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The 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. In addition, instructors may present the content differently; if that occurs, always follow your instructor’s preferred content. 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 and 104) 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
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| 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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| 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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| Chemical Reactions | ||
| Help Sheet #3 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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| Stoichiometry (Part I) | ||
| 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 |
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| Practice Problems for Modules 1-4: Intro to Chemistry Concepts; Atoms, Molecules, and Ions; Chemical Reactions; Stoichiometry (Part I) A set of practice problems on these modules |
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| Stoichiometry (Part II) | ||
| Help Sheet #6 Stoichiometry (Part III) Molarity calculations, Dilution, Solution stoichiometry (titrations); Intro to energy 11/6/22: Error on Question 10 corrected |
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| Gases | ||
| Help Sheet #7 Gases (Part I) Gas Laws, D and molar mass, STP, Stoichiometry with gases |
Help Sheet #8 Gases (Part II) Partial Pressure, Kinetic Theory of Gases, Root Mean Square Velocity, Diffusion and Effusion |
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| Thermochemistry | ||
| Help Sheet #9 Thermochemistry (Part I) Terms; Work; Sign Conventions; Specific Heat Capacity; q = CmΔT; Heat Transfer; Enthalpy of a rxn, ΔHrxn° |
Help Sheet #10 Thermochemistry (Part II) Calorimetry; Phase Changes (ΔHvap°, ΔHfus°) and heating curves; Phase Change + Heat transfer; Hess’s Law; Heat of Formation (ΔHf°) |
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| Light, Matter, and Atomic Structure (Part I) | ||
| Help Sheet #11 Light, Matter, Atomic Structure (Part I) Light equations; Electromagnetic spectrum; Photoelectric effect; Quantized system and Bohr Model; Energy Level Diagram; Electron Transitions; Duality principle; de Broglie Wavelength |
Help Sheet #12 Light, Matter, Atomic Structure (Part II) Quantum: Wavefunctions; Nodes; Quantum Numbers; Orbitals Shapes; Electronic Configurations: Shorthand notation; Orbital Box Diagram; Charged Transition Elements; Number of unpaired electrons |
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Practice Problems for Stoichiometry (Part II) Practice Problems for Gases Practice Problems for Thermochemistry Practice Problems for Light, Matter, and Atomic Structure Sets of practice problems for these modules |
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| Light, Matter, and Atomic Structure (Part II) | ||
| Help Sheet #13 Light, Matter, Atomic Structure (Part III) Periodic Table Trends: Effective Nuclear Charge; Shielding; Atomic Radii, Ionization Energy, Electron Affinity; Ionic Radii |
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| Chemical Bonding | ||
| Help Sheet #14 Chemical Bonding Types of bonds; Electronegativity; Bond polarity; Lewis dot structures; Resonance; Bond order; Formal charge; Bond enthalpies |
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| Molecular Geometry | ||
| Help Sheet #15 Molecular Geometry (Part I) Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion (VSEPR); Molecular Polarity |
Help Sheet #16 Molecular Geometry (Part II) Valence Bond Theory: Hybrid Orbitals, σ and π Bonds; Geometric isomers cis/trans |
Help Sheet #17 Molecular Geometry (Part III) Not all lecture sections are covering this topic; SKIP this HelpSheet if your lecture is not doing MO Theory! Molecular Orbital (MO) Theory: MO Shapes; Bond order; MO e– Configuration; Molecular stability |
| Intermolecular Forces | ||
| Help Sheet #18 Intermolecular Forces Liquids: Intermolecular forces; Liquid properties; Vapor pressure diagram |
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Practice Problems for Light, Matter, and Atomic Structure (Part II) Practice Problems for Chemical Bonding Practice Problems for Molecular Geometry Practice Problems for Intermolecular Forces Sets of practice problems for these modules |
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Chemistry 104
Tony’s Help Sheets – Chemistry 104
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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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 |
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| Practice Problems for Organic Practice Problems for Kinetics Sets of practice problems for these two modules |
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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 |
Help Sheet #10 Equilibrium (Part II) Equilibrium Calculations; Reaction Quotient: Q; Phase Diagrams |
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| Acids and Bases | |||
| Help Sheet #11 Acids and Bases (Part I) Definitions; Conjugate A/B; Amphiprotic; Ka, Kb; Strength of A/B and Their Conjugates; Which Way does an A/B Rxn Proceed; Acidity versus Structure |
Help Sheet #12 Acids and Bases (Part II) Autoionization; pH Equations; pH Calculations for SA, SB, WA, and WB; %Ionization; Ka, Kb, pKa, pKb; Which Way does an A/B Rxn Proceed (re-visited); Polyprotic Acids; Lewis acids/bases; Spectator Ions; Salts |
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| Practice Problems for Equilibrium Practice Problems for Acids & Bases Sets of practice problems for these two modules |
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| Aqueous Equilibria | |||
| Help Sheet #13 Aqueous Equilibria (Part I): Buffers ID Buffers; pH of a Buffer; Find pH of Buffer After Adding SA/SB; Buffer Range; Buffer Capacity; Buffer Preparation |
Help Sheet #14 Aqueous Equilibria (Part II): Titrations Titration Curves: Strong Acid+Strong Base, Strong Acid+Weak Base, Weak Acid+Strong Base; Equivalence Point; Halfway to Equivalence Point; Indicators; pH Calculations of Titrations; Polyprotic Acid Titrations |
Help Sheet #15 Aqueous Equilibria (Part III): Solubility Find Ksp from Solubility; Find Solubility from Ksp; Which Solid is More Soluble?; Common Ion Effect; pH and Solubility; Does a Ppt Form? |
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| Thermodynamics | |||
| Help Sheet #16 Thermodynamics (Part I) Spontaneity; Entropy, ΔS°; Pascal’s Triangle; Comparing Entropy Qualitatively; ΔSuniv°; T of a phase change; Enthalpy, ΔH° (review); Laws of Thermodynamics |
Help Sheet #17 Thermodynamics (Part II) Free Energy, ΔG°; Deriving ΔG°; ΔGf°; Signs of ΔH°, ΔS°, and ΔG°: Reaction spontaneity; T at which a reaction is spontaneous; Free Energy ΔG under non-standard conditions; G vs Extent of Reaction; Van’t Hoff equation and graph; Thermodynamics versus Kinetics |
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| Practice Problems for Aqueous Equilibria Practice Problems for Thermodynamics (Part I) Sets of practice problems for these two modules |
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| Electrochemistry | |||
| Help Sheet #18 Electrochemistry (Part I) Assign Oxidation Numbers; Oxidized, reduced, oxidizing/reducing agents; Balance Redox Reations; Draw Electrochemical Cells and label parts; Inert Electrodes; Line Notation; Standard Hydrogen Electrode (SHE); How E° Changes as Reaction Changes; Standard Reduction Table |
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Chemistry 343
José’s Chemistry 343 Resources
Instructors may present content differently than in these resources;
if that occurs, always follow your instructor’s preferred content.
Chemistry 345
José’s Chemistry 345 Resources
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if that occurs, always follow your instructor’s preferred content.