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 Department:    CHEM&

 Course #:    163

 Credits:    5

 Variable:     No

 IUs:    6.25

 CIP:    400501

 EPC:    n/a

 REV:    2021

 Course Description  

A continuation of CHEM& 162. Acids and bases, acid-base and solubility equilibria, , electrochemistry, kinetics.

 Prerequisite  

Prerequisite: Both ENGL& 101 and CHEM& 162 with a grade of "C" or higher.

Contact Hours (based on 11 week quarter)

Lecture: 44

Lab: 33

Other: 0

Systems: 0

Clinical: 0

Intent: Distribution Requirement(s) Status:  

Academic Natural Sciences  

Equivalencies At Other Institutions

Learning Outcomes

After completing this course, the student will be able to:

1. Calculate or approximate the pH of buffers, salt solutions, strong acids and bases, and weak acids and bases.
2. Write the solubility product expression for a solid and use it to perform solubility calculations.
3. Identify the components of a galvanic cell and calculate its potential.
4. Write the rate law for a reaction and use it to perform kinetic calculations.

General Education Learning Values & Outcomes

Revised August 2008 and affects outlines for 2008 year 1 and later.

Course Contents

1. pH, strong and weak acids and bases, ionization constants, and acid-base properties of salts.
2. Buffers, acid-base titrations, and solubility equilibria.
3. Oxidation-reduction reactions, galvanic cells, standard reduction potentials, thermodynamics of oxidation-reduction reactions, batteries, and electrolysis.
4. Rate of reaction, rate laws, and activation energy.