Chemistry for Engineers (chem1230)

King Saud University/Almuzahimiyah Branch
Faculty of Engineering
General Chemistry for Engineers (AGE1230)
 
Khalid Aref, Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering
College of Engineering/ Al-Muzahmiyah
Office Hours
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TEXTBOOK:   Chemistry, by R. Chang.
                         McGraw-Hill International Edition, 10th Edition, 2010.
 
 
GRADING SYSTEM:
 
First Major Midterm        20%
Second Midterm              20%
Lab                                    20%
Final Exam:                      40%
Total                                  100%
 
 
Exams’ dates and locations will be announced later
 
 
COURSE CONTENT
 
 
1.     Introduction (4 lectures)
 
The Scientific Method
Classification of Matter
Physical and Chemical Properties of Matter
Measurement; Handling Numbers
Dimensional Analysis in Solving Problems.
 
2.    Atoms. Molecules, and Ions (3 lectures)
 
Atomic Number, Mass Number, and Isotopes
Naming Compounds.
 
 
 
3.    Stoichiometry (5 lectures)
 
Atomic Mass
Avogadro’s Number and the Molar Mass of an Element
 Molecular Mass
Percent Composition of Compounds
Experimental Determination of Empirical Formulas
Chemical Reactions and Chemical Equations
 Amount of Reactants and Products; Limiting Reagents; Reaction Yield.
 
4.    Reactions in Aqueous Solutions (4 lectures)
 
General Properties of Aqueous Solutions
Acid-Base Reactions
Oxidation-Reduction Reaction
 Concentration of Solutions
Solution Stoichiometry
 
                                           
 
5.      Gases (6 lectures)
 
 Substances that Exist at Gases
 Pressure of a Gas
 The Gas Laws
 The Ideal Gas Equation
 Dalton’s Law of Partial Pressures
 The Kinetic Molecular Theory of Gases
Deviation from Ideal Behavior.
 
6.    Energy Relationships in Chemical Reactions (4 lectures)
 
The Nature of Energy and Types of Energy
 Energy Changes in Chemical Reactions
 Introduction to Thermodynamics
 Enthalpy of Chemical Reactions
 Calorimetry
Standard Enthalpy of Formation of Reaction.
 
 
 14. Chemical Kinetics (5 lectures)
 
 The rate of a reaction
 The rate laws
  Relation between reactant concentrations and time
 Activation energy and temperature dependence of rate constants Reaction Mechanisms   and catalys          
 
 
15.  Chemical Equilibrium (5 lectures)
 
             The concept of equilibrium
  Ways of expressing equilibrium constants
  What does the equilibrium constant tell us?
  Factors that affect chemical equilibrium.
 
 
16.  Acids and Bases (6 lectures)
 
    Bronsted acids and bases
    The acid-base properties of water
    pH-A measure for acidity
    Strength of acids and bases
    Weak acids and acid ionization constants
    Weak bases and base ionization constants
    The relationship between conjugate acid-base ionization constants
    Molecular structure and the strength of acids
   Acid-base properties of salts
    Acidic, basic, and amphoteric oxides
     Lewis acids and bases.
                                                           
                                   
18.  Thermodynamics  (4 lectures)
 
              The three laws of thermodynamics
   Spontaneous processes, entropy
   The second law of thermodynamics
   Gibbs free energy
   Free energy and chemical equilibrium