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Each instructor may present the material differently, so not all of the material in the handouts maybe covered by each instructor, and some instructors may cover material not on the handouts. Please review your lecture notes, slides, and online text, and compare them to the handouts to note appropriate topics to work through. The material for the introductory courses (103, 104, and 109) is gradually uploaded during the semester; the material for the organic courses (343 and 345) is available all at once.
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Chemistry 103
Tony’s Help Sheets – Chemistry 103
| Intro to Chemistry Concepts | ||
| Help Sheet #1 Intro Terms, SI units, Unit Conversions, Sig Figs, Density, Periodic Table |
Flashcards #1 SI Units Confirm which SI units you are expected to know in your course; print 2-sided with Adobe Reader for proper alignment |
Practice Sheet #1 SI Units Conversions with SI Units |
| Flashcards #2 Element Names and Symbols first 36 elements plus a few other common ones; print 2-sided with Adobe Reader for proper alignment |
Practice Sheet #2 Element Names and Symbols |
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| Practice Problems for Module 1 Introduction to Chemistry Concepts Various practice problems for Module 1 concepts |
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| Atoms, Molecules, and Ions | ||
| Help Sheet #2 Atomic Structure Atomic Structure, Isotopes, Average Atomic Mass, Mass Spectroscopy, Ionic versus Molecular compounds, Naming/Writing Formulas, Polyatomic Ions, Coulomb’s Law |
Flashcards #3 Polyatomic Ions Formulas/Names Confirm which polyatomic ions you are expected to know in your course; print 2-sided from Adobe Reader for proper alignment |
Practice Sheet #3 Monoatomic and Polyatomic Ions |
| Practice Sheet #4 Naming Compounds, Writing Formulas |
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| Practice Problems for Module 2 Atoms, Molecules, and Ions Various practice problems for Module 2 concepts |
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| Chemical Reactions | ||
| Help Sheet #3 Chemical Reactions Balancing Rxns, Types of Rxns, Writing Rxns (molecular, complete ionic, net ionic rxns); Electrolytes; Solubility Rules; Redox: Assigning oxidation numbers; What’s oxidized, reduced, oxidizing agent, reducing agent; Metal activity series |
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| Practice Problems for Module 3 Chemical Reactions Various practice problems for Module 3 concepts |
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| Stoichiometry | ||
| Help Sheet #4 Stoichiometry (Part I) Mole calculations, Molar mass, Converting between moles/grams/molecules, Mass percent, Empirical and Molecular formulas, Finding unknown metal M |
Help Sheet #5 Stoichiometry (Part II) Reactions and mol calculations, Limiting reagents, Percent yield, Empirical formulas from combustion |
Help Sheet #6 Stoichiometry (Part III) Molarity calculations, Dilution, Solution stoichiometry (titrations); Intro to energy |
| Practice Problems for Module 4 Stoichiometry Various practice problems for Module 4 concepts |
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| Gases | ||
| Help Sheet #7 Gases (Part I) Gas Laws, D and molar mass, STP, Stoichiometry with gases |
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Chemistry 104
Tony’s Help Sheets – Chemistry 104
| Chem 103 Review | ||
| Help Sheet #1 Chem 103 Review Electronegativity, Lewis Dot Structures, Bond Polarity, VSEPR, Hybridization, Hybrid Orbitals used in a Bond, Intermolecular Forces, Higher Boiling Point, Solubility |
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| Organic Chemistry | ||
| Help Sheet #2 Organic (Part I) Drawing and Naming Molecules, Functional Groups (Part I) |
Practice Sheet #1 ID Functional Groups; Naming Molecules Organic: alkanes, alkenes, alkynes, cyclic, aromatic |
Help Sheet #3 Organic (Part II) Isomers: Constitutional (also called structural); Stereoisomers: Geometric, Optical |
| Practice Sheet #2 Isomers |
Help Sheet #4 Organic (Part III) Functional Groups (Part II); drawing and naming |
Practice Sheet #3 ID Functional Groups; Naming Molecules Organic: alcohols, ethers, aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids, esters, amides, amines |
| Flashcards #1 – ID Functional Groups Identifying Functional Groups Print 2-sided with Adobe Reader for proper alignment |
Help Sheet #5 Organic (Part IV) Reactions: Ester and amide formation, ester and amide hydrolysis; Complete hydrolysis |
Practice Sheet #4 Organic Reactions: Ester/amide condensation, ester/amide hydrolysis |
| Practice Problems for Module 1 Chem 103 Review and Organic Various practice problems for Module 1 concepts |
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| Chemical Kinetics | ||
| Help Sheet #6 Kinetics (Part I) Average Rates; Initial Rates; Relative Rates; Rate Constant with Units; Evaluating a Rate Law: Initial Rates Method, Description |
Help Sheet #7 Kinetics (Part II) Evaluating a Rate Law: Integrated Rate Laws; Half Life and Half life graphs; Rate versus Concentration |
Help Sheet #8 Kinetics (Part III) Evaluating a Rate Law: Mechanisms; Reaction Coordinate Diagrams; Arrhenius Equation and Graphs |
| Practice Problems for Module 2 Kinetics Various practice problems for Module 2 concepts |
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| Equilibrium | ||
| Help Sheet #9 Equilibrium (Part I) K Expression; Size of K; Kc versus Kp; Le Chatelier’s Principle; How K Changes as Reaction is Changed |
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