Comprehensive General Chemistry 1
Course Code
CHEM 11100 10
Course Description
This is the first in a three-course sequence that is a comprehensive survey of modern descriptive, inorganic, and physical chemistry for students with a good secondary school exposure to general chemistry.
We will cover atomic and molecular theories, chemical periodicity, chemical reactivity and bonding, chemical equilibria, acid-base equilibria, solubility equilibria, phase equilibria, thermodynamics, electrochemistry, kinetics, quantum mechanics, and nuclear chemistry. Examples will be drawn from chemical, biological, and materials systems.
The laboratory portion includes an introduction to quantitative measurements, investigation of the properties of the important elements and their compounds, and experiments associated with the common ions and their separation and identification.
Attendance at discussion (remote, on Thursdays, from 1 to 3pm) and laboratory sessions (remote lab, on Mon Wed Fri, 1:30-5:30 pm OR in-person lab, on Mon Wed Fri, 2-6 pm) is required.
Course Criteria
Prerequisite: Good performance on math and chemistry placement exams. UChicago students planning to take Organic Chemistry must participate in the in-person labs.
Instructor(s)
Meishan Zhao
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