Chemistry 1 for Chemical Sciences CHEM 1101

Upon successful completion, the student will be able to:

• Solve stoichiometry problems involving elements and compounds.
• Solve stoichiometry problems involving concentrations of solutions.
• Solve stoichiometry problems involving balanced equations.
• Demonstrate the proper use of volumetric flasks, burets and pipets in volumetric analysis.
• Use the data collected in acid-base titrations to solve for unknown concentrations of acids and bases.
• Solve problems involving acids and bases using equivalents and normality units.
• Demonstrate proper laboratory skills in performing qualitative, gravimetric and volumetric analysis.
• Predict the effects of pressure and temperature changes on the amount of products obtained in industrial processes like the Haber Process.
• Use the IUPAC system of nomenclature to name compounds.
• Classify compounds as acids, bases and salts.
• Assess the strength of solutions of weak acids and weak bases using Ka and Kb values.
• Compare the properties of acids and bases.
• Choose appropriate acids and salts which could be mixed together to produce buffer solutions of a desired pH.
• Classify salts as acidic, basic or neutral.
• Calculate the pH of the following solutions: strong acids, strong bases, weak acids, weak bases, acidic salts and basic salts.
• Use Ksp values to predict if a precipitate will form when solutions of different salts are mixed together.
• Use Ksp values to determine the solubility of salts in water.
• Determine the effect of adding a common ion on the solubility of a salt.
• Balance oxidation-reduction reactions.
• Classify substances as oxidizing and reducing agents.

Effective as of Fall 2003