Course Description. This course is an introduction to the fundamentals of general chemistry for non chemistry majors.
Course Outline.
- Course introduction, Matter, Measurement and calculations
- Atoms and molecules
- Structure and periodic law
- Forces between particles
- Chemical reactions
- States of matter
- Solutions and colloids
- Reaction rates and equilibrium
- Acids, bases, and salts
- Radioactivity and nuclear processes
Course Objectives. Upon successful completion of the course, students are able to understand matter, measurements, calculations, atoms and molecules, chemical structure, periodic law, forces between particles, chemical reactions, states of matter, solutions and colloids, reaction rates and equilibrium, acids and bases, salts, radioactivity and nuclear processes.
Text Books
Seager and Slabaugh, Chemistry for Today, Thomson Learning.
Tyner, Laboratory Exercises for Preparatory Chemistry, McGraw-Hill.
