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Nov 23, 2024
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2023-2024 Yavapai College Catalog [PREVIOUS CATALOG YEAR]
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CHM 152 - General Chemistry II CHM 1152 Description: Advanced topics in general chemistry including chemical kinetics, equilibrium, acid-base, and electrochemistry. Chemical principles are presented at a level appropriate for science majors and pre-professional students.
Prerequisites: CHM 151
Credits: 4 Lecture: 3 Lab: 3
Course Content:
- Laboratory practice
- Solutions and colligative properties of solutions
- Chemical kinetics: reaction mechanisms and reaction rates
- Chemical equilibrium: equilibrium constants, reaction diagrams, and Le Chatelier's Principle
- Advanced equilibrium principles: acid-base behavior, pH and titration curves, buffers and buffer preparation, solubility products
- Chemical thermodynamics: enthalpy, entropy, and Gibbs Free Energy
- Electrochemistry: balancing redox equations, electrochemical cells, connections with thermodynamics and equilibrium
- Nuclear chemistry: nuclear power, bombs, waste, radiologic dating, and writing nuclear equations
Learning Outcomes:
- Use scientific reasoning to evaluate physical and natural phenomena. (1-8)
- Identify the unifying themes of the scientific field of study. (1-8)
- Interpret the numerical and graphical presentation of scientific data. (1-8)
- Use the tools and equipment necessary for basic scientific analysis and research. (1)
- Record the results of investigation through writing. (1)
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