CHEMISTRY 1040

Spring - 2011

CLASS TIMES: 10:00 am MWF in CSA 101

INSTRUCTOR: Professor Michael Squillacote 377 Chemistry Building

E-mail- squilme@auburn.edu
Office Hours Mondays Wednesdays Fridays
2:30-4:30 2:30-3:30 2:30-3:30

TEXT: Chemistry - the Central Science (11th edition), by Brown/Lemay/Bursten (Prentice-Hall)

Mastering Chemistry Web site http://www.masteringchemistry.com/site
Course ID: SQUILLACOTECHEM1030MWF8am

TESTS: 3 hour exams February 7 March 4 April 6

Final Exam (comprehensive) Tuesday, May 2, 8:00 a.m.- 10:30 a.m.

GRADING: Each hour exam will be 100 points. The final will be worth 200 points. Make-up exams, if
needed, will be given in a separate room during the next class lecture and a university excuse will be necessary.
Students who wish to take a make-up exam MUST notify me via e-mail BEFORE OR DURING the day of
the hourly exam. Homework will count 50 total points (see below).

The final grade will be determined based on a curve. The average of past classes gave the following percentages
for the final grades of those who completed the course over the last several years. This curve may be offset
depending upon the performance of the class as a whole:

12% A 22% B 27% C 19% D 20% F

Please see me if you have any questions or comments about this grading scheme.

REGRADING: Requests for regrading of tests must be submitted by the next class period after the exams are
returned. The entire exam will be regraded not just the section in question.

HOMEWORK: All problems in and at the end of the chapters should be considered homework. Some of
these will be assigned as homework thorough the online Mastering Chemistry program and these will count as
10% of your total grade. See the last page for instructions on registering for the Mastering Chemistry web
site (http://www.masteringchemistry.com/site). I cannot emphasize enough the importance of doing problems.
Please do them religiously throughout the course. I guarantee you’ll see some of them on the tests. Practice
tests will be e-mailed to you near the time of the scheduled tests.

ASSISTANCE: Help is of course available during my office hours, and I HOPE AND EXPECT !!!!! to see you
there. However, please avail yourselves of the other opportunities for assistance, the TA's in your laboratories,
Study Partners, etc. Study groups are encouraged!!!!

KEEPING UP: It is incredibly important not to fall behind in this class and missing lectures can be disastrous.
Please make every effort to keep up with the lectures in your rewriting of class notes, text reading, and problem
solving.

Finally, please - please - please ask questions in class!

 CH 1040Syllabus
References to Chemistry, The Central Science by T. L. Brown, H. E. LeMay, Jr. and B. E. Burston, Prentice
Hall , 10th edition

NOTE: All in-chapter and nearly all end-of-chapter problems should be done!!!

Chap. 11 Intermolecular Forces- Review 16.10 Acid-Base Behavior and Chemical Structure
16.11 Lewis Acids and Bases
11.1 A Molecular Comparison of Liquids and Solids
11.2 Intermolecular Forces Chap. 17 Additional Aspects of Aqueous
11.3 Some Properties of Liquids Equilibria
Chap. 13. Properties of Solutions 17.1. The Common-Ion Effect
17.2 Buffered Solutions
13.1 The Solution Process 17.3 Acid-Base Titrations
13.2 Saturated Solutions and Solubility 17.4 Solubility Equilibria
13.3 Factors Affecting Solubility 17.5 Factors that Affect Solubility
13.4 Ways of Expressing Concentration 17.6 Precipitation and Separation of Ions
13.5 Colligative Properties 17.7 Qualitative Analysis for Metallic Elements
13.6 Colloids
Chap. 19 Chemical Thermodynamics
Chap. 14 Chemical Kinetics
19.1 Spontaneous Processes
14.1 Factors that Affect Reaction Rates 19.2 Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics
14.2 Reaction Rates 19.3 The Molecular Interpretation of Entropy
14.3 The Dependence of Rate on Concentration 19.4 Calculation of Entropy Changes
14.4 The Change of Concentration with Time 19.5 Gibbs Free Energy
14.5 Temperature and Rate 19.6 Free Energy and Temperature
14.6 Reaction Mechanisms 19.7 Free Energy and the Equilibrium Constant
14.7 Catalysis
Chap. 20 Electrochemistry
Chap. 15 Chemical Equilibrium
20.1 Oxidation States
15.1 The Concept of Equilibrium 20.2 Balancing Oxidation-Reduction Reactions
15.2 The Equilibrium Constant 20.3 Voltaic Cells
15.3 Interpreting and Working with Equilibrium 20.4 Cell EMF
Constants 20.5 Free Energy and Redox Reactions
15.4 Heterogeneous Equilibria 20.6 Cell EMF under Nonstandard Conditions
15.5 Calculating Equilibrium Constants 20.7 Batteries and Fuel Cells
15.6 Applications of Equilibrium Constants 20.8 Corrosion
15.7 Le Châtelier's Principle 20.9 Electrolysis

Chap. 16 Acid-Base Equilibria Chap. 21 Nuclear Chemistry

16.1. Acids and Bases: A Brief Review
16.2 Brønsted-Lowry Acids and Bases
16.3 The Autoionization of Water
16.4 The pH Scale
16.5 Strong Acids and Bases
16.6 Weak Acids
16.7 Weak Bases
16.8 Relationship Between Ka and Kb
16.9 Acid-Base Properties of Salt Solutions
21.1 Radioactivity
21.2 Patterns of Nuclear Stability
21.3 Nuclear Transmutations
21.4 Rates of Radioactive Decay
21.5 Detection of Radioactivity
21.6 Energy Changes in Nuclear Reactions
21.7 Nuclear Fission
21.8 Nuclear Fusion
21.9 Biological Effects of Radiation
 Registering for Mastering Chemistry Homework Site
One must use the Mastering Chemistry access code wrapped with your book bought at the bookstore to register for the site. (One can
also be bought online.) Go to this link: Mastering Chemistry W eb site: http://www.masteringchemistry.com/site

1. Go to register New Student.

2. Indicate that you have an access code (wrapped with your book)

3. You can agree to the License Agreement and Privacy Policy.

4. Indicate that you do not have a Pearson Education Account, unless you used Mastering for CHEM 1030.

5. Put in your access code

6. For the registration form put in:

First Name
Last Name
Student Number (Banner Student ID)
Login name - Use your Auburn user name

7. Choose your own password.

8. Enter your security question

9. The e-mail address will be used only by the Mastering Chemistry tech support people to respond to complaints about particular
problems. If you want these responses you must enter your Auburn e-mail address.

10. Put in a telephone number if asked

You now should be registered!!!!!!!!!

(First-time login)
Login with your login name and password.
Do not select the book. Enter the course ID: Squillacote-CHEM 1040-MW F-s11