General & Inorganic Chemistry

1. Chemistry and Measurements: An Introduction to Chemistry, Physical measurements Atoms Molecules and Ions: Atomic Theory of matter, The structure of the atom, Nuclear Structure-Isotopes; Periodic Table of the Elements

2. Quantum Theory of the atom: Quantum Numbers and Atomic Orbitals, Electron Configuration and Periodicity: Electron spin and the Pauli Exclusion Principle, Building - Up Principle and the Periodic Table, Writing Electron Configuration Using the Periodic Table, Orbital Diagrams of Atoms, Hund’ s Rule, Periodicity of the Elements

3. Chemical Substances: Formulas and Names, Chemical Reaction: Equation, Writing Chemical Equation. Balancing Chemical Equation, Calculation with Chemical Formulas and Equations: Mass and Moles of Substances, Determining Chemical Formulas, Quantitative Relations in Chemical Reactions

4. Ionic and Covalent Bonding: Describing Ionic Bonds, Describing Covalent Bonds Polar Covalent Bonds, Electronegativity, Polar molecules, States of Matter: Change of state, Phase Transition, Liquid state, Solid state, Intramolecular and Intermolecular Forces, Hydrogen Bond, Metallic Bond

5. Chemical Reactions: Ionic Theory of Solutions and Solubility Rules, Molecular and Ionic Equations, Types of Chemical Reactions, Precipitation Reaction, Gravimetric Analysis, Volumetric Analysis

6. Solutions: Types of Solutions, Solubility and The Solutions Process, Ways of Expressing Concentrations

7. Acids and Bases: Acid and Bases Concepts, Acids and Bases Strengths, Molecular Structure and Acids Strengths, Self-Ionization of Water and pH, Solution of a strong Acid or Base, The pH of a Solution; Acid-Base Titration Curves

8. Thermochemistry: First law of Thermodynamic, Heat of Reaction and Enthalpy, Hess’ s Laws, Thermochemical Equations.

9. Rates of Reaction: Reactions Rate, Experimental Determination of Rate, Dependence of rate on Concentration, Change of Concentration with Time

10. Chemical Equilibrium: Describing Chemical Equilibrium, Using Equilibrium Constant, Changing The Reaction Conditions Le Châtelier’s Principle, Free- Energy and Equilibrium Constant

11. Acid-Base Equilibria: Acid Ionization Equilibria, Base Ionization Equilibria, Acid-Base Properties of Salt Solution, Buffers

12. Oxidation-Reduction Reactions: Half Reaction, Balancing Oxidation – Reduction Reactions, Construction of Voltaic Cells, Cell Potential; Equilibrium Constants from Cell Potentials

13. Solubility and Complex-Ion Equilibria: Solubility Equilibria, Complex-Ion Equilibria, Application of Solubility Equilibria

Laboratory Courses

1. Indroduction, Laboratory Safety, General Laboratory Rules, Common Laboratory Equipment and Glasswar, Electronic Balance

2. Measure Volume of liquinds, Sedimentation – Filtration, Drying

3. Basic Concepts of Preparing Solutions: Molarity, Percent Solutions, Calculating Molarity from Percent Solutions, Using Measuring Flask, Dilution of Solution, Measurement of Conductivity of Aqueous Solutions

4. Introduction to Volumetric Analysis: Sedimentation Τitration Mohr's Method

5. Acid-Base Neutralization, Titration

6. Chemical kinetics: Finding Order of Reactions

7. Determination of ΔΗ of a Chemical Reaction

8. Chemical Εquilibrium-Le Châtelier's Principle

9. Determination of pKa Values of Weak Acids

10. Buffer Solutions- pH - Hederson-Hasselbach Equiation

11. Oxidation-Reduction Half Reactions – Metal oxidation – Voltaic Cells

12. Determination of Formation Constant Kf

13. Repeat laboratory