CHEM 1120 General Chemistry II

4 (3 lecture hours; 3 lab hours) Credit Hour(s)

General Education Learning Outcomes (TBR Approved)

• Use Scientific principles to apply experimental techniques, make observational analyses, interpret experimental results, and draw logical conclusions.
• Describe the natural and/or physical world using basic scientific language and processes.
• Apply scientific principles to address problems or issues in the natural and/or physical world.

• Apply basic principles of solutions to predict and analyze their behavior.
• Determine qualitatively and quantitatively the colligative properties of solutions.
• Understand and use the three laws of thermodynamics.
• Predict the spontaneity for processes using thermochemical data.
• Calculate rate laws and rate constants using the initial rate method.
• Understand the rate of a chemical reaction and the factors that affect reaction rates.
• Understand and apply the concepts of equilibrium to chemical reactions, including multiple equilibrium systems.
• Identify acids and bases using the Bronsted-Lowry theory and Lewis acid-base theories
• Use the ionization constant to predict the behavior of weak acids and bases.
• Use the concepts of pH and pOH.
• Apply the common ion effect to acid and base solutions.
• Understand the behavior of buffer systems.
• Calculate cell potentials for the standard cell and other galvanic cells.
• Balance oxidation-reduction reactions using a systematic method.
• Learn different types of nuclear reactions and calculate nuclear decay rates.