CHEM101-Syllabus - Chemistry at DOGUS

Teaching Plan
DOĞUŞ UNIVERSITY
Week 1
Chapter 1. Introduction: Matter and Measurement
CHEM 101 - CHEMISTRY
Definition of chemistry, scientific method, units and measurements, uncertainty in measurements, accuracy and precision,
significant figures, mathematical calculation with significant figures, conversion factors, dimensional analysis, temperature
and temperature scales, density as an identification tag, matter and its classification
Spring Term, 2014-2015
Week 2
Chapter 2. Atoms, Molecules and Ions
Instructor and Course Coordinator: Asst. Prof. Dr. Ayşen Tulpar
Room: B4-703/C , Tel: 1535, E-mail: atulpar@dogus.edu.tr
Office Hours: Tuesday 10:00-11:00, Wednesday 10:00-11:00
Fundamental chemical laws: Law of conservation of mass, law of definite proportions, law of multiple proportions, atomic
theories and related experiments, Dalton’s atomic theory, modern view of atomic structure, molecular and ionic compounds,
chemical bonds, introduction to periodic table, metals, non-metals and metalloids, naming simple compounds: Binary ionic
compounds types I and II, ionic compounds with polyatomic ions, binary covalent compounds (type III), acids
Course Assistant:
Zeynep Eslek, MS in Chemical Engineering, Room: B4-815, zeslek@dogus.edu.tr
Office Hours: Monday 15:00-16:00, Tuesday 11:00-12:00, Thursday 11:00-12:00
Week 3 and 4
Chapter 3. Stoichiometry: Quantitative Chemical Relationships
Atomic masses, mole concept, molar mass, percent composition of compounds, determining the formula of a compound,
empirical formula, molecular formula, chemical equations, chemical reactions, the meaning of a chemical equation,
balancing chemical equations, stoichiometric calculations: amounts of reactants and products, limiting and excess reactants,
calculations involving limiting reactants, yield and related calculations
Course Website: http://chemistry.dogus.edu.tr/teaching.htm
Purpose
To give the freshmen engineering students a background on the structure of matter, stoichiometry,
chemical reactions in solutions, properties of gases and solutions, thermodynamics, kinetics and
reaction rates, and chemical equilibria. To show the students how nature behaves around us, and
how scientific method is applied to understand nature. Most importantly, this course aims to teach
the students how to approach problems in a step-by-step fashion, which can be applied to any type
of problem in chemistry or in any other field of science and/or engineering.
Nature of energy, conservation of energy, chemical, kinetic, and potential energies, enthalpy, calorimeter, Hess’ law, heat of
reaction, standard heat of formation, present sources of energy, new energy sources.
Main Text
Chemistry: The Central Science, T.L. Brown, H.E. Lemay, B.E.Bursten, and C.J. Murphy, 12th Ed.,
Prentice-Hall, 2012
Additional Readings
1) Chemistry, Steven S. Zumdahl and Susan A. Zumdahl, 5th Ed., 2000, Houghton Mifflin Co.
2) Chemistry: The Study of Matter and Its Changes, Brady and Holum, 3rd Ed. 2000, Wiley
3) General Chemistry: Principles and Modern Applications, R.H. Petrucci,W.S. Harwood, 9th Ed.
2008, Prentice Hall
Attendance
Minimum 70% attendance to the lectures is a must. This corresponds to 39 lecture hours.
Week 9 and 10
Chapter 10. Gases
Gas laws of Boyle, Charles, Guy-Lussac, Avogadro’s principle, ideal gas and combined gas laws, gas stoichiometry,
Dalton’s law of partial pressures, kinetic molecular theory of gases, meaning of temperature, root mean square velocity,
effusion and diffusion, real gases.
Week 11
Chapter 13. Physical Properties of Solutions
Solution composition, energies of solution formation, solubility and factors affecting solubility, temperature, pressure and
structure effects on solubility, vapor pressure of solutions, ideal and non-ideal solutions, boiling point elevation (increase)
and freezing point depression (decrease), osmosis and osmotic pressure, reverse osmosis, colligative properties of electrolyte
solutions, colloids
Week 12 and 13
Chapter 14.
Chemical Kinetics
Reaction rates and rate laws, order of reactions, determining the form of the rate law, differential and integrated rate
equations, reaction mechanism, model for chemical kinetics, catalyst and catalysis (homogenous and heterogeneous)
Grading
Saturday, April 4th, 2015 @ 10:30
Definition of solution, solvent, solute, H2O as a common solvent, nature of aqueous solutions, strong and weak electrolytes,
non-electrolytes, composition of solutions, dilute, concentrated and saturated solutions, molarity, precipitation reactions,
acid-base reactions, nature of acids and bases, acid strength, pH-scale, calculating pH of strong acids, oxidation-reduction
(redox) reactions, oxidation states, rules on solubility, balancing redox reactions, oxidizing and reducing agents, titrations in
aqueous solutions
Week 7 , 8 and 9
Chapter 5. Thermochemistry
Method
a) Interactive lecturing
b) Concepts supported by example problems
c) Certain experiments carried out in chemistry lab
Exam
Laboratory + Quiz + HMWK +
Class Participation
Final
Week 5 and 6
Chapter 4. Types of Chemical Reaction and Solution Stoichiometry
30 %
25 %
45 %
Week 13 and 14
Chapter 15. Chemical Equilibrium
The equilibrium condition, characteristics of chemical equilibrium, equilibrium constant, equilibrium involving pressures,
heterogeneous equilibria, extent of reaction, calculation of equilibrium pressures and concentrations, Le Chatelier principle.
Problem Solving Sessions and Suggested Problems
The students are expected to work on the problems at the end of each chapter of the main text: Chemistry: The
Central Science. The table below gives a list of suggested problems. There will be problem solving sessions one
week after the finish of each chapter, giving mainly the answers to the suggested problems and any questions the
students may have. The dates and times of problem sessions will be announced throughout the semester.
Chapter 1
Suggested Problems
1-38, 1-39, 1-40, 1-46, 1-73
Chapter 2
2-49, 2-57, 2-67, 2-71, 2-90, 2-92
Chapter 3
3-12, 3-37, 3-43, 3-53, 3-61, 3-65, 3-76, 3-83, 3-107a
Chapter 4
4-24, 4-39, 4-51, 4-58, 4-76, 4-82, 4-87, 4-89, 4-104
Chapter 5
5-38, 5-43, 5-60ab, 5-75, 5-79, 5-101a, 5-104a
Chapter 10 10-17, 10-43, 10-50, 10-62, 10-71, 10-117, 10-125
Chapter 13 13-34, 13-41, 13-56, 13-65a, 13-73, 13-93, 13-102, 13-104
Chapter 14 14-23abc, 14-37, 14-99, 14-106, 14-119
Chapter 15 15-39abc, 15-33, 15-46, 15-55, 15-62, 15-88, 15-97