CHEM& 162 - General Chem w/Lab II

Credits: 5
Variable Credit Course: No

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

Course Description: A continuation of CHEM& 161. Properties of solutions, thermodynamics, gases, liquids and solids, entropy and energy, chemical equilibrium.

Prerequisite: ENGL 099 with a grade of C or higher (or placement into college-level English); and MATH& 141 with a grade of C or higher (or placement into MATH& 142); and CHEM& 161 with a grade of C or higher.
Distribution Requirements:

Natural Sciences Distribution Requirement

Meets FQE Requirement: No
Integrative Experience Requirement: No

Student Learning Outcomes

Calculate solution concentration and explain how it relates to colligative properties.
Calculate the enthalpy of reaction and explain its meaning.
Solve problems using the individual gas laws and ideal gas law.
Explain intermolecular forces and their relationship to phase changes.
Calculate free energy and entropy for a chemical reaction.
Write the equilibrium expression for a reaction and use it to perform equilibrium calculations.

Course Contents

Gas laws and the ideal gas equation, gas stoichiometry, and partial pressures.
Energy changes in chemical reactions, enthalpy of formation and reaction, and calorimetry.
Laws of thermodynamics, spontaneous processes, entropy, and free energy.
Intermolecular forces, properties of liquids, crystal structures, phase changes and phase diagrams.
Units of concentration, the effect of temperature and pressure on solubility, and colligative properties.
Equilibrium, equilibrium constants, and equilibrium constant expressions.

Instructional Units: 6.25