb. 20 group work Calculating a titration curve

- Feb. 22 (a) EXAM 1 ( on material from weeks 1-4)

Week 6 - Feb. 25 lecture Interpreting different titration curves; buffers 17

- Feb. 27 group work Acid/Base chemistry of blood

Week 7 - Mar. 4 lecture Real World Solubility Problems

- Mar. 6 group work follow-up on Real Problems

- Mar. 8 (a) lecture Transition Metals 18

(b) group work electronic structure

Week 8 - Mar. 11 J J J J Spring Break J J J J

Week 9 - Mar. 18 lecture Magnetism and color

- Mar. 20 group work predicting/explaining

- Mar. 22 (a) lecture ??? breathing space

(b) group work ???

Week 10 - Mar. 25 lecture Redox Reactions 20

- Mar. 27 group work LEO SAYS GER

- Mar. 29 EXAM 2 (material from weeks 5-9)

Week 11 - Apr. 1 group work Redox strengths

- Apr. 3 lecture Electrochemical Cells

(b) lecture Real World Examples :

Biochemical Ion Pumps

Week 12 - Apr. 8 group work free energy, equilibria, & chemical potential 19

- Apr. 10 lecture Kinetics: reaction rates 14

- Apr. 12 (a) lecture and more kinetics: concentration and time

(b) group work working with data

Week 13 - Apr. 15 lecture kinetics: rate laws

- Apr. 17 group work working with data

- Apr. 19 (a) lecture kinetics: activation energy

(b) group work working with data

Week 14 - Apr. 22 lecture reaction mechanisms

- Apr. 24 group work practice determining mechanisms

- Apr. 26 (a) lecture Nuclear chemistry 21

(b) group work

May

Week 15 - Apr. 29 EXAM 3 (material from weeks 10-14)

- May 1 May Day! Have Fun!

- May 3 LAST DAY OF CLASSES