CHEM 122 - General Chemistry II

1. Differentiate basic chemical kinetics and perform calculations for rate laws, rate constants, half-lives and reaction order.
2. Relate the connection between reaction mechanism and rate.
3. Recognize dynamic equilibrium, formulate the equilibrium constant expression for a reaction, and perform equilibrium calculations.
4. Indicate how equilibrium systems will respond to changes in conditions using LeChatelier’s Principle.
5. Define Arrhenius, Bronsted, and Lewis acids and bases.
6. Perform pH calculations for acids, bases, buffers and salts in solution.
7. Perform quantitative solubility calculations under a wide range of conditions; formulate oxidation-reduction reactions using the half-reaction method.
8. Sketch, label and describe the operation of an electrochemical cell.
9. Perform voltage and Faraday Law calculations for voltaic and electrolysis cells.
10. Recognize connections between cell potentials and equilibrium constants or free energy in cell reactions.
11. Explain and evaluate basic thermodynamic values of entropy, enthalpy, and free energy in real chemical systems and from standard tables.
12. Describe nuclear fission, fusion, transmutation, and radioactivity.
13. Evaluate environmental chemistry issues and apply chemical principles to recognize the importance of these processes.
14. Identify coordination compounds and determine their geometry, isomers, magnetic and color properties based on ligand field theory.
15. Recognize functional groups, patterns of reaction, and isomers for basic organic molecules.
16. Keep a professional lab notebook; demonstrate chemical separation techniques to metal cations.
17. Manipulate data by graphical solutions to data acquired in the lab.
18. Evaluate uncertainty in lab data and convey results in written reports.