CHEM 301 - Chemistry for Environmental Conservation

Credits: 5.5
Variable Credit Course: No

Lecture Hours: 44
Lab Hours: 33
Worksite/Clinical Hours: 0
Other Hours (LIA/Internships): 0

Course Description: For the Bachelor of Applied Science Environmental Conservation program. Reactions in aqueous solution, equilibrium, acids and bases, acid-base and solubility equilibria, and electrochemistry. Lab included.

Prerequisite: CHEM& 121 with a grade of C or higher.
Meets FQE Requirement: No
Integrative Experience Requirement: No

Student Learning Outcomes

Write and balance chemical equations to describe precipitation, acid-base, and oxidation-reduction reactions.
Write the equilibrium expression for a reaction and use it to perform equilibrium calculations.
Calculate or approximate the pH of buffers, salt solutions, strong acids or bases, and weak acids or bases.
Write the solubility product expression for a solid and use it to perform solubility calculations.
Identify the components of a galvanic cell and calculate its potential.

Course Contents

Precipitation, acid-base, and oxidation-reduction reactions.
Equilibrium, equilibrium constants, and equilibrium constant expressions.
pH, strong and weak acids and bases, conjugate acids and bases, ionization constants, and acid-base properties of salts.
Buffers, acid-base titrations, and solubility equilibria.
Heavy metals, pesticides, and toxic organic compounds.
Oxidation-reduction reactions, galvanic cells, standard reduction potentials, batteries, and electrolysis.

Instructional Units: 6.25