READ ME FIRST TO FIND OUT ABOUT SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS FOR VIEWING THESE LECTURE PRESENTATIONS PROPERLY!!! Introduction to chemical compounds nomenclature and writing formulas mole concept % composition and empirical formulas Introduction to chemical reactions writing reactions post-lab on Precipitation Reactions post-lab on Reactions of Acids post-lab on Redox Reactions Introduction to chemical arithmetic: mass and solution stoichiometry Stoichiometry The structure behind chemical behavior Early atomic theory The beginnings of Quantum Theory: the Bohr model After Bohr: the Schrödinger atom Atomic orbitals Electron configurations The structure of the Periodic Table and trends in properties post-lab on Periodic Properties The driving forces behind chemical change The basics of ionic/covalent bonding and Lewis structures Bond energy and enthalpy changes Hess’s Law Entropy Free energy Lecture Lab: An Entropy Driven Reaction The structure of molecules and the condensed states of matter      Note: Chime plugin used extensively in this section! Lewis structures; incomplete and expanded octets Geometry based on pair repulsion (VSEPR) Hybridization Dipoles and weak forces Energy in Phase changes; Solids and liquids Gases The nature of gases; Phase diagrams Gas Stoichiometry; Ideal vs. real gas behavior The behavior of mixtures: solutions The Nature of Solutions; concentration units post lab on The Process of Solution Colligative properties Chemical kinetics Collision theory Lecture Lab: Factors Affecting Rates of Reactions Rate laws and Mechanisms Activation energy and catalysts Chemical equilibrium The equilibrium concept; writing Kc Lecture Lab: Factors Affecting Equilibrium Kc vs. Qc; Kc and DG Solving equilibrium problems Ksp as a concept: Ksp vs. solubility Common ion effect Nuclear processes Nuclear stability and energy changes Radioactivity Decay rates Fission Transmutation and fusion Acid/Base Equilibria Acid/base models Kw and pH Weak acids and bases; Ka and Kb post lab on Hydrolysis of Salts post lab on Common Ion Effect and Buffer Solutions Solving buffer problems Electrochemistry Review of redox terms and oxidation numbers post lab on Galvanic cells Galvanic cells, E and spontaneity post lab on Corrosion of Iron post lab on Electrolysis of Aqueous Solutions; Electrolytic cells Faraday's Law