Calculator, laboratory coat, and safety glasses. At the completion of this course, the student should have acquired a greater knowledge of chemical terminology and as well as an increased ability to rationalize solution to problems in molar amounts of substances, equilibria, pH, solubility product, complex ions, and kinetics. Students completing the sequence will have an enhanced ability to apply the inductive and deductive reasoning of science in their everyday lives. This will serve them well in their courses, as well as their everyday lives. The course is structured to include 45 hours of lecture and 45 hours of laboratory experience.
Utilization is made of in-house prepared manuals, models and demonstrations.
Lectures are designed to generate critical thinking to solve chemical concept problems and where possible to relate the answers to real world problems. Determine the mole fraction of solute and solvent, the extent of vapor pressure lowering on a liquid by the addition of solute. Solve for extent of boiling point elevation as well as freezing point depression, and explain how this occurs. Solve solution stoichiometry problems including limiting reagent type. Write the equilibrium expression given the equation, rewrite the expression when the equation is multiplied or reversed.