Monday, December 28, 2015

Stoichiometry problem

Here's the kind of thing you should be able to do without a calculator:


Monday, December 7, 2015

Unit 6 Bonding Topics

Bonding Unit Topics


General Bonding:
Octet Rule
Electronegativity and Bond Type (non polar bonds, polar bonds, ionic bonds)
Lewis Dot Diagrams
Valence electrons for each family (Main Group columns: 1A, 2A, 3A, 4A, 5A, 6A, 7A, 8A)
 
Covalent Bonds:
General properties (gases, liquids or soft solids at room temp)
Lewis Structures
Single, double and triple bonds (Hybridization: sp3, sp2, sp)
VSEPR shapes (linear, bent, trigonal planar, trigonal pyramidal, tetrahedral)
Polar vs nonpolar molecules
 
Ionic Bonds:
Properties of ionic compounds as described by ionic bonds
Brittle Solids at room temperature
High melting and boiling points
Don’t conduct electricity in solid state
Conduct electricity when molten or dissolved in a polar liquid.
 
Metallic Bonds:
Mobile sea of valence electrons attracted to metal cation
Properties of metals as explained by metallic bonding.
luster, malleable, ductile, good conductors of heat and electricity
Alloys
 
Intermolecular Forces (IMF):
London Dispersion Forces
Dipole - Dipole Forces
Hydrogen Bonding

Unit 5 Topics

Topics for Unit 5 - Nomenclature 
  • Ionic Compounds
    • Binary with main group elements 
    • Binary with Transition Metals 
    • Polyatomic Ions
      • memorize the 'big four'
  • Molecular Compounds
    • Prefixes and when to use them 
    • Diatomic 7 (Horses Need Oats For Clear Brown I’s?) 
    • molecular compounds with common names (H2O, NH3, H2O2
  • Acids
    • monoatomic anion 
    • polyatomic anions
You must be able to go back and forth between name and formula!

Unit 4 Atoms and Light Topics

Atoms and the Periodic Table
Zumdahl Chapter 11: Modern Atomic Theory

Atoms

  • Parts of a wave and how they are related to each other
    • Wavelength, Frequency, Velocity, and Energy
  • The electromagnetic spectrum
    • Electromagnetic radiation
    • Properties of light and its dual nature
    • From gamma rays to radio waves: how does wavelength, frequency, and energy change?
    • The visible light spectrum and energy differences between the colors
  • The history of the atom
    • Scientists contributing to our current model of the atom
    • Important experiments and discoveries
  • Electron configurations
    • principal energy levels and number of electrons that can exist in each
      • Aufbau principle, Pauli exclusion principle, Hund’s rule
    • Write electron configuration for any element or ion (Don’t memorize exceptions, but know that they exist)
    • Use the noble gases shorthand when asked
  • Electron orbitals
    • order of electron filling
    • shapes of sublevels (s, p and d)
    • number of orbitals  (s, p, d, f) (s: 1 orbital l, 2 e-, p:3 orbitals, 6e-, d :5 orbitals, 10 e-, f :7 orbitals, 14 e-)

Periodic Table

  • The Periodic Law
    • Brief history of development of the modern periodic table
  • Families: Names,  location on periodic table, characteristics and ion formation
    • Alkali Metals
    • Alkaline Earth Metals
    • Halogens
    • Noble Gases
  • Periodic Trends
    • Atomic Radius
    • Ionization Energy
    • Electronegativity
    • Electron Affinity
    • Ion size
  • Metals, Nonmetals and Metalloids (Semiconductors)
    • location in periodic table
    • basic properties

Unit 3 The Mole, Topics

The Mole and Chemical Reactions
Zumdahl Chapter 6 and Chapter 7


The Mole Chapter 6
Atomic Mass unit
Average atomic mass
Mole
Avogadro’s number
Molar Mass
Molar Mass Conversions
mass to mole
mole to mass
Molar Volume
Empirical and Molecular Formulas


Chemical Reactions Chapter 7
Chemical Reaction
Chemical Equation
Reactants
Products
Balancing the chemical equation
Coefficients
Symbols of the physical states (s, l, g, aq)

Unit 2 Chem Skills Topics

Chem Skills Test Topics
Zumdahl Chemistry Text: Chapter 5

Topics:
Scientific Notation
Scientific Notation Calculations
Precision and accuracy
Identifying Significant Figures
Significant Figure Calculations
Metric Conversions
SI Units/conversions
Density Calculations
Specific Gravity
Percent Error
Dimensional Analysis

Unit 1 Review

Topics Covered on Chemistry Foundations Test
Chapters 1-3
  1. Common Elements/Symbols
  2. Lab Safety
  3. States of Matter and characteristics
  4. Physical & Chemical Changes
  5. Homogeneous & Heterogeneous Mixtures
  • examples and definition
  1. Elements, compounds and mixtures
  2. Subatomic Particles
  • How to find the number of protons, neutrons and electrons
  • Charge and location of each subatomic particle.
7. Ions: Cations & Anions (Which common elements form cations and anions and their charges)
  • How are ions formed?
8. Isotopes (How to calculate Average Atomic Mass)
  • What makes isotopes of an element different than other isotopes?
9. Dependant vs. Independent Variables
  • Identification and Graphing (What goes on the x and y axis)
10. Direct vs. Inverse Relationships.

  • Shape of graph
  • Description of relationship

Image of the Earth from Apollo 17

Today, in 1972, this picture was taken. The famous "Blue Marble" shot.

 Blue Marble - Image of the Earth from Apollo 17


Tuesday, December 1, 2015