GENERAL CHEMISTRY I
Dr. Michael Blaber
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Hypotheses, Theories and Facts
Dimensional Analysis
Introduction to Matter
Elements and Compounds
The Atomic Theory of Matter
The Discovery of Atomic Structure
Modern View of Atomic Structure
The Periodic Table
Molecules and Ions
Naming of Inorganic Compounds
Chemical Equations
Patterns of Chemical Reactivity
Atomic and Molecular Weights
The Mole
Empirical Formulas from Analyses
Quantitative Information from Balanced Equations
Limiting Reactants
Solution Composition
Solution Stoichiometry
The Nature of Energy
Heat and Enthalpy Changes
Calorimetry
Hess's Law
Enthalpies of Formation
Foods and Fuels
The Wave Nature of Light
Quantum Effects and Photons
Bohr's Model of the Hydrogen Atom
The Dual Nature of the Electron
Quantum Mechanics and Atomic Orbitals
Representations of Orbitals
Orbitals in Many-electron Atoms
Electron Configurations
Electron Configurations and the Periodic Table
Development of the Periodic Table
Electron Shells in Atoms
Sizes of Atoms
Ionization Energy
Electronic Affinities
Metals, Nonmetals and Metalloids
Group Trends: the Active Metals
Group Trends: Selected Nonmetals
Lewis Symbols and the Octet Rule
Ionic Bonding
Sizes of Ions
Covalent Bonding
Bond Polarity
Drawing Lewis Structures
Resonance Structures
Exceptions to the Octet Rule
Strengths of Covalent Bonds
Oxidation Numbers
Molecular Geometries
The VSEPR Model
Polarity of Molecules
Covalent Bonding and Orbital Overlap
Hybrid Orbitals
Multiple Bonds
Characteristics of Gases
Pressure
The Gas Law
The Ideal Gas Equation
Molar Mass and Gas Densities
Gas Mixtures and Partial Pressures
Volumes of Gases in Chemical Reactions
Kinetic-Molecular Theory
Molecular Effusion and Diffusion
Deviation from Ideal Behavior
The Kinetic-molecular Description of Liquids and Solids
Intermolecular Forces
Properties of Liquids: Viscosity and Surface Tension
Changes of State
Vapor Pressure
Phase Diagrams
Structures of Solids
Bonding in Solids
1998 Dr. Michael Blaber