Chemistry 134

Course Objective: To provide students with an explanation of the basic principles of chemistry and to apply these principles to problem solving involving critical thinking.

Student Learning Outcomes: The student is expected to recognize and apply the following basic principles to problem solving:

· Basic principles of reaction rates used in chemistry such as experimental determination of rate, dependence of rate on concentration, change of concentration with time, and reaction mechanisms.

· Basic principles of equilibrium used in chemistry such as describing chemical equilibrium, using the equilibrium constant, changing the reaction conditions; Le Chatelier’s Principle, and solubility equilbria.

· Basic principles of acid-bases and acid-base equilibria used in chemistry such as acid-base concepts, acid-base strengths, self-ionization of water and pH, solutions of weak acid or bases, and solutions of weak acid or base with another solute (buffers, titration curves).

· Basic principles of thermodynamics used in chemistry such as enthalpy and the first law of thermodynamics, entropy and the second law of thermodynamics, the third of thermodynamics, and Gibbs free energy.

· Basic principles of electrochemistry used in chemistry such as half reactions, voltaic cells, and electrolytic cells.

· Basic principles of nuclear chemistry used in chemistry such as radioactivity and nuclear bombardment reactions.)