Note: you need to check with the institution you are transfering to make sure the course is acceptable for their requirements.
Prerequisites: MA100; completion within the past five years with a grade of C or better of one year of high school chemistry or CH100.
Three hours of lecture, four hours of laboratory each week
4 semester hours
The current text book for this course is "General Chemistry" third edition by R. Chang, McGraw Hill, 2003.
CH101 Lab: Handouts will be provided for each experiment. Students are also required to have approved safety goggles, a notebook with the ability to make carbon copies, and a combination lock.
The following is the laboratory schedule for the Spring 2006 semester. The laboratory portion of the course counts as 25% of your total course grade. Specific information concerning laboratory requirements will be given by the laboratory instructor.
CH135 Spring 2006 LABORATORY SCHEDULE
| Week (dates) | Activity |
| 1. (January 25) |
Introduction to the Chemistry Laboratory, Safety Orientation and Check In |
| 2. (February 1) | Measurements |
| 3. (February 8) | Formula of an Oxide |
| 4. (February 15) | Synthesis of Alum Crystals from Aluminum |
| 5. (February 22) |
Boyle's and Gay-Lussac's Law |
| 6. (March 1) |
Heat of Reaction and Hess's Law |
| 7. (March 8) |
Acid-Base Titrations and Molar Mass of an Unknown Acid |
| 8. (March 15) |
Properties of Oxygen and Oxides |
| 9. (March 20) |
Spring Break |
| 10. (March 29) | Heat of Fusion of Water |
| 11. (April 5) | Molar Mass from Freezing Point Depression |
| 12. (April 12) | Kinetics - Iodine Clock Reaction) |
| 13. (April 19) |
Kf Determination |
| 14. (April 26) |
Electrochemistry NOTE: No experiments peformed after Friday, April 28, 2006 |
| 15. (May 3) | Clean-up, Check-out , Final Lab Exam |