University Chemistry I

Alas, I have a day job. I was not able to keep up with my hoped schedule for chemistry 2. Hopefully, I will finish before I die. In the meantime, since I wasn't able to keep up, I will admit temporary defeat and try to fill in the blanks I have left for videos on chemistry 1. 

Again, I am following Brown, LeMay, Burston, and Murphy. This website approaches the subject from the standpoint of the textbook.

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Module 1: The Basics 

Week 1: Matter and Measurement (chapter 1)

• definitions, classifications, properties, measurement, converting units

Week 2: Atoms, Molecules, and Ions (chapter 2)

• atomic theory, atomic structure, modern view, atomic weights, periodic table, molecules, ions, naming inorganic compounds, naming organic compounds

Module 2: Stoichiometry and Reactions

Week 3: Stoichiometry (chapter 3)

• equations, patterns, formula weights, Avogadro's number, empirical formulas, finding moles, limiting reactants

Week 4: Review and Test 1

Module 3: Solutions and Heat

Week 5: Aqueous Reactions and Solution Stoichiometry (chapter 4)

• general properties, precipitation reactions, acid-base reactions, redox reactions, concentrations, basic analysis

Week 6: Thermochemistry (chapter 5)

• nature of energy, first law of thermodynamics, enthalpy, enthalpies of reaction

Module 4: Thermochemistry 

Week 7: Thermochemistry continued

• calorimetry, Hess' law, enthalpies of formation, foods and fuels

Week 8: Review and Test 2

Module 5: Electronic Structure and Periodic Properties 

Week 9: Electronic Structure of the Atom (chapter 6)

• wave nature of light, quantized energy, line spectra, wave behavior, quantum mechanics, many-electron atoms, electron configurations

Week 10: Periodic Properties of the Elements (chapter 7)

• story of periodic table, effective nuclear charge, atomic sizes, ionization energy, electron affinities, metals, active metals, nonmetals

Module 6: Chemical Bonding and Molecular Geometry

Week 11: Basic Concepts of Bonding (chapter 8)

• octet rule, ionic bonding, covalent bonding, polarity, Lewis structures, resonance structures, exceptions, bond strengths

Week 12: Molecular Geometry and Bonding Theories (chapter 9)

• molecular shapes, VSEPR model, shape and polarity, orbital overlap, hybrid orbitals, multiple bonds, molecular orbitals, second-row diatomics

Module 7: Gases and Intermolecular Forces

Week 13: Gases (chapter 10)

• characteristics, pressure, gas laws, ideal-gas equation, applications, partial pressures, KMT, effusion and diffusion, real gases

Week 14: Intermolecular Forces, Liquids, and Solids (chapter 11)

• comparisons of states, intermolecular forces, liquids, phase changes, vapor pressure, phase diagrams, solids, solid bonding

Module 8: Properties of Solutions

Week 15: Properties of Solutions (chapter 13)

• solution process, saturated solutions, solubility, concentration, colligative properties, colloids

Week 16: Final Exam

Deconstruction novel continues...

Just wanted to say that I continue the discipline of writing the Deconstruction novel on Friday nights/Saturday mornings. But I don't think I'll continue putting excerpts here.

In other news, Erin Crisp and I wrote a fable in 2 days this week: How Angie Saved Chicken U. I was inspired by the fable, How Stella Saved the Farm. I think my company, Campus Edu, is going to publish and distribute it. It captures my sense of what might happen to save the struggling Christian college. I am more doubtful about whether such colleges will end up taking much of the advice.