Course Objectives & Requirements:

It is preferred that students have already taken classes of Inorganic Chemistry, Physics, and Calculus. Based on the concepts and principles of physics and using the language of mathematics, this course will provide a deeper discussion of a number of concepts, most of which should already be familiar from introductory chemistry, a window on to the world of chemical reactions and allows us to understand in detail how they take place, and the basis for developing new spectroscopic techniques and their interpretation, for understanding the structures of molecules and the details of their electron distributions, and for relating the bulk properties of matter to their constituent atoms.

Attendance at the class is mandatory. Students with 30% absence will not be allowed to take the final exam and eventually fail this course. Students must read each chapter BEFORE AND AFTER the lecture.

Course Contents:

Chapter 0: Fundamentals 3hr

Chapter 8: Quantum Theory & Atomic Structures 3hr

Chapter 11: Molecular Structures 3hr

Chapter 1: The properties of gases 3hr

Chapter 2: The First Law 3hr

Chapter 3: The Second Law 3hr

Chapter 4: Physical transformations 3hr

Chapter 5: Simple mixtures 3hr

Chapter 7: Chemical equilibrium 9hr

Chapter 25: Electrochemistry 3hr

Chapter 22: The rates of chemical reactions 6hr

Chapter 24: Reaction dynamics 3hr

Review for final 3hr

Credits: 3