CHEM& 163 - General Chemistry with Lab III

• Understand the common ion effect and define a buffer; solve problems involving buffers
• Understand acid-base titrations curves; calculate the pH at any point in a titration and select an appropriate indicator for the titration
• Solve equilibrium problems involving slightly soluble ionic compounds and complex ions
• Understand the concept of entropy and the factors that determine the entropy of a system
• Use the Second Law of Thermodynamics to predict if a process is spontaneous or nonspontaneous; calculate changes in enthalpy, entropy, and free energy
• Describe how a change in free energy is related to the position of equilibrium and the value of the equilibrium constant for a process; perform calculations involving these concepts
• Know the terms associated with electrochemical reactions and cells
• Describe the construction of a voltaic cell and write its cell diagram
• Calculate cell potential using standard reduction potentials and the Nernst equation
• Perform calculations involving cell potentials, changes in free energy, and equilibrium constants
• Describe the construction and chemistry of common batteries and fuel cells
• Predict the products of reactions carried out in electrolytic cells; apply the laws of electrolysis to calculate the amounts of products formed in these cells
• Understand and predict periodic trends for the properties of main-group and transition elements
• Describe the different types of radiation and of radioactive decay; balance nuclear equations for natural decays and for artificial transmutations
• Convert between solution concentration units
• Know the colligative properties of solutions; solve problems involving these properties, including determining the molar mass of a solute
• Solve problems involving the half-lives of radioactive decays
• Understand the health effects of radiation and the medical uses of radioactive isotopes
• Understand the origins of nuclear energy and perform calculations involving mass defects and nuclear binding energies
• Describe the components, operation, advantages and disadvantages of fission and fusion reactors
• Understand basic metallurgical processes and their role in the production of important metals
• Be familiar with the processes involved in the production of important industrial compounds and fertilizers
• Classify organic compounds; name and identify isomers of hydrocarbons; recognize important reactions of hydrocarbons
• Recognize addition and condensations polymers; identify and describe biological polymers