Index (click on topic below)
Chemistry 121
Chemical Structure and Equilibrium
Spring 2006
Index (click on topic
below)
Course Information
Stoichiometry Information (Chapters 1-7)
Electronic Structure of Atoms (Chapters 9 and 10)
Chemical Bonding (Chapter 11)
Gaseous Equilibrium (Chapter 8)
Acids and Bases (Chapters 12 and 13)
Laboratory
Resources
The instructors and how to contact them
Schedule for the semester, including final exams
Things to know about 121: required text & materials, attendance, grading, etc
The Stoichiometry Module: schedule, procedure, grading, etc.
How to flunk Chemistry 121
Help!!
Tutorials are available: Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday evenings from 7:00 to 9:00 PM in Epworth Room G1.
Practice Quiz I on Chapter 3 Don't look until you
practice: Answers
to Practice Quiz I on Chapter 3
Mole Concept Relationships Mole Questions
In-class examples from Chapter 4 and Answers to In-class Examples from Chapter 4
Quiz I and the answers
Quiz II and the
answers
Quiz III and the answers
Quiz IV and the
answers
Relationships (Chapters 4 and 5)
Practice problems from class 9/21/05 and the answers
Exam given September 21, 2005, and the answers
Answers to problems at the end of each chapter of the text are given below under "Resources." More complete solutions to these problems are available in the Albion library.
Makeup quizzes are scheduled for Wednesday evenings starting at 6:30 in Epworth or Upper Baldwin (Wednesday evening meeting location).
Chapter 9 Study Aid -- Names/accomplishments
Link to web site on historical highlights in development of atomic theory
Elements -- based on the September 8, 2003 issue of Chemical and Engineering News
Hydrogen Atom Energy Levels and Spectrum
Famous Chemists in PowerPoint format (thanks to Dr. McCaffrey)
spatial orientation of orbitals: d-orbital shapes more shapes s, p, d orbital shapes electron probability graphs many orbital shapes
Relationships: Quantum Numbers -- Configurations -- Orbital Diagrams
Classification of the elements of the period table
Informative Periodic Tables (thanks to Dr. Rohlman)
Review Questions and Solutions (thanks to Dr. Beilstein)
Exam given October 5, 2005, and answers
Answers to handout: Chemical Formulas
Lewis Structure Rules and Formal Charge
Modified Expectation 1 in Chapter 11 -- be sure to read this
Homework Number 1 -- Lewis Structures
Homework Number 2 -- VESPR Geometries
Homework Number 3 -- Polarity and Hybrids
VSEPR shapes and VSEPR geometries
Overview of bonding models
Hybrid Orbitals and Molecular Geometry -- correlation
Hybrid Orbitals and Molecular Geometry -- remaining p orbitals
Review questions from Dr. Beilstein
Exam given October 26, 2005 and the answers
Equilibrium constant relationships
Mathematics for Equilibrium Calculations: what you need to know
Example of Numerical Approximation to Solve Equilibrium Problem
Exam given November 9, 2005 and the answers
pH values of some common solutions
Conjugate acids and bases: practice answers
pH to pOH to [H+] to [OH-]: practice answers
Exercise: major cases
Answers to "Some Practice Problems on Acids and Bases"
Exam given December 5, 2005, and the answers to this exam
Laboratory schedules for all sections.
Help on reading burets properly
Material Safety Data Sheets
Infrared Spectrum of Aspirin Infrared Spectrum of Salicylic Acid Beer's Law Plot for Aspirin
Guidelines for using Excel in Experiment 9
On-line Periodic Table
Web Elements Link
Periodic Table with health/environmental information
Powers of 10
Chemical Elements in Song
The Periodic Table of Comic Books
Periodic Table of Science Fiction
Answers to problems in text: Chapters 3-7 Chapters 8-13 (note: more detailed solutions to these problems are available in the library or electronically from this link: solutions)
Old Textbook errata:
page 1
page 2
New (Spring 2006 edition) Textbook errata (NOTE: if
you find an error, please inform a Chemistry Department faculty member!)
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