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CATALOG INFORMATION
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Discipline and Nbr:
CHEM 3B | Title:
GENERAL CHEMISTRY 2 |
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Full Title:
General Chemistry Part 2 |
Last Reviewed:8/26/2024 |
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 | 8 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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A continuation of Chemistry 3A. Topics include chemical kinetics, thermodynamics, chemical equilibrium, acids and bases, nuclear chemistry, electrochemistry, coordination compounds and bonding, and selected topics in descriptive chemistry. Laboratory emphasizes methods of analytical chemistry and quantitative work.
Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Course Completion of CHEM 3A AND CHEM 3AL; OR CHEM 1A; or equivalent
Recommended Preparation:
Limits on Enrollment:
Schedule of Classes Information
Description:
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A continuation of Chemistry 3A. Topics include chemical kinetics, thermodynamics, chemical equilibrium, acids and bases, nuclear chemistry, electrochemistry, coordination compounds and bonding, and selected topics in descriptive chemistry. Laboratory emphasizes methods of analytical chemistry and quantitative work.
(Grade Only)
Prerequisites:Course Completion of CHEM 3A AND CHEM 3AL; OR CHEM 1A; or equivalent
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 2020
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Area: | C
| Natural Sciences
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CSU GE: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
| B1 | Physical Science | Fall 2020 | |
| B3 | Laboratory Activity | | |
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IGETC: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
| 5A | Physical Sciences | Fall 2020 | |
| 5C | Fulfills Lab Requirement | | |
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CSU Transfer: | Transferable | Effective: | Fall 2020 | Inactive: | |
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UC Transfer: | Transferable | Effective: | Fall 2020 | Inactive: | |
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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:
Both Certificate and Major Applicable
COURSE CONTENT
Student Learning Outcomes:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
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1. Analyze and solve chemical systems using quantitative models.
2. Relate the concepts of chemical equilibrium and free energy.
3. Apply the principles of quantitative analysis in a laboratory setting.
4. Analyze unknown samples using advanced instrumentation.
5. Write comprehensive laboratory reports to effectively analyze data and communicate results
and conclusions.
Objectives:
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At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
1. Solve for the concentrations or pressures of various species in a chemical equilibrium.
2. Apply the concepts of chemical equilibrium to acids and bases, buffers, titration, solubility,
electrochemistry and metal complex formation.
3. Determine the free energy change for a physical or chemical process at nonstandard
conditions.
4. Apply the principles of electrochemistry in the construction and analysis of voltaic and
electrolytic cells.
5. Use kinetics to describe the rate and possible mechanisms of a reaction.
6. Describe isomerism and bonding in transition metal complexes.
7. Describe the kinetics and other phenomena related to nuclear chemistry and radioactivity.
8. Identify and control factors that influence experimental error in gravimetric and volumetric
analysis.
9. Use advanced instrumentation, such as ultraviolet-visible and infrared (IR) spectroscopy, gas
chromatography (GC) and atomic absorption (AA) in analysis of unknowns.
10. Analyze experimental error qualitatively and with statistical methods.
11. Apply chemical principles to real world situations.
Topics and Scope
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I. Colligative Properties
A. Vapor pressure lowering
B. Freezing point depression
C. Boiling point elevation
D. Osmosis
II. Kinetics
A. Reaction rates and rate laws
B. Determining rate laws
C. Integrated rate laws
D. Activation energy and the Arrhenius equation
E. Reaction mechanisms
F. Catalysis
III. Chemical Equilibrium
A. Equilibrium constants (K) and quotients (Q)
B. Le Chatelier's principle
C. Dependence on temperature
D. Methods and approximations for solving equilibrium systems
IV. Aqueous Equilibria
A. Weak acids and bases
B. pH, pKa, buffers and titration
C. Polyprotic acids
D. Solubility equilibria
E. Common ion effect
F. Complex ion equilibria
V. Entropy and Free Energy
A. Second Law of Thermodynamics
B. Change in Entropy
C. Free Energy and Work
D. Free Energy, Equilibrium and Direction of Reaction
VI. Electrochemistry
A. Balancing oxidation-reduction reactions
B. Voltaic cells
C. Standard reduction potentials
D. Concentration cells and the Nernst equation
E. Batteries
F. Electrolysis
VII. Coordination Chemistry of Transition Metals
A. Coordination compounds
B. Types of isomerism
C. Ligand Field Theory
VIII. Nuclear Chemistry
A. Types of radioactive decay
B. Kinetics of decay
C. Applications
D. Fission and fusion
IX. Introduction to Organic Chemistry
A. Basic structures and nomenclature
B. Isomerism
C. Functional groups
Laboratory material:
1. Lab safety and maintaining a lab notebook
2. Colligative properties
3. Determining rate law and activation energy
4. Determining an equilibrium constant
5. Buffers
6. Indicators
7. Potentiometric titration
8. Solubility products
9. Determination of an unknown
10. Voltaic Cells
11. Electrolytic Cells
12. Synthesis and analysis of a metal complex
13. Nuclear chemistry
14. Techniques and skills
a. Use of spreadsheet software
b. Instrumental analysis
c. Use of calibration curves
d. Writing laboratory reports
All sections are covered in the lecture and lab portions of the course.
Assignments:
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Lecture-Related Assignments:
1. Specific reading and study assignments from the lecture textbook (10-30 pages per week)
2. Completion of recommended end-of-chapter problems (15-20 per week)
3. Midterm exams (2-5), quizzes (0-4), final exam
Laboratory-Related Assignments:
1. Laboratory experiments and accompanying reports (13-18)
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 5 - 15% |
Lab reports | |
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills. | Problem Solving 15 - 25% |
Lab reports, end-of-chapter homework assignments | |
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams. | Skill Demonstrations 0 - 10% |
Lab skill technique and accuracy and precision of lab results | |
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams. | Exams 50 - 80% |
Quizzes, mid-term exams, and final exam | |
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories. | Other Category 0 - 0% |
None | |
Representative Textbooks and Materials:
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Chemistry: The Molecular Nature of Matter and Change. 8th ed. Silberberg, Martin and Amateis, Patricia. McGraw-Hill. 2018
Chemistry. 13th ed. Chang, Raymond and Overby, Jason. McGraw-Hil. 2019
General Chemistry. 4th ed. McQuarrie, Donald and Rock, Peter and Gallogly, Ethan. University Science Books. 2010 (classic)
Chemistry: The Science in Context. 5th ed. Gilbert, Thomas and Kirss, Rein and Foster, Natalie. W. W. Norton. 2017
Chemistry: A Molecular Approach. 4th ed. Tro, Nivaldo. Prentice Hall. 2017
Lab Manuals
Instructor Prepared Materials
Laboratory Experiments for Chemistry: The Central Science. 14th ed. Brown, Theodore and LeMay, Eugene and Bursten, Bruce. Pearson. 2018
Laboratory Manual for Chemistry: A Molecular Approach. 4th ed. Tro, Nivaldo and Vincent, John and Livingston, Erica. Pearson. 2017
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