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 Course Title:   General Chemistry II

 Title Abbreviation:   General Chemistry II

 Department:    CHEM&

 Course #:    142

 Credits:    4

 Variable:     No

 IUs:    4

 CIP:    400501

 EPC:    n/a

 REV:    2021


 Course Description  

A continuation of CHEM& 141. Properties of solutions, thermodynamics, gases, liquids and solids, entropy and energy, chemical equilibrium.

 Prerequisite  

Prerequisite: ENGL& 101 with a grade of "C" or higher (or concurrent enrollment); and MATH& 141 with a grade of "C" or higher (or placement into MATH& 142); and CHEM& 141 with a grade of "C" or higher; and CHEM& 152 with a grade of "C" or higher (or concurrent enrollment).

Additional Course Details

Contact Hours (based on 11 week quarter)

Lecture: 44

Lab: 0

Other: 0

Systems: 0

Clinical: 0


Intent: Distribution Requirement(s) Status:  

Academic Natural Sciences  

Equivalencies At Other Institutions

Other Institution Equivalencies Table
Institution Course # Remarks
CWU CHEM 182, 182.1
EWU CHEM 152
UW CHEM 152
WSU CHEM 105, 106
WWU CHEM 122

Learning Outcomes

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

  1. Calculate solution concentration and explain how it relates to colligative properties.
  2. Calculate the enthalpy of reaction and explain its meaning.
  3. Solve problems using the individual gas laws and ideal gas law.
  4. Explain intermolecular forces and their relationship to phase changes.
  5. Calculate free energy and entropy for a chemical reaction.
  6. Write the equilibrium expression for a reaction and use it to perform equilibrium calculations.

General Education Learning Values & Outcomes

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

Course Contents

  1. Gas laws and the ideal gas equation, gas stoichiometry, and partial pressures.
  2. Energy changes in chemical reactions, enthalpy of formation and reaction, and calorimetry.
  3. Laws of thermodynamics, spontaneous processes, entropy, and free energy.
  4. Intermolecular forces, properties of liquids, crystal structures, phase changes and phase diagrams.
  5. Units of concentration, the effect of temperature and pressure on solubility, and colligative properties.
  6. Equilibrium, equilibrium constants, and equilibrium constant expressions.