| Welcome to Chemistry Session Notes.
You will find here the lecture notes on General and Inorganic Chemistry.
I will be adding notes and updating the pages as time permits. For the meantime,
I encourage you to read on and learn. If you have questions or comments, feel free to
email me.
Here is the course outline that
we will follow. Hyperlinked topics are already available for viewing.
- Introduction to Chemistry
KEYWORDS: scientific method, definition of chemistry, states of matter, changes of matter,
properties of matter, mixtures, elements, compounds, separation of mixtures,
system of measurements, length, mass, temperature, volume, density, significant figures,
dimensional analysis.
- From Atoms to Compounds
KEYWORDS: atomic theory, atomic structure, atomic number, mass number, isotopes,
periodic table, molecules, ions, molecular compounds, ionic compounds, ionic charge,
naming, formula, binary compounds, acids.
- Stoichiometry: Mathematics of Chemical Formulas and Equations
KEYWORDS: reactions, combination, decomposition, replacement, double displacement,
balancing chemical equations, combustion, atomic weights, molecular weights,
formula and molecular weights, percent by mass, mole, Avogadro's number,
empirical formulas, molecular formulas, limiting reactants, theoretical yield,
excess reactants.
|
