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| CATALOG INFORMATION
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| Discipline and Nbr:
CHEM 4B | Title:
GEN CHEM WITH QUANT |
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| Full Title:
General Chemistry with Quantitative Analysis |
| Last Reviewed:2/24/2014 |
| Units | Course Hours per Week | | Nbr of Weeks | Course Hours Total |
| Maximum | 5.00 | Lecture Scheduled | 3.00 | 17.5 max. | Lecture Scheduled | 52.50 |
| Minimum | 5.00 | Lab Scheduled | 6.00 | 17.5 min. | Lab Scheduled | 105.00 |
| | Contact DHR | 0 | | Contact DHR | 0 |
| | Contact Total | 9.00 | | Contact Total | 157.50 |
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| | Non-contact DHR | 0 | | Non-contact DHR Total | 0 |
| | Total Out of Class Hours: 105.00 | Total Student Learning Hours: 262.50 | |
Title 5 Category:
AA Degree Applicable
Grading:
Grade Only
Repeatability:
00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
Also Listed As:
Formerly:
Catalog Description:
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Intensive one-year program based upon the concepts of physical inorganic and analytical chemistry; laboratory includes quantitative and instrumental analysis. Subject matter of Chemistry 5 (Quantitative Analysis) is included in this sequence. Required for chemistry, chemical engineering, preprofessional and most physical and life science majors. Chem 4A=C/B1 & B3; Chem 4B=-/B1 & B3
Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Course Completion of CHEM 4A
Recommended Preparation:
Limits on Enrollment:
Schedule of Classes Information
Description:
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Second semester of a one year program of general chemical principals with quantitative & instrumental analysis.
(Grade Only)
Prerequisites:Course Completion of CHEM 4A
Recommended:
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:CSU;UC.
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION
| Associate Degree: | Effective: | Fall 1981
| Inactive: | Fall 2018
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| Area: | C
| Natural Sciences
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| CSU GE: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
| | B1 | Physical Science | Fall 1981 | Fall 2018 |
| | B3 | Laboratory Activity | | |
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| IGETC: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
| | 5A | Physical Sciences | Fall 1981 | Fall 2018 |
| | 5C | Fulfills Lab Requirement | | |
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| CSU Transfer: | Transferable | Effective: | Fall 1981 | Inactive: | Fall 2018 |
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| UC Transfer: | Transferable | Effective: | Fall 1981 | Inactive: | Fall 2018 |
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| C-ID: |
| CID Descriptor: CHEM 120S | General Chemistry for Science Majors Sequence A | SRJC Equivalent Course(s): CHEM1A AND CHEM1B OR CHEM4A AND CHEM4B OR CHEM3A AND CHEM3AL AND CHEM3B |
Certificate/Major Applicable:
Not Certificate/Major Applicable
COURSE CONTENT
Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
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In the lecture upon completion of the course, the student should be able
to:
1. name and create chemical structures of organic compounds
2. recognize the common organic functional groups
3. determine the products of simple organic reactions
4. explain the concepts of Markownikoff•s Rule
5. recognize elimination, substitution and addition reactions
6. be able to identify and work with Lewis acids and bases
7. describe optical and geometric isomerism
8. explain the parameters of simple collision theory
9. be able to create a differential rate law for a given reaction
10. be able to mathematically work with both the differential and
integrated forms of the reaction rate law
11. explain the concepts of reaction order and molecularity
12. mathematically solve for the half life and specific rate constant of a
given nuclide
13. create a reaction mechanism from a series of rate expressions
14. explain the collision process from a potential energy point of view
15. explain how reaction rates affect the formulation of an equililbruim
constant
16. create the law of mass action for a given reaction
17. calculate the equilibrium constant value from the mass action
expression.
