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Midterm Exams: Tentative Dates            (exams are during class hours)
Final Exam:  The final exam will be comprehensive. It will held on .

Topic

Chapter

Assigned Exercises

Assigned Problems

Group 1 and 2 elements

11, 12

11:3,4,7,9,10;  12:6,7,8,12,13

11:2;   12:8

Group 13 elements

13

2,5,6,7,9,10,14,16,17,18,19,20

2,7

Group 14 elements

14

1,4,9,10,12,14,16,17

1,3

Group 15 elements

15

3,4,7,8,11,12,14

2,4

Midterm 1

Group 16 elements

16

1,2,5,9,10,11

1,2

Group 17 elements

17

1,2,4,6,8,9,10,11,13,15,16,19,21,22,27

2,5

Group 18 elements

18

3,4,5,10

1,3

d-block metals

19

1,4,5,8,9,11,12

1

f-block metals

23

1,3,6,9

1

Midterm 2

Solids and materials

24

1,7,8,9,10,12,13,15,21,22

1,2,9,11,15,16

Final Exam

Text: Shriver, Atkins 5/e

Solutions to exercises are on reserve at Valley Library.

Expectations:

 

1.  Read assigned chapters. Refer to supplied lecture notes to see key points, emphasized sections, extended content, and worked examples. Actively take notes and ask questions where needed.

2.  Do all the assigned practice exercises and problems. If you have questions, look at the  solutions manual, or ask the instructor.

3.  For CH 512 - do the assigned problem sets.

4.  Prepare appropriately for the exams. This absolutely requires that you review the material and assigned problems over several weeks, “cramming” this material into a few days is not possible. Do the practice exams for a final review and to become comfortable with the exam format.

 

Course Learning Objectives:

The course is designed to for students to analyze and integrate concepts relevant to inorganic chemistry (these are described in detail below) that are required to understand, read, write, and do research in inorganic chemistry.

 

For each of Chapters

  • Understand and describe the structures and properties of important chemical compounds containing the elements in this group.

  • Understand and describe the chemistry (acid/base, redox) of important compounds as provided in the text, lectures, and assigned problems.

  • Evaluate and predict these structures and chemistries based on periodic trends and inorganic chemical concepts.

 

For Chapter 23

  • Know structures of common solid lattices including spinel and perovskite

  • Understand types of defects, causes, relation to nonstoichiometry and diffusion

  • Understand and describe examples of intercalation chemistry and chemistry of framework structures

  • Understand and describe cooperative phenomenon such as magnetism and ferroelectric effects.

  • Describe recent research topics such as fullerenes and solid electrolytes


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"Students with documented disabilities who may need accommodations, who have any emergency medical information the instructor should know, or who need special arrangements in the event of evacuation, should make an appointment with the instructor as early as possible, no later that the first week of the term.  In order to arrange alternative testing, the student should make the request at least one week in advance of the test.  Students seeking accommodations should be registered with the Office of Services for Students with Disabilities."

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Last Update: 09/03/2013