Chemistry 231
Course Objective: To provide
students with an more detailed explanation of the
basic concepts, laws, and theories of some of the topics discussed in General
Chemistry and to apply the knowledge to chemistry problem solving at an
advanced level. The student will develop
an appreciation for chemistry as it relates to the other disciplines. Furthermore, the student will recognize how
chemistry provides solutions to contemporary, historical, technological, and
societal issues.
Student Learning Outcomes: The
student is expected to recognize and apply the fundamental and practical
aspects of the following concepts and apply the concepts to problem solving:
- units of measure, unit conversions, density, and
definitions of matter,
- introduction to the analysis of real samples and the
difficulties involved in handling real samples such as sampling,
preparation, decomposition, dissolution, and the elimination of
interferences,
- principles of experimental error in chemical analysis
including the sources of experimental errors and the application of
statistics to data treatment and evaluation using spreadsheets,
- concept of gravimetric analysis including
experimental aspects of this type of analysis and the use of gravimetric
factor in calculations,
- principles of titrimetric methods of analysis, with
emphasis on dilution of solutions, the theory of neutralization, titration
curves for complex acid/base systems, precipitation titrimetry,
oxidation/reduction titrations, potentiometric titrations, and complex-formation
titrations,
- properties of aqueous solutions, including activity
of ions, application of the Debye-Huckel equation to thermodynamic equilibrium
constant,
- concept of equilibrium as it applies to complex
systems and chemical analysis,
- principles of electrochemistry including standard
electrode potentials, the Nernst equation, and the theory of
potentiometry, electrogravimetry, coulometry, voltammetry,
- basic principles of spectrochemical methods of
analysis, with emphasis on ultraviolet and visible absorption spectroscopy,
atomic absorption spectroscopy, and the application of Beer’s Law in
problem solving and analysis,
- concepts of chromatography
with the main emphasis on liquid and gas chromatography, response factors,
and as time permits, the van Deemter equation.