INTRODUCTORY CHEMISTRY CHEM 1405

SCHEDULE: (subject to change as needed)

Tuesday - February 14
    Lecture -  Test over Chemical Bonds and Chemical Accounting
    Lab - Practice problems
Monday - February 13
    Lecture - Review for Chemical Bonds and Chemical Accounting
    Quiz - Acid - Base (up to and including reaction of acids and bases)  
Friday - February 10
    Lecture - Acid-Bases and Plating
    Quiz - Solutions
Thursday - February 9
    Lecture - Acids and Bases
    Quiz - Gas Laws
Wednesday - February 8
    Lecture - Solutions, percent solution, PPM, and dilutions
    Quiz -  Percent Composition
Tuesday - February 7
    Lecture - Solutions
    Lab - Chemical bonding video
    Quiz -  naming formulas and balancing
Monday - February 6
    Lecture - percent composition and gas laws
    Quiz -  writing formulas (quiz 1) (quiz 2))
Friday - February 3
    Lecture - balancing equations and formula mass
    Quiz - valence, oxidation numbers and ions (quiz 1) (quiz 2)
 Thursday - February 2
     Lecture - writing and naming formulas, chemical bonds

Wednesday - February 1
    Test on Chapters 1 - 4
Tuesday - January 31
    Lecture - review for test
    Lab - nuclear technology video
    Quiz - uses of radioisotopes, protection against radiation
Monday - January 30
    Lab - radiation protection
    Quiz - half-life, and radioisotopic dating (Quiz 1) (Quiz 2)
Friday - January 27
    Lecture - valence electrons, ions, oxidation numbers, writing formulas
    Quiz -  family name, metals/nonmetals/metalloids (Quiz 1) (Quiz 2)
Thursday - January 26
    Lecture - fission and fusion
    Quiz - types of radioactivity, isotopic notation
Wednesday - January 25
    Lecture - uses radioisotopes and protection
    Quiz - temperature conversions
Tuesday - January 24
    Lecture - - metals/nonmetals/metalloids and isotopes, Nuclear Chemistry - natural radioactivity, half-life and radioisotopic dating
    Lab - density
    Quiz - metric system and density (1  2)
Monday -  January 23
    Lecture - The Structure of the Atom, ground states, valence electrons, and  family names
   Quiz -  elements (symbol and name)
Friday - January 20
    Lecture -  Density and Temperature conversions
Thursday - January 19
    Lecture - Metric system and English conversion system
    Quiz -  physical states, compounds/elements, homo/hetro  (1  2)
Wednesday - January 18
    Lecture - Metric system
    Quiz - physical and chemical properties/changes (1  2)
Tuesday - January 17
    Lecture - Introduction to Chemistry (up to and including metric system)
Friday - January 13
    no class
Thursday - January 12
    no class
Wednesday - January 11
    no class
Tuesday - January 10
    Lecture - Introduction to Chemistry (up to the states of matter)   
Monday - January 9
    Lecture - review course syllabus

COURSE DESCRIPTION

CHEM 1405 Introductory Chemistry I (3-3-4) A survey course introducing chemistry. Topics may include inorganic, organic, biochemistry, food/physiological chemistry and environmental/consumer chemistry.  Designed for non-science majors. 

COURSE INFORMATION

    Instructor: Richard Wheet (Associate Professor Chemistry)
    Contact Information: richard.wheet@tstc.edu   254-867-4859
    Office Hours:  M W Th F - 11:00 - 12:00 and Tuesday 2:00 - 3:00
    Technical Studies Building - room 161
    Lecture: M  W Th F - 12:00 to 12:50
    Lab: T - 12:00 - 1:50

REQUIRED TEXT/MANUALS

Chemistry for Changing Times, Hill and Kolb, Prentice Hall, Latest Edition
Tutorial Programs (click here for menu)

