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LinkExchange Member Free Home Pages at GeoCities STARFLEET CHEMISTRY - Work has begun... The Modern Alchemist files below were prepared to help me organize a core curriculum. Our Quality Assurance Program: We believe in continuous improvement. If you find a page to be difficult, use the comment box at the bottom of the page to let us know. If you include your email, we will correspond with you and use your suggestions to make improvements. About the Class Challenge of Learning Chemistry- Why it helps to read ahead Curriculum- Fields of study for the school year Class Goals- What Chem 101 will give you Computer Proficiency- Mandatory Skills Introduction to Chemistry Alchemy- Precursor to Chemistry Scientific Method- Test your hypothesis College Chemistry- Who studies chemistry in college? Professional Values- Responsibility, Profit Units Système Internationale d'Unitès- the SI system Dimensional Analysis- Use of conversion factors Atoms Dalton- Law of Multiple Proportions The Lavoisiers- Oxygen, Conservation of Mass Moles, Molar Mass- Basics of Chemistry Accounting Rutherford- Gold foil experiment Protons, Neutrons, Electrons- The atom Isotopes- Same number of protons, different number on neutrons Electrons- Millikan oil drop experiment Auf Bau Buildup- Filling atoms into the "shells" Orbital Diagrams- Hund's rule and Pauli Exclusion Principle Molecules Periodic Table- Putting it all together Octet Rule- Stability of the nobel gases Electronegativity- Tendency to give or take electrons Ionic Bonds- Salts Covalent Bonds- Organic molecules and others Formal Charge- Preferred valencies Lewis Structures- Lone pairs and covalent bonds Illegal structures- Violations of the octet rule and formal charge Conservation Laws Conservation of Matter- Atoms are never created nor destroyed Nuclear Paradigm- Violation of Conservation of Matter? Potential Energy- Spontaneous chemical reactions Stoichiometry Stoichiometry: The Art of Balancing Chemical Equations- An art that takes practice Limiting Reagent- When the stoichiometry isn't perfect Balancing Redox Equation- A more challenging form of balancing equations Solutions Molarity- Solutes, solvents, and solutions Doctor's Cocktail- Concentration of a medication Arrhenius Acids and Bases- Protons donors and receptors Conjugate Ions- Charged opposites pH- [just started] Gas Laws Boyle's Laws- Gas volume times gas pressure equals a constant Charles' Law- Gas volume proportional to temperature Avogadro's Law- Gas mass proportional to volume Exploding balloons- Combining the laws of Avogadro, Dalton and Lavoisier to explain experimental results Ideal Gas Law- A formula relating pressure, volume, and temperature Helium Balloon- Calculate the lift of a balloon using Ideal Gas Law Kinetic Energy of a Gas- Correspondence of the kinetic energy of a gas to the gas molecule velocity Heat and Temperature Heat vs. Temperature- Energy Ice, Water, and Steam- Latent heat of fusion and latent heat of vaporization Spectroscopy and Quantum Mechanics Color Spectrum- Wavelength, energy Energy and Intensity of Light- Wavelength vs. amplitude Beer's Law- Concentration, absorbance Thermodynamics Three Laws of Thermodynamics- Conservation of energy, spontaneous processes, absolute zero Enthalpy- Hess' Law, exothermic reactions, endothermic reactions Enthalpy Change Calculation- Determining the change in enthalpy that results from the combustion of propane Entropy- Measurement of disorder Kinetics Collision Theory- Sufficient energy, correct orientation Dynamic Equilibrium- Forward and reverse reactions LeChâtlier's Principle- Disrupting equilibrium Rate Law- Reaction rate dependence on reactant concentration First Order Reactions- Example of first order dependence Nuclear Chemistry Halflife- Radioactive decay Spreadsheets Weyland Yutani Iron Ore Spreadsheet- Example spreadsheet Spreadsheets: Part I- Columns, rows, operations Spreadsheets: Part II- Fixed constants Spreadsheets: Part III- Making a graph Building a Sine Wave- Using a spreadsheet to build a graph Calculus Calculus- Short introduction Calculus- Long version, which relates calculus ideas to position, velocity, and acceleration, using a car traveling on a highway as an example. Calculus- Examples of differentiation and integration followed by general formulas Calculus- Ripley's Escape from the Nostromo Probability Average Values and Probability Probability of Dice Building a Proof Library of Links - The high school student who has mastered the content of these pages is encouraged to go to college-level chemistry web pages for further information. Comments are greatly appreciated! If you would like a reply, include your email (jdoe@hotmail.com, etc.) in the message. You can also send email to willdechent@hotmail.com. Last Revised 02/05/98. Copyright ©1998 by William L. Dechent. All rights reserved. Geocities File Manager