What are the fundamentals of honors chemistry at NYU?

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http://www.nyu.edu/classes/tuckerman/honors.chem/lectures/notes.html

Lecture 1 -- Introduction and mathematical preliminaries

Lecture 2 -- Origins of molecules, relative masses, and the mole concept

Lecture 3 -- Chemical formulae, chemical equations and the fundamental laws of reactions

Lecture 4 -- Balancing equations and stoichiometry

Lecture 5 -- Chemical bonding I: Background, Lewis model and ionic bonding

Lecture 6 -- Chemical bonding II: Covalent bonding and Lewis structures.

Lecture 7 -- Chemical bonding III: Polar covalent bonds and molecular geometry.

Lecture 8 -- The gaseous state I: Boyle's and Charles' laws and the ideal gas law.

Lecture 9 -- The gaseous state II: The kinetic theory of the ideal gas.

Lecture 10 -- The gaseous state III: The hard sphere and van der Waals gases.

Lecture 11 -- Phases of matter, phase transitions and intermolecular forces.

Lecture 12 -- Solutions I: Composition, preparation and microscopic coordination.

Lecture 13 -- Solutions II: Stoichiometry, titrations and colligative properties.

Lecture 14 -- Thermodynamics I: Introduction and statement of the zeroth and first laws.

Lecture 15 -- Thermodynamics II: Enthalpy, thermochemistry and properties of an ideal gas.

Lecture 16 -- Thermodynamics III: Time reversal invariance of mechanics, microstates and entropy, and the Carnot cycle.

Lecture 17 -- Thermodynamics IV: Efficiency, Thermodynamic definition of entropy and the Second Law

Lecture 18 -- Thermodynamics V: Discussion of the 2nd Law, Gibbs free energy.

Lecture 19 -- The nature of chemical equilibrium and derivation of equilibrium constants.

Lecture 20 -- Equilibrium calculations, Le Chatelier's principle and temperature dependence of the equilibrium constant.

Lecture 21 -- Acids and bases: Basic definitions and acid/base strength.

Lecture 22 -- Acid-base equilibrium calculations, microscopic picture of hydronium and hydroxyl solvation and diffusion.

Lecture 23 -- Heterogeneous equilibria: activity, extraction processes, solubility.

Lecture 24 -- Heterogeneous equilibria: Precipitation, common ions, effects of pH, complex ions.

Professor M. Tuckerman
1001L Main Building
Phone: 8-8471
E-mail: mark.tuckerman@nyu.edu

 

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See also Chemistry Websites in the PF Chemistry Forum.

 

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Another on-line tutorial

http://library.thinkquest.org/C006669/data/Chem/