COURSE OBJECTIVES

• Understand the scientific method and the measurement of matter.
• State the Laws of Conservation of Energy and Mass and interpret chemical formulas.
• State the three principle subatomic particles and their properties.
• Write isotopic notation
• Determine metals, nonmetals and metalloids.
• State the family names of elements.
• State the types of ionizing radiation.
• Explain radioisotopic dating.
• List some uses of radioisotopes.
• State how isotopes are used for explosives and nuclear power.
• Write chemical formulas and names.
• Balance equations.
• Calculate percent composition.
• Determine the characteristics of gases.
• Calculate percent solution and the dilution formula
• State principle differences between acids and bases.
• Complete reactions of acids and bases.
• Interpret a pH scale and explain the causes of acid rain.
• Draw the components of a dry cell and a lead acid battery.
• Explain electroplating.
• Give examples of corrosion.
• State the types of oxidizing agents.
• Complete reactions of organic chemicals.
• Name organic chemicals.
• Identify functional groups.
• State the segments of the lithosphere.
• State the four types of ores and examples of each.
• State how bronze, iron and aluminum are produced.
• State the components of the atmosphere.
• Draw the nitrogen and oxygen cycle.
• Explain what a temperature inversion is.
• Explain acid rain.
• State the two causes of waterborne disease.
• Explain the effects of anaerobic and aerobic bacteria on water.
• Define hard water.
• Draw the processes by which drinking and wastewater are processed.
• State the three fossil fuels.
• Show how oil is separated into components.
• Explain the technique to produce gasoline.
• Explain how a generating plant produces electricity.
• Draw the structures of proteins, lipids, carbohydrates, and nucleic acids.
• State the secret of life.
• List the various simple sugars and disaccharides, functions of fats, vitamins, minerals, and additives in food.
• Explain how soap and detergents clean.
• State the three basic cleaning products.
• State the active components in specialized cleaning products.
• State the components of paint, cosmetics, toothpaste, perfumes and hair products.
• State how aspirin and aspirin substitutes function.
• State what various medications do.

COURSE SYLLABUS

    Course Syllabus  (pdf format)

COURSE OUTLINE (Outline) 

I    Chemistry – Central Science

• Scientific method
• Classification of Matter
• Measurement of Matter
• Density
• Energy
• Temperature

II    Atoms 

• Classical idea
• Law of Conservation of Matter
• Law of Definite Proportions
• Dalton’s Atomic Theory
• Periodic Table
• Molecules

III    Atomic Structure 

• Electricity and the Atom
• X-Rays and radioactivity
• Types of Radioactivity
• Nuclear model of the Atom
• Structure of the Nucleus
• Electron Arrangement
• Metal, Nonmetals and Metalloids

IV    Nuclear Chemistry 

• Natural radioactivity
• Half-life
• Radioisotopic dating
• Induced radioactivity
• Nuclear medicine
• Energy from the nucleus
• Nuclear power

V    Chemical Bonds

• Electron dot structure
• Formulas and names
• Covalent bonds
• Polyatomic ion
• States of matter and bonding forces

VI    Mass and Volume Relationships

• Equations
• Moles
• Mole and Mass relationships
• Gas laws
• Solutions

VII    Acid and Bases  

• Acid, bases and salts
• pH
• Acid rain
• Antacids

VIII    Oxidation and Reduction 

• Cells and batteries
• Corrosion
• Oxidizing and reducing agents

IX    Organic Chemistry 

• Carbon atom
• Alkanes
• Cyclic hydrocarbons
• Aromatics
• Chlorinated hydrocarbons
• Functional groups
• Alcohols
• Ethers
• Aldehydes and ketones
• Carboxylic acids
• Esters

X    Polymers 

• Polymerization
• Natural polymers
• Celluloid
• Polyethylene
• Rubber
• Properties of polymers
• Composites

XI    Chemistry of Earth

• Materials manifest
• Lithosphere
• Silicates and modified silicates
• Metals and ores

XII    Air

• Earth’s Atmosphere
• Nitrogen cycle
• Oxygen cycle
• Temperature inversion

XIII    Water 

• Waste water
• Drinking water

XIV    Fuel Energy 

• Fossil Fuels
• Refining
• Coal
• Fossil Fuel and Nuclear Electricity

XV    Biochemistry 

• The cell
• Carbohydrates
• Fats and lipids
• Proteins
• Enzymes
• DNA
• RNA
• Replication, transcription, and protein synthesis
• Genetic Engineering

XVI    Food 

• Carbohydrates
• Fats
• Proteins
• Minerals
• Vitamins
• Starvation and fasting
• Food additives

XVII    Household chemicals

• Soap
• Detergents
• Bleaches
• Cleaning products
• Organic solvents
• Paints
• Waxes
• Cosmetics
• Toothpaste
• Perfumes
• Hair products

XIX    Drugs 

• Pain Relievers
• Cold Medicines
• Antibacterial drugs
• Viruses and antiviral drugs
• Cancer
• Hormones
• Drugs for the mind
• Anesthetics
• Depressants
• Narcotics
• Anti-anxiety drugs
• Stimulants
• LSD
• Marijuana

XX   Poisons

• Corrosive poisons
• Oxygen transport
• Heavy metals
• Lethal dose
• The liver
• Carcinogens
• Birth defects
• Hazardous wastes