18. explain the concept of the reaction quotient
19. explain the difference between Kp and Kc
20. solve equililbruim problems
21. explain the concepts associated with Le ChÔtelier•s Principle
22. explain the nature and behavior of a catalyst
23. describe different types of acids and bases
24. calculate reagent concentration in terms of molarity, molality, and
normalities
25. relate reagent dissociation to the magnitude of the equililbruim
constant
26. describe the difference between a solute and a solvent
27. explain the nature and behavior of an acid/base indicator
28. explain the concept of acid/base conjugate pairs
29. explain the concept of pH and be able to calculate its value
30. describe the behavior of polyprotic acids
31. describe and mathematically work with solutions which involve weak
acids/bases, buffer solutions, and hydrolysis reactions and slightly
soluble salts
32. explain the common-ion effect and the concept of buffer capacity
33. explain and construct titration curves involving acid-base systems
34. explain complex-ion formation
35. apply the 1st, 2nd and 3rd laws of thermodynamics
36. know the sign convention regarding state functions
37. Solve mathematical problems involving thermodynamic concepts and terms
38. predict reaction spontaneity as a function of free energy
39. describe the relationship between free energy and equilibrium
40. explain the concept of work
41. create electrochemical cells and determine their EMF values
42. balance redox reactions using the ion-electron method
43. calculate cell potential using the Nernst equation
44. be able to do calculations involving electrolytic cells
45. apply the relative reactivity of metallic elements
46. desribe the effects on cell potential by changes in electrolyte
concentration
47. explain the behavior and operation of batteries
48. be able to determine the oxidation states of elements
49. apply the concept of half-life
50. write equations of common modes of radioactive decay
51. describe the disintegration series of a given nuclide
52. solve problems for 1st order radioactive decay processes
53. calculate the age of some specie using radioisotope dating
54. describe the processes of nuclear fission and fusion
55. explain the concept of binding energy
56. describe the basic concepts of transition metal chemistry
57. be able to name coordination compounds
58. be able do draw the isomeric forms of coordination compounds
59. Apply valence bond theory and molecular orbital theory
60. Apply ligand field and crystal field theories
61. be able to relate molecular shape to the chemical formula
62. explain the effects of ligand field strength to spectral displays of
color by given molecules
In the laboratory upon completion of the course, the student should be
able to:
1. observe all of the fundamental safety procedures and properly dispose
of waste chemicals
2. perform reagent and product analyses regarding experiments involving
the concepts of kinetics, acid-base theory, electrochemical cells,
chemical equilibrium and inorganic synthesis
3. perform gravimetric, titrimetric and spectroscopic quantitative
analyses
4. perform both quantitative and qualitative potentiometric and
compleximetric titrations
5. correctly prepare and use primary standards to determine unknown
reagent concentrations
6. be able to operate advance instrumental analytical equipment such as
IR, UV-VIS and atomic absorption spectrophotometers
7. collect and analyze scientific data using graphical and statistical
methods
8. summarize lab results in both formal and informal report formats
9. use Macintosh personal computer (or equivalent) to perform word
processing, spreadsheet computations, graphing and statistical
calculations for lab reports
Topics and Scope
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1. Interchapter"A Midcourse Perspective on the Properties of the
Elements
a. Key atomic properties
b. Characteristics of Chemical Bonding
c. Metallic behavior
d. Acid-base behavior or the metallic oxides
e. Redox behavior of the elements
f. Physical states and changes of state
2. Organic Compounds and the Atomic Properties of Carbon
a. The special nature of carbon and characteristic of organic
molecules
b. The structures and classes of hydrocarbons
c. Some important classes of organic reactions
d. Properties and reactivity of common functional groups
e. Giant organic molecules: The monomer-polymer theme
3. Kinetics
a. A qualitative look at the factors that influence reaction rates
b. Expressing the reaction rate
c. The rate law and its components
d. explaining the effects of concentration and temperature on
reaction rate
e. Reaction mechanisms
f. Catalysis
4. Equilibrium
a. The dynamic nature of the equilibrium state
b. The mass"action expression and the equilibrium constant
c. How to solve equilibrium problems
d. Reaction conditions and the equilibrium state: Le ChÔtelier•s
Principle
5. Acid"Base Equilibria
a. Acids and bases in water
b. Autoionization of water and the pH scale
c. Proton transfer and the BrÖnsted-Lowry acid"base definition
d. Solving problems involving weak"acid equilibria
e. Weak"bases and their relation to weak"acids
f. Molecular properties and acid strength
g. Acid"base properties of salt solutions
h. The leveling effect
i. The Lewis acid"base definition
6. Ionic Equilibria in Aqueous Systems
a. Equilibria of acid"base buffer systems
b. Acid"base titration curves
c. Equilibria of slightly soluble ionic compounds
d. Equilibria involving complex ions
e. Applications of Ionic equilibria to chemical analysis
7. Thermodynamics
a. The second law of thermodynamics
b. Entropy, free energy and work
c. Free energy, equilibrium, and reaction direction
8. Electrochemistry
a. Half"reactions and electrochemical cells
b. Voltaic cells
c. Free energy and electrical work
d. Electrochemical processes in batteries
e. Corrosion"environmental electrochemistry
f. Electrolytic cells
9. Nuclear Reactions and Their Applications
a. radioactive decay and nuclear stability
b. The kinetics of nuclear change
c. Nuclear transmutation
d. The effects of nuclear radiation of matter
e. Applications of radioisotopes
f. Fission and Fusion
10. The Transition Elements and Their Coordination Compounds
a. An overview of transition element properties
b. The inner transition elements
c. Highlights of selected transition metals
d. Coordination compounds
e. Theoretical basis for the bonding and properties of complexes
11. Introduction to Organic Chemistry
a. Alkanes, alkenes and alkynes
b. Functional groups
c. Nomenclature
LAB MATERIAL
1. Laboratory safety, techniques and maintaining data notebooks
2. Writing formal and informal laboratory reports
3. Word processing, spreadsheets, graphing and curve-fitting software
4. Computer interfacing experiments
5. Separation and quantitation of organic compounds by gas chromatography
6. Analysis of trace metals by atomic absorption spectrophotometry
7. Identification of organic compounds by Fourier-transform infrared
spectroscopy
8. Potentiometric titration
9. Complexometric titration
10. Iodometric titration
11. Simultaneous spectrophotometric determination of a mixture
12. Precipitation titration of halide ions
13. Voltaic cells
14. Electrogravimetric analysis
15. Acid-base indicators
16. Chemical kinetics and rate laws
17. Solubility-product constant of an ionic compound
18. Nuclear decay rates
19. Spectrophotometric determination of copper or iron in an ore sample
Assignments:
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ASSIGNMENTS:
1. Specific reading and study assignments from the lecture textbook
(averaging 25-30 pages per week).
2. Completion of recommended end-of-chapter problems (averaging 15-20 per
week).
3. Writing an average of one laboratory report per week, some of which ar
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typed formal laboratory reports with required computer analysis of
laboratory data.
4. Specific laboratory experiments many of which are solely quantitative
analysis based.
Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.
| Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing. | Writing
10 - 30% |
| Written homework, Lab reports, Essay exams | |
| Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills. | Problem Solving
40 - 70% |
| Homework problems, Lab reports, Exams | |
| Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams. | Skill Demonstrations
5 - 20% |
| Class performances, using specific machinery, equipment, and glassware | |
| Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams. | Exams
15 - 25% |
| Multiple choice, Completion, and Short Answer, Essay | |
| Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories. | Other Category
0 - 5% |
| Attendance, timeliness of assignements, improvement on final exam | |
Representative Textbooks and Materials:
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LECTURE MATERIALS:
CHEMISTRY: PRINCIPLES & PRACTICE by Daniel Reger, Scott Goode and Edward
Mercer; Saunders College Publishing, 1997.
PRINCIPLES OF MODERN CHEMISTRY by David Oxtoby, H. P. Gillis & Norman
Nachtrieb, Saunders College Publishing, 1999.
CHEMICAL PRINCIPLES by Steven Zumdahl, Houghlin Mifflin Publishing, 1998.
LABORATORY MANUALS:
CHEMISTRY IN THE LABORATORY by J. A. Beran, John Wiley Publishing, 1995.
EXPERIMENTS IN GENERAL CHEMISTRY by Frank Milio, Nordulf Debye & Clyde
Metz, Saunders College Publishing, 1991.
QUANTITATIVE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS by Daniel Harris, W. H. Freeman Publishing,
1999.
FUNDAMENTALS OF ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY by Douglas Skoog, Donald West & James
Holler, Saunders College Publishing, 1996.
SPECIAL STUDENT MATERIALS:
Safety goggles
Laboratory apron
Scientific calculator
Laboratory data notebook
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