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Chemistry Professor James H. Geiger
Office: Chemistry Building, Room 9
Office Hours: 1:30-2:30 PM MWF, and
other times by appointment (send me
an email).
You can also drop by, but I might be
busy.
Email: [e-mail]
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Textbooks/other help
Textbooks
Brown, LeMay, and Bursten, Chemistry, the Central
Science, 10th edition, Prentice-Hall, 2005. ISBN:
0-13-109686-9.
The same text will be used for CEM 152 in the spring
semester.
The 9th edition (2003) can also be used.
The 10th edition is stocked by campus bookstores. Also, it
can be ordered from Amazon.com, barnesandnoble.com, or
directly from the publisher.
N.B.: The study guide, Student's Guide for Chemistry, the
Central Science, 10th edition, Prentice-Hall, 2005, is also
available at the campus bookstores, but purchase of this
book is not required.
Lecture notes will be available on the web.
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Course organization
Lectures MWF 12:40-1:30 pm (me)
Recitation once a week (check your
schedule). Small class, more individual help
from Teaching assistants. Each section = 1
recitation group.
No Recitation this week.
They start next week.
This week only come to class WF
12:40-1:30 pm.
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Grades
Four exams (150 points/exam)x4 = 600
Many quizzes (in class), once a week at least.
(Total = 200). At least the lowest two quizzes
will be dropped.
There will be no makeups.
quiz problems will be directly copied from
homework problems, except the numerical
values will be changed such that the numerical
answer is different.
Final exam (200 points). Will be given on exam
week.
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How to succeed:
Attend lecture and recitation
Do homework problems
Do extra problems if you think you need
them
Being able to do the problems is key
Understand concepts the from lecture.
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Lectures
Will follow the book closely
Example problems will be a key part.
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Topics to be covered
First 9 chapters, Chapter 24 and 25
Chap 1 matter and measurement
Chap 2, Atoms, molecules and Ions
Chap 3 Stoichiometry, The Mole!
Chap 4, reactions in water and solution stoichiometry
Chap 5, Thermochemistry
Chap 6, Electronic structure, atoms
Chap 7, The periodic table
Chap 8, Chemical bonding
Chap 9, Molecular geometry
Chap 24, Coordination chemistry
Chap 25, Organic and biological chemistry
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Chemistry, The Central Science, 10th edition
Theodore L. Brown; H. Eugene LeMay, Jr.;
and Bruce E. Bursten
Chapter 1
Introduction:
Matter and Measurement
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Scientific Method:
A systematic approach to solving problems.
Empirical
A model
The testing and retesting
This is what makes it Science!!
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Chemistry:
The study of
matter and the
changes it
undergoes.
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Matter:
Anything that has mass and takes up
space.
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Matter
Atoms are the building blocks of matter.
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Matter
Atoms are the building blocks of matter.
Each element is made of the same kind of atom.
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Matter
Atoms are the building blocks of matter.
Each element is made of the same kind of atom.
A compound is made of two or more different kinds of
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elements.
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States of Matter
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Classication of Matter!
salt water
Mud
Substances
water
oxygen
salt water
water
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Mixtures and Compounds
Element
(atoms)
(molecules)
He, Ne
Element
Compound
Mixture
(molecules)
N2, O2, Cl2
CO2, H2O, NH3
Mix
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