CHEM 101 - General Chemistry (Spring 2024)

Lectures: Tue & Thu, 9:25-10:40 am (§05) and 12:25-1:40 pm (§04), BCISE 119

Instructor: Jeff D Cronk   Office: HU 234   Email: cronk@gonzaga.edu

Office hours: Tue & Thu 2:00-3:30 pm; Wed 1:00-2:00 pm.

Class schedule
(revised 01-05-2024)

TUESDAY

THURSDAY

WEEK 1
16, 18 January

( Lectures 1 & 2 )

16 January
Introduction & essentials
CHAPTER E

18 January
Atomic theory
CHAPTER E

WEEK 2
23, 25 January

( Lectures 3 & 4 )

23 January
Moles & molar mass
CHAPTERS 1 & 2

25 January
Light, quanta, and atoms
CHAPTERS 1 & 2

WEEK 3
30 January, 1 February

( Lectures 5 & 6 )

30 January
Atomic orbitals and the Periodic Table
CHAPTER 2

1 February
Periodicity and electron configurations
CHAPTER 3

WEEK 4
6, 8 February

( Lecture 7 )

6 Febuary
Periodic trends in the atomic domain
CHAPTER 3

8 February
EXAM 1

WEEK 5
13, 15 February

( Lectures 8 & 9 )

13 February
Molecules and Compounds
CHAPTER 4

15 February
Composition of compounds
CHAPTER 4

WEEK 6
20, 22 February

( Lectures 10 & 11 )

20 February
Chemical bonding
CHAPTER 5

22 February
Chemical bonding
CHAPTER 5

WEEK 7
27, 29 February

( Lectures 12 & 13 )

27 February
Bonding and molecuar structure
CHAPTER 5

29 February
Molecular structure and polarity
CHAPTER 5

WEEK 8
5, 7 March

( Lecture 14 )

5 March
Stoichiometry and solutions
CHAPTERS 7 & 8

7 March
EXAM 2

11 - 15 March
Spring Break

TUESDAY

THURSDAY

WEEK 9
19, 21 March

( Lectures 15 & 16 )

19 March
Chemical equations and stoichiometry
CHAPTER 7

21 March
Solutions and aqueous reactions
CHAPTER 8

WEEK 10
26, 28 March

( Lectures 17 & 18 )

26 March
Thermochemistry: Calorimetry
CHAPTER 9

28 March
Enthalpy of chemical reactions
CHAPTER 9

WEEK 11
2, 4 April

( Lectures 19 & 20 )

2 April
Thermodynamics and gases
CHAPTERS 9 & 10

4 April
Gases, Intermolecular forces
CHAPTERS 10 & 11

WEEK 12
9, 11 April

( Lecture 21 )

9 April
Intermolecular forces
CHAPTER 11

11 April
EXAM 3

WEEK 13
16, 18 April

( Lectures 22 & 23 )

16 April
Case studies of equilibria
CHAPTERS 11 & 15

18 April
Case studies of equilibria
CHAPTERS 13 & 15

WEEK 14
23, 25 April

( Lectures 24 & 25 )

23 April
Case studies of equilibria
CHAPTERS 13 & 15

25 April
Quantitative treatment of equilibria
CHAPTER 15

WEEK 15
30 April, 2 May

( Lectures 26 & 27 )

30 April
Acids and bases
CHAPTER 16

2 May
Acid-base equilibria
CHAPTER 16

FINAL EXAMS (Spring 2024): (§04) 12:25 section - Thursday 9 May, 3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. (§05) 9:25 section - Tuesday 7 May, 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.  
                                                      

*for Spring Semester 2024, final exams are given from Tuesday, May 7 to Friday, May 10