States of matter, properties of gases, Periodic Table, and properties of elements. Offered every semester. Types of solutions, concentration units, colligative properties. Ionic equilibria of weak acids and bases, pH buffers, hydrolysis and solubility product principle. Thermochemistry, electrochemistry, nuclear chemistry.
Laboratory includes qualitative analysis of cations and some quantitative analysis.
Inorganic Chemistry I. Offered every semester. Laboratory exercises in manipulations and preparations. Offered every semester. Replaces Chem 113, 116. Laboratory exercises in organic preparation and reactions of compounds studied in